BBC News - Middle East
The latest stories from the Middle East section of the BBC News web site.

• Iran 'delays US hiker's release' << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:29:47 GMT >>
  Iran delays the release of Sarah Shourd, one of three US hikers arrested last year on suspicion of espionage, officials say.

• Iran denies 'secret atomic plant' << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:39:02 GMT >>
  Iran rejects claims by dissident groups that it has almost completed a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Tehran.

• Exchange of fire near Gaza border << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:58:51 GMT >>
  A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip explodes in Israel, hours after Israeli air raids against Hamas targets in the Palestinian territory.

• Al-Qaeda men escape Baghdad jail << Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:54:51 GMT >>
  Four prisoners with ties to al-Qaeda have escaped from the US-controlled section of Baghdad's Karkh prison, US officials say.

• Saudi website for fatwas closes << Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:26:27 GMT >>
  The popular Islam Today website, run by the Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah, has closed its section offering thousands of Islamic religious rulings.

• Iran will release US woman hiker << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:16:03 GMT >>
  Iran is set to release on Saturday Sarah Shourd - one of three detained US hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, officials say.

• Yemeni soldier killed in ambush << Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:43:30 GMT >>
  Gunmen open fire on soldiers in southern Yemen, killing at least one and wounding others.

• Iran human rights lawyer detained << Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:40:52 GMT >>
  A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.

• Second Iraqi TV presenter killed << Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:15 GMT >>
  Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad.

• Castro doubts over Cuban system << Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:12:52 GMT >>
  Cuba's Fidel Castro says the Cuban model no longer works in the latest excerpt from an interview with a US journalist.

• Tourism near the Gaza border << Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:43:21 GMT >>
  At the Zikim Kibbutz, near Ashkelon in southern Israel, tourists come in to see what life is like living just a short distance from the Gaza border.

• Savvy tourists bag Dubai Ramadan deals << Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:49:19 GMT >>
  Since the credit crunch Dubai has been attracting tourists with massively discounted prices at luxury hotels but during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan the city is having to work even harder to entice tourists.

• Algeria << Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:28:09 GMT >>
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• Bahrain << Wed, 05 May 2010 14:06:39 GMT >>
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• Egypt << Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:31:11 GMT >>
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• Iran << Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:46:57 GMT >>
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• Iraq << Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:27:18 GMT >>
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• Israel/Palestinian territories << Sat, 08 May 2010 08:57:18 GMT >>
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• Jordan << Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:48:26 GMT >>
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• Kuwait << Sat, 08 May 2010 09:53:20 GMT >>
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• Lebanon << Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:52:55 GMT >>
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• Libya << Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:38:05 GMT >>
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• Mauritania << Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:29:40 GMT >>
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• Morocco << Thu, 27 May 2010 10:33:38 GMT >>
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• Oman << Thu, 27 May 2010 10:20:28 GMT >>
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• Qatar << Thu, 27 May 2010 11:02:07 GMT >>
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• Saudi Arabia << Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:55:07 GMT >>
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• Sudan << Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:27:39 GMT >>
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• Syria << Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:39:05 GMT >>
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• Tunisia << Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:41:19 GMT >>
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• United Arab Emirates << Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:13:41 GMT >>
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• Yemen << Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:02:32 GMT >>
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• Golan Heights << Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:09:22 GMT >>
  A profile of the Syrian plateau captured by Israel in 1967

• Egypt's young designers cut a rug << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:13:17 GMT >>
  Fashion-conscious consumers in the Middle East have more choice than ever before.

• Dirty politics << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:45:17 GMT >>
  Egyptian government supporters try to smear opponents

• Danger line << Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:42:33 GMT >>
  De-mining on the volatile Israeli-Lebanese border

• Secretive militia << Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:47:35 GMT >>
  West Bank crackdown pushes Hamas militia deeper underground

• Revolutionary rap << Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:28:40 GMT >>
  Meet the 'first lady of Arabic hip hop'

• Torture claims << Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:51:55 GMT >>
  Bahrain officials accused in crackdown on Shia activists

• Risky game << Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:40:30 GMT >>
  Iran's 'minimalist' approach on the nuclear stand-off

• Foreign fall-out << Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:55:08 GMT >>
  Stoning case creates problems abroad for Iran

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