Halad al-Ja’ar, father of 22-year-old Sami al-Ja’ar, speaks to MEE about his son’s death. While Israeli police said that he was shot as part of a drug-related operation, Palestinians insist that po...
The Charlie Hebdo killings have sparked off a huge debate worldwide about the limits of press freedom, the right to offend and the threat from international militants.
Moazzam Begg spent nearly three years in the notorious Guantanamo bay detention centre, after being picked up by the secret services in Pakistan in 2002.
On what Yemeni commentators have called a 'day of tragedy,' a car bomb targeted people queuing up to enlist at a police college in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.
Jabhat Al-Nusra, or the Al-Nusra Front, have since their formation in January 2012 established themselves as one of the most fearsome groups fighting the forces of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Originally the main rebel group in Syria fighting the Assad government, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have found themselves heavily marginalised by the rise of groups like the Islamic Front, Al-Nusra ...
Thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday attended the funeral of Imam Jamil Dweikat, a Palestinian teenager shot dead by Israeli forces near Nablus in the West Bank on Monday. Dweikat’s family spoke to...
Christians in Gaza prepare to celebrate yet another Christmas under the Israeli imposed siege. Bishop Alexios of Gaza speaks to MEE about his hopes that the siege will one day be lifted so that bot...
Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an analyst for the Jamestown Foundation and a Middle East Eye contributor, speaks to MEE about the gas deals between the Kurdish Regional Government and Iraq, the potential...
Jabhat Al-Nusra, or the Al-Nusra Front, have since their formation in January 2012 established themselves as one of the most fearsome groups fighting the forces of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
A suspected US drone strike in Shabwa province on Saturday, thought to have been launched as part of an attempt to rescue US hostage Luke Somers, killed at least seven people.
33 year-old photojournalist Luke Somers was killed in Yemen on Saturday during a rescue attempt by U.S. and Yemeni forces after being held hostage by Al-Qaeda. In this video filmed by journalist To...
Schools across the Dohuk region of Northern Iraqi Kurdistan are coming to the end of term and thousands of children are yet unable to attend class due to the high influx of refugees in the region. ...
Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian novelist and activist, talks to Middle East Eye about liberal support for the Abdel Fattah al-Sisi government, the persecution of secular activists in Egypt today and the tri...
The 2011 Egyptian revolution is usually thought of as an uprising against dictatorship and corruption, with the aim of establishing a European or American style democratic system. But underlying th...
University Student in Yemen are calling on their government to provide better job opportunities for graduates and future graduates who are struggling to find jobs in Yemen's deteriorating economy. ...
The sailing team club in Gaza City consists of ten surfers, who are master sailors as well as surfers. Qatar, after several attempts, managed to deliver five sailing boats to Gaza City.
MEE takes you on a whistle-stop tour of everything you need to know about the Gulf Kingdom and its temperamental attempts at democracy, as voters take to the polls on 22 November.
Oren Ziv brings us footage of the aftermath of an arson attack that hit a West Bank house on Saturday night, when a mother and her three daughters were still inside
A car bomb hit the provincial headquarters of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, coming hot on the heels of an explosion caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest.
A rally was held in Sana'a on 7 November by supporters of Ali Saleh, calling for the US ambassador and UN envoy to leave Yemen as sanctions loom against the former president and three rebel Houthi ...
Houthis in Yemen commemorate Ashura by declaring that their latest grounds expansion seeks to bring an end corruption and end foreign intervention in Yemen’s internal affairs.
The production of khat - a flowering plant that, when chewed, produces a euphoric effect - is a lifeline for many in Yemen, particularly considering the high unemployment rates and instability that...
Cagri Ozdemir, freelance journalist and commentator, speaks to Arwa Ibrahim about the fallout from the Kurdish protests in Turkey, the government's political strategy on Kobane, what the future hol...
Following last week bomb attack in Sana'a which killed at least 47 people, Houthis line the street of the capital mourning the dead in a funeral procession.
Maryam Alkhawaja, co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, was released from prison on 19 September after being arrested at Bahrain International airport on 30 August.
A suicide bomb that exploded at a protest in Yemen's capital has killed nearly 50 people, including five children in one of the deadliest attacks on the city in years, security and medical sources ...
Though the violence of Operation Protective Edge is still fresh in the memory, the Muslims of Gaza celebrate the festival of Eid al-Adha, the second holiest day in the Muslim calender, as they have...
As militants from the Islamic State advance on the strategic border city of Kobane, Kurdish and Turkish residents on both sides of the border fear the consequences of the city falling to the group....
Parkour practitioners aim to get from A to B in the most efficient way possible. This is done using only the human body and the surroundings for propulsion, with a focus on maintaining as much mome...
The are though to be around 1.6 million refugees of Syria's civil war in Turkey, as the government has left the borders relatively porous to allow the influx.
Max Blumenthal, journalist and author of 'Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel', talks to MEE about the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, his experience in Gaza during Operation Protective Edg...
Mohammed Omer, correspondent for Middle East Eye, discusses the atmosphere of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of Israel's Operation Protective Edge, the Fatah-Hamas unity deal and what it means for...