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The latest news, updates and features on the Middle East, a region that is geographically located between Europe, Asia and Africa. Countries associated as being part of the Middle East include Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, as well as Qatar, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the UAE.

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Man holding a cup of tea in two hands, in a spotty mug.

Bad news for tea drinkers as supply problems are leaving shelves bare

Channel: UK UK February 12, 2024 By Alan Shields
US Central Command posts a video on Jan. 22, 2024. Caption reads: U.S. Forces, Allies Conduct Joint Strikes in Yemen As part of ongoing international efforts to respond to increased Houthi destabilizing and illegal activities in the region, on Jan. 22 at approximately 11:59 p.m. (Sanaa / Yemen time), U.S. Central Command forces alongside UK Armed Forces, and with the support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted strikes on 8 Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen. These strikes from this multilateral coalition targeted areas in Houthi-controlled Yemen used to attack international merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region. The targets included missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, radars, and deeply buried weapons storage facilities. These strikes are intended to degrade Houthi capability to continue their reckless and unlawful attacks on U.S. and U.K. ships as well as international commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden. These strikes are separate and distinct from the multinational freedom of navigation actions performed under Operation Prosperity Guardian.

US strikes Iraq and Syria in retaliation for Jordan drone attack that killed soldiers

Channel: US US February 2, 2024 By Jessica Kwong
FILE - Jordanian soldiers patrol near the eastern Jordan-Syria border, in al-Washash, Mafraq governorate, Jordan, on Feb. 17, 2022, during media tour organised by the Jordanian army. An airstrike on southern Syria early Thursday Jan. 18, 2024 killed at least nine people and was probably carried out by Jordan's air force, Syrian opposition activists said, the latest in a series of strikes in an area where cross-border drug smugglers have been active. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Tensions in Middle East rise even further after US servicemen killed in drone attack

Channel: World World January 28, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
A man looks at a television screen after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Fears of WWIII after Pakistan unleashes airstrikes on Iran

Channel: World World January 18, 2024 By Craig Munro
Sunak announces UK strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen

MPs like me have been betrayed by Rishi on Yemen - where was our vote?

Channel: News News January 13, 2024 By Layla Moran
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Marco Bahler/BFA.com/REX/Shutterstock (14096203ez) Kanye West YZYSZN9, 10 Av. de la Grande Arm??e, Paris, France, ??le-de-France, France - 03 Oct 2022

Kanye West plans to build Middle East city twice the size of New York

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz December 22, 2023 By Rebecca Sayce
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (14229662ad) Armed military personnel of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), wearing Palestinian scarves, are participating in the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas (Al-Aqsa Mosque) military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. The rally, known as Ela Bait al-Maqdis, which means ''forward to Al-Aqsa Mosque,'' is organized by the IRGC's Mohammad Rasulullah Division to show support for Palestinians. Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas Military Rally In Tehran, Iran - 24 Nov 2023

Iran spies 'wanted to kill two journalists' in UK plot dubbed 'the wedding'

Channel: World World December 21, 2023 By Sarah Hooper

World warned its facing a 'polycrisis' of multiple wars and threats to humanity

Channel: UK UK November 20, 2023 By Lucy Skoulding
Labour Conference - Day Two

Muslims like me feel let down by Keir Starmer

Channel: UK UK October 26, 2023 By Nadeine Asbali
Tastes like heaven

The world's biggest eaters have been ranked - and the US aren't at the top

Channel: Food Food July 11, 2023 By Kristina Beanland

British sisters who were killed in West Bank gun attack named and pictured

Channel: World World April 8, 2023 By Craig Munro
Israeli medics and policemen check a damaged car at the scene of a shooting attack, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

Two British sisters killed and mum seriously wounded in West Bank gun attack

Channel: World World April 7, 2023 By Sam Corbishley
JERICHO, WEST BANK, PALESTINE The face of a man who died 9,500 years ago in the Middle East has been brought to life by a team of scientists using 3D scans of his skull (Credit: Pen News/Cicero Moraes) (Pen News ??25, ??15, ??10 online) (Contact editor@pennews.co.uk/07595759112)

Face of a man who died 9,500 years ago, brought to life by scientists

Channel: Tech Tech February 3, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

I was tortured for 8 years in an Iran prison

Channel: World World November 25, 2022 By Nasrin Parvaz
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 19: A view of the FIFA Fan Festival opening today ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Al Bidda Park on November 19, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

Security guards at Qatar World Cup park 'paid 35p an hour for 12-hour shifts'

Channel: World World November 19, 2022 By Tom Sanders

US 'won't hesitate to act' amid fears Iran is preparing attacks on Saudi Arabia

Channel: World World November 2, 2022 By Sean Seddon
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Emblem Unveiled

Conundrum of Qatar World Cup opens up whole world of contradictions

Channel: Sport Sport September 21, 2022 By Kate Mason
Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr swim as they protest inside the Republican Palace in the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Protesters swim in luxury pool after storming palace in deadly clashes

Channel: World World August 30, 2022 By Harrison Jones

Plans unveiled for 100-mile long, 200 metre wide 'mirrored' vertical city

Channel: Tech Tech July 27, 2022 By Katherine Hignett
ancient archaeological sites saudi arabia

Millenia-old archaeological remains could change our understanding of prehistory

Channel: Tech Tech July 6, 2022 By Katherine Hignett

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