Middle East

A man runs past a burning police motorbike, as others photograph the clashes between protestors opposed to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the security forces in Tehran yesterday

Street protests flare in Iran

Nephew of opposition leader Mousavi is among five killed after security forces open fire, say eyewitnesses

Inside Middle East

Britain to send £50m to Palestine

Monday, 28 December 2009

Massive aid package includes cash earmarked for fighting extremism in young

Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Israeli soldiers shot and killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents on Saturday in the occupied West and the Gaza Strip, in one of the most deadly outbreaks of violence in months.

Yemen says it killed al-Qa'ida leaders

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Yemeni forces have attacked suspected al-Qa'ida bases with the help of US intelligence. They targeted a gathering of top militant leaders, possibly killing a radical cleric linked to the US Army major accused of the mass shooting at Fort Hood, officials said.

How Gaza became a rich canvas for Palestinian art

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Art is flourishing in the carnage left behind by Israel's military onslaught last year. Donald Macintyre reports.

Iran says Turkey is option for nuclear exchange

Friday, 25 December 2009

Iran's foreign minister says Turkey could be a venue for Tehran to exchange nuclear material with the West.

Dozens arrested in clashes with police

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Iranian security forces armed with batons and tear gas clashed with supporters of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in two cities yesterday, opposition websites reported.

Dispute between Israel and Hamas delays release of Shalit

Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Talks to secure freedom of soldier seized two-and-a-half years ago hit stumbling block

Review of the Year 2009: The Middle East

Wednesday, 23 December 2009

As Israel unleashed its fury on Gaza, peace never stood a chance

Cleric's funeral breathes life into Iran's protest movement

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Clashes with security forces as huge crowds turn out to mourn religious leader who supported reform

Could this be the house where Jesus played?

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Days before Christmas, archaeologists have unveiled what they say are the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that can be dated back to the time of Christ – a find that could shed new light on what the hamlet was like when, according to the New Testament, Jesus lived there as a boy.

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