As the Yemeni government steps up its crackdown on the Houthi expansion in Sana’a, Houthis and supporters set up more tents on public roads and in front of government buildings. The Houthis say the...
Demonstrations have continued in Yemen, as Houthi Shias demand the fall of the government. Fears have grown of sectarian tensions in the country and residents of the capital Sana'a have begun fleei...
Leftist Israeli activists staged weekly protests during the war in Gaza and they were confronted by rightwing protesters that shouted racial slurs and physical attacks.
In spite of concessions by the government of Yemen to demonstrators, in the form of a partial reduction of gas prices and an offer to form a new government from the President, protests have continu...
Pro-government protesters and supporters of the Houthi Shia rebels stage protest in different parts of Yemen's capital Sanaa. While many of the protests are peaceful, increasing sectarian clashes a...
Thousands of Yezedis are without aid in the Northern Kurdish city of Dohuk. As most fled their homes in Sinjar with nothing, they are relying solely on the goodwill of the Kurdish government and lo...
Ismail Haniyeh, senior Hamas leader, had lived in hiding since the beginning of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Now the violence seems to have ended, he addressed crowds in Gaza, giving praise to ...
PKK fighters, who have battled Turkey for many years, have now been drawn into a new fight against Islamic State militants. MEE talks to PKK fighters guarding the Makhmour refugee camp in northern ...
The pro-government demonstration condemned the series of anti-government rallies which have swept the streets of Sana’a by Yemen’s Shia community who seek to topple the Yemeni government.
As fighting continues in Gaza, witnesses on the ground say Israel appears to be targeting apartment complexes and homes, including this multi-story building in Gaza City. Residents had 15 minutes t...
MEE reporter Nidal Ahmed interviews Palestinians for their reactions on the Israeli strikes that killed three Hamas leaders in Gaza on August 21, 2014.
Analysts say Gaza’s economy has been set back 10 years in the conflict as farmers, who had started breeding livestock after the Strip’s smuggling tunnels were destroyed over the past year, were for...
Yousef Mawry reports for the Middle East Eye from Sana'a in Yemen where he interviews members of the public about the recent protests against the government which thousands of people have taken par...
A child as old as 6 will have experienced three wars in Gaza. The scars, both physical and mental, will take many years to heal, with many suffering from anxiety and sleep disorders, through to bur...
A woman who converted to Islam from Judaism had her wedding day marred when an Israeli group called Lehava, who are against assimilation between Jews and Muslims, filed a motion with a court demand...
Mersiha Gadzo reports for the Middle East Eye from Turkey following the election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the first democratically elected President of Turkey.
A plot to assassination the former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh was foiled after a security team found secret tunnel under his compound which it is believed may have been dug by those plan...
Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip commence their studies with more determination, following Israel's military onslaught which had destroyed many education institutions.
The town of Makhmour in Iraq has been recaptured by Kurdish Peshmerga forces from the onslaught of the Islamic State. Residents of the town fear the Islamists' return and vow the prevent it falling...
Yousef Mawry reports for MEE from Yemen on a compelling story about a father and his poverty-stricken family forced to sweep the streets and pick up trash in the streets of Sana’a, Yemen for a smal...
Egypt's riot police forces used teargas and fired into air on Thursday to disperse mass rallies of pro-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators were marching into streets of Cairo's neighborhood of Ain Sha...
After an eight month engagement, Omar and Hiba decided to tie the knot despite being displaced by Israel's military operation against Gaza. The wedding was held at an UNRWA shelter with expenses pa...
MEE video shows a side of the destruction caused by Israeli strikes on Gaza, with one the testimony of three residents who said Palestinians remain steadfast despite the devastating destruction tha...
Tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan are spilling over as this weekend Kurds took to the street verbally and physically attacking Arabs, who they blame for the historical persecution of Kurds. Many demonstr...
Nabeel Rajab, human rights activist and founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, talks to Middle East Eye - shortly after being released from prison in Bahrain - about the continuing pro-dem...
Christian have fled from the largest Christian city in Iraq as the militants of the Islamic State took control. They were given a choice of death, fleeing, conversion or taxation, after IS over pow...
Ramzy Baroud, managing editor of Middle East Eye, discusses the peace talks between Palestinian and Israeli delegates in Cairo, the political influence of Egypt and how the circumstances have chang...
As a 72-hour ceasefire seems to hold in Gaza, the fishermen of Gaza City return to their boats to resume their trade. But with peace talks continuing in Cairo, many are still anxious about how long...
MEE report shows the effect of Israel's bombardment of Gaza's power plant, which has severe impact on hospitals, bakers and other vital facilities for Palestinians in the besieged Strip.
Rich Wiles, an award-winning photographic artist, author and film-maker who has been based in Palestine for more than 10 years, talks to Middle East Eye about the rise of new street movements in th...
Families in Gaza try to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, the festival at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, among the continued bombardment by the Israeli army. Noor Harazeen reports for Middle East Eye.
Cairo residents celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr, the last day of the month of Ramadan, as violence and instability continues to grip the country. The continuing violence in Gaza also pr...
MEE's reporter Noor Harazeen was in Gaza's Shejaiya district on Sunday 27 July 2014, to report on what became of the area in the aftermath of heavy Israeli shelling. The district was deemed too dan...
Israel continued pounding the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with the destruction of a UN school and the killing of 15 people provoking international outrage. Noor Harazeen reports as the International Re...
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Independent, discusses the funding of the Islamic State, its ability to build a support base and its relation to Saudi Arabia and Bashar al-Assad.
Dr. Christopher Davidson, academic and author of 'After the Sheikhs: the Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies', talks to Middle East Eye about the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, how...
Over night in east Gaza, more than 100 people (according to some reports) were killed in the town of Shejaiya, just the latest in a series of violent attacks in Gaza.
Four boys, aged between nine and 11, were killed on a Gaza City beach when the Israeli army struck with artillery fire on 16 July. On the same day, an attack in Khan Yunis killed a 4 year old girl,...
Bill Van Esveld, Israel/Palestine researcher for Human Rights Watch, talks to Middle East Eye about the evacuees fleeing their homes prior to Israeli military strikes, the tactics used by Israel, t...
On a hill on the Western neighbourhood of Sderot, many residents come to look over the Gaza strip, to watch the lunching of rockets from Gaza to Israel, and the attacks, of airplanes and canons of ...