http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stmGet the latest BBC News from the Middle East: breaking news, features, analysis and debate plus audio and video coverage from across the Middle East.en-gbSun, 20 Dec 2009 18:48:29 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stmCrowds gather to mourn Iran's reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, raising tensions over fresh opposition protests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8423319.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8423319.stmSun, 20 Dec 2009 18:07:15 GMTMiddle EastLebanese PM Saad Hariri holds talks in Syria with President Bashar Assad amid efforts to reduce tensions.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422746.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422746.stmSun, 20 Dec 2009 17:18:05 GMTMiddle EastThe US transfers 12 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and Somaliland, officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8423416.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8423416.stmSun, 20 Dec 2009 15:58:47 GMTAmericasA US general in Iraq defends his decision to add pregnancy to reasons his soldiers can face a court martial.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422989.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422989.stmSun, 20 Dec 2009 01:00:51 GMTMiddle EastIran's prosecutors charge three officials with killing three people at a detention centre after June's disputed elections. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422506.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422506.stmSat, 19 Dec 2009 16:01:30 GMTMiddle EastAmerica's top military officer voices concern, after Iranian soldiers occupied an oil well in Iraq.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422997.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422997.stmSun, 20 Dec 2009 01:22:33 GMTMiddle EastRescuers are still looking for 35 people missing after a ship carrying a cargo of livestock sank of the Lebanese coast.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8420146.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8420146.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 15:12:05 GMTMiddle EastUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says a US-backed climate deal is a good beginning, but critics dismiss it as a failure.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8422133.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8422133.stmSat, 19 Dec 2009 19:08:02 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe mother of one of three US hikers detained in Iran makes a fresh appeal for their release.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8421894.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8421894.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 22:23:05 GMTMiddle EastA huge granite block thought to have once graced a temple in a palace of Cleopatra is raised from the sea in Egypt.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8419746.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8419746.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 01:23:11 GMTMiddle EastReformist's death a major challenge for Tehranhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8423364.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8423364.stmSun, 20 Dec 2009 14:33:46 GMTMiddle EastMuslim TV preacher with a global audience of millions http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8414422.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8414422.stmThu, 17 Dec 2009 10:43:00 GMTMiddle EastUncertainty and fear for remaining Yemen Jewshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8418990.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8418990.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 09:24:47 GMTMiddle EastNew Jordanian cabinet faces big challengeshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8414918.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8414918.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 08:19:51 GMTMiddle EastCrises multiply for beleaguered Sanaa government http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8413450.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8413450.stmTue, 15 Dec 2009 14:19:05 GMTMiddle EastLeaked Iranian document raises tough questionshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8412733.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8412733.stmMon, 14 Dec 2009 16:56:49 GMTMiddle EastAn Egyptian MP files a lawsuit over an article questioning why polygamy is allowed for men in Islam but not for women.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8421551.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8421551.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:18 GMTMiddle EastIranian hackers supporting the Tehran government briefly bring down Twitter and an Iranian opposition website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8420369.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8420369.stmFri, 18 Dec 2009 11:31:27 GMTMiddle EastInsurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8419147.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8419147.stmThu, 17 Dec 2009 21:40:28 GMTMiddle EastYemeni forces kill 34 suspected al-Qaeda militants and arrest 17 who were planning multiple suicide attacks, officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8417773.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8417773.stmThu, 17 Dec 2009 13:25:09 GMTMiddle EastMore than 6,000 people have been stopped by the police for offences on Dubai's beaches, official records show.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8418750.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8418750.stmThu, 17 Dec 2009 15:42:15 GMTMiddle EastIsrael is to give donor card carriers a legal right to priority treatment if they should require an organ transplant. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8416443.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8416443.stmThu, 17 Dec 2009 00:03:44 GMTHealthIran says it has successfully test-fired an improved version of a medium-range missile, drawing Western protests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8415489.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8415489.stmWed, 16 Dec 2009 15:08:50 GMTMiddle EastIraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and two Afghan reporters held hostage for six days in Afghanistan are released.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8416790.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8416790.stmWed, 16 Dec 2009 16:10:54 GMTSouth AsiaThe term of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is extended until new polls, the Palestine Liberation Organisation rules.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8416021.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8416021.stmWed, 16 Dec 2009 14:08:39 GMTMiddle EastAbu Dhabi's last-minute $10bn bail-out of its UAE neighbour Abu Dubai was a loan, not a handout, it has emerged.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8418013.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8418013.stmThu, 17 Dec 2009 11:34:21 GMTBusinessCitigroup says the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has filed a claim against it to stop a deal to buy $7.5bn of shares.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8415499.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8415499.stmWed, 16 Dec 2009 11:00:09 GMTBusinessNewspapers in the Middle East suggest that neighbouring countries might have had a hand in recent Iraqi violence. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8405541.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8405541.stmThu, 10 Dec 2009 12:31:58 GMTMiddle EastMid-East papers agree that Palestinians stand to benefit from a joint EU statement on Jerusalem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8403319.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8403319.stmWed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:35 GMTMiddle EastA closer look at some of the chants used by Iran's pro-reform demonstrators, who have been protesting since the disputed Iranian presidential elections in June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8386335.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8386335.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 08:57:45 GMTMiddle EastIranians defy strict government bans to film the annual Students' Day protests, marking the death of three students in 1953. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8400244.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8400244.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 19:26:40 GMTMiddle EastVoters' views on long awaited new governmenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8330343.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8330343.stmTue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:02 GMTMiddle EastFormer UK PM backed Iraq war regardless of WMDhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8409596.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8409596.stmSat, 12 Dec 2009 22:53:56 GMTPoliticsThe BBC Arabic Service's Amani Fikri meets a Saudi woman who presents TV programmes from behind the veil. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8368242.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8368242.stmWed, 09 Dec 2009 10:29:55 GMTMiddle EastCairo's shopping frenzy ahead of Eid al-Adha festivalhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8380982.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8380982.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:38 GMTMiddle EastRows over election law threaten Iraq's crucial pollhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8376523.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8376523.stmTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:44:14 GMTMiddle EastMorocco's wine growers sniff success abroad http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8352885.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8352885.stmMon, 23 Nov 2009 08:54:05 GMTAfricaLife in Jerusalem's heart where three faiths coincidehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8369687.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8369687.stmSat, 21 Nov 2009 11:46:44 GMTFrom Our Own CorrespondentKey issues behind the Palestinian political crisishttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8364767.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8364767.stmWed, 16 Dec 2009 14:21:55 GMTMiddle East