The week in pictures
Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...
January 29, 2016
Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...
January 29, 2016
A dark archway and an old uninspiring plastic plaque are all that mark the entrance to the residence and mosque of Salahuddin Ayyubi, the iconic 12th century Muslim general...
January 29, 2016
Extremism is not a characteristic limited to Islamists, as left-wing extremists are fiercer than the Islamist extremists, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said. In an interview with Bahrain’s Al-Wasat...
January 29, 2016
Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took part Friday in the funeral of seven fighters from Hamas’ military wing who were killed while rebuilding the underground tunnel network....
January 29, 2016
Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...
January 29, 2016
The Israeli authorities notified Palestinian Bedouin families on Thursday of the planned demolition of their houses, giving them a deadline of 1 February to evacuate the structures. The structures...
January 29, 2016
Some 109 Russian troops were killed in Syria since Moscow began its airstrikes on 20 September 2015, sources close to the Syrian regime have revealed. Russian troops are deployed...
January 29, 2016
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon held a sit-in in front of the UN headquarters in Beirut today to protest the cuts in health services provided by the United...
January 29, 2016
Apartheid, in the words of the Rome Statute, is when inhumane acts are committed “in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial...
January 29, 2016
Iran is seeking to increase its oil exports after the lifting of sanctions, saying it needs to recoup its market share, making Tehran a challenge to any deal among...