UK-The Independent-Middle East Headlines

UK-The Independent-Middle East

Strait of Hormuz: Region's biggest tinderbox leaves the Gulf on the brink

Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

Isis regaining strength in Iraq and Syria fewer than six months after Trump celebrated victory, military officials warn

Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Syrian regime set to retake town in key rebel-held area after years of opposition control

Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

'Dismay' as Iran upholds spying sentence against British Council worker

Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

US mother who lost custody of child after Saudi court ruled her 'too Western' to appeal

Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Netanyahu's wife 'demands to enter cockpit' after pilot fails to welcome her over plane loudspeaker

Mon Aug 19, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Detained Iranian tanker sets sail from Gibraltar as Tehran warns US not to seize ship

Mon Aug 19, 2019 05:24 AM EDT

'May God ruin Trump': Rashida Tlaib's grandmother slaps down president over Israel trip comments

Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

'An insult to democracy': Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hit back at Trump-inspired ban on visiting Israel

Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:24 PM EDT

The 1975's Matty Healy protests Dubai's anti-LGBT+ laws by kissing male fan during concert

Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:24 PM EDT

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib barred from entering Israel - at Donald Trump's request

Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

New report alleges Saudi Arabia covered up war crimes in Yemen

Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Iraq's ban on video games didn't work, it just made young people angry

Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib 'barred from entering Israel', report says

Thu Aug 15, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

British-Iranian academic arrested in Iran amid tanker row

Wed Aug 14, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul 'offered release in return for denying torture on video'

Wed Aug 14, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Isis leader's jihadi pledge repeatedly drowned out by squawking bird

Wed Aug 14, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Game of Thrones actor Josephine Gillan begs public for help after Israeli authorities take her baby daughter

Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

'No one will accept a unified Yemen': Separatists refuse to back down on independence bid as UAE urges dialogue

Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Children of British Isis members will not be allowed to return to UK, government rules

Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

Israeli army kills four Palestinians following attack at Gaza border

Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

Hajj: Millions take part in final rites in Mecca as Muslims around globe celebrate Eid al-Adha

Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Saudi Arabia women's rights reforms less extensive than they appear, campaigners warn

Sun Aug 11, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Southern Yemen separatists seize presidential palace, tearing coalition apart and sparking fears of new war

Sat Aug 10, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

Israeli army kills four Palestinians attempting to cross Gaza fence

Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

In the future, only the rich will be able to escape the unbearable heat from climate change. In Iraq, it's already happening

Sat Aug 10, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

British man detained in Oman 'after swearing' when his connecting flight was delayed

Fri Aug 9, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

'Your blood is on the hands of ICE': Iraqi man dies weeks after being deported from US

Thu Aug 8, 2019 05:24 AM EDT

Boris Johnson backed plan to send British troops to Yemen

Wed Aug 7, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

Trump's Syria withdrawal has hurt fight against Isis, Pentagon says

Wed Aug 7, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Shamima Begum being investigated by British police despite government vow not to bring her back to UK

Tue Aug 6, 2019 5:24 PM EDT

Saudi Arabia king pays 1m for survivors of Christchurch massacre to attend holy Muslim pilgrimage

Tue Aug 6, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

'A strait for a strait': Iran demands access to Gibraltar waters after UK joins US maritime force in Gulf

Tue Aug 6, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

US officials try to prevent Turkish military operation against Kurdish allies in Syria

Tue Aug 6, 2019 01:24 AM EDT

Britain joins US naval mission to protect international shipping in Gulf amid escalating security crisis with Iran

Mon Aug 5, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Iraq denies ties to tanker seized by Iran for 'oil smuggling', as Tehran warns of further action in the Gulf

Mon Aug 5, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Syria explosion: 26 soldiers killed in blast at air base, military official says

Sun Aug 4, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Iran seizes foreign oil tanker 'smuggling oil' in Gulf strait

Sun Aug 4, 2019 05:24 AM EDT

Battle for Tripoli: The secret network fighting to end Libya's war

Sat Aug 3, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Yazidi rape survivors forced to abandon children of Isis to be able to return to community: 'Drowning in an ocean of pain'

Sat Aug 3, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Yezidi rape survivors forced to abandon children of Isis to be able to return to community: 'Drowning in an ocean of pain'

Sat Aug 3, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Saudi Arabian women finally allowed to apply for passport and travel independently

Fri Aug 2, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Trump threatens to release thousands of Isis fighters 'to Europe'

Fri Aug 2, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Facebook takes down first covert propaganda campaign tied to Saudi government

Thu Aug 1, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

The best sellers of Baghdad's oldest book market

Thu Aug 1, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Iranian women defy threat of decade-long jail sentence by taking photos of themselves without headscarves

Thu Aug 1, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

In rare meeting between Iran and Gulf rival, some see signs of possible harmony

Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Mashrou' Leila: Lebanese band concert cancelled to 'avoid bloodshed' after attacks from church leaders

Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:24 PM EDT

Mashrou Leila: Lebanese band concert cancelled to 'avoid bloodshed' after attacks from church leaders

Wed Jul 31, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Israel approves thousands of new settler homes in West Bank

Wed Jul 31, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

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