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Inside Middle East

Bahrain charges 50 medical staff with anti-state conspiracy

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Up to 50 doctors and nurses who treated anti-government protesters injured during the recent demonstrations in Bahrain were charged yesterday with acts against the state.

Barenboim strikes a divisive note once more

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

atrina Stewart: Conductor defies Israeli security to perform peace concert for Palestinians.

Yemen and Somalia are last strongholds of terror network under siege

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Patrick Cockburn: Somalia and the Horn of Africa are probably the best places for al-Qa'ida to gain in strength.

Gaza Strip: Reconciliation deal for Palestinians

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Smaller Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal yesterday before a formal ceremony this week to celebrate the accord designed to end a four-year rift between the biggest factions, Hamas and Fatah.

Willam Hague warns Syria over sanctions

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Syria could be hit with asset freezes and travel bans across Europe, Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.

US urged to recognise Palestinian state as Fatah and Hamas end rift

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Egypt has urged the United States to recognise a united Palestinian state as warring factions Fatah and Hamas prepare to sign a landmark reconciliation pact in Cairo.

Syrian troops arrest scores in attempt to crush uprising

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Syrian troops went from door to door in cities and towns across the nation yesterday, arresting scores of people in a campaign of intimidation aimed at crushing an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian regime, activists said.

'We will never cease our struggle until we bring down Assad'

Monday, 2 May 2011

Robert Fisk hears the defiance of Syrian refugees.

Hamas condemns killing of al-Qa’ida leader

Monday, 2 May 2011

Hamas condemned on Monday the US killing of Osama bin Laden as the assassination of an Arab holy warrior, differing sharply with the Palestinian Authority, the Islamist group's partner in a new unity deal.

Syrian army conducts widespread raids

Monday, 2 May 2011

The Syrian army conducted raids in cities and towns across the nation Monday, arresting scores of people in an attempt to crush the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, activists said.

Thousands flee Syrian regime's brutal tactics

Monday, 2 May 2011

Army tanks shelled the ancient centre of a city at the heart of the uprising yesterday as thousands of people fled over the border into Jordan.

Israel suspends tax payment over détente

Monday, 2 May 2011

Israel has suspended an $88m (£53m) tax payment owed to the Palestinians in retaliation for a landmark reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas, the rival Palestinian factions.

Yemeni leader backs out of negotiated pact to leave power

Monday, 2 May 2011

A Gulf-brokered deal to ease Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power neared collapse yesterday after he refused to sign, raising the threat of increased instability in the Arabian Peninsula state.

Ahmadinejad ends week-long 'boycott' of cabinet sessions

Monday, 2 May 2011

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended his first cabinet meeting for more than a week yesterday, dismissing rumours of a damaging split with the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to reports. Mr Ahmadinejad's close relationship with the senior cleric, who has the last word in the Islamic Republic's affairs, was strained two weeks ago, according to some analysts.

Cameron condemns violence in Syria

Sunday, 1 May 2011

David Cameron has condemned the "completely disgraceful and unacceptable" violent crackdown on protests in Syria.

Inside Iran: What life is really like in Tehran

Sunday, 1 May 2011

While revolution has been sweeping the Middle East, demonstrations in Iran have been more subdued. But what's really going on in this notoriously secretive state? In a special report from inside the country, Patrick Cockburn takes to the streets to find out