Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled the recognition of a Palestinian State as a "mark of shame" during a combative speech at the UN General Assembly in New...

The former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair has been involved in discussions about running a transitional authority in Gaza if there is a ceasefire, the BBC understands.Sir Tony,...

The BBC and three international news agencies have released a short film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza.The film, launched by the corporation with Agence France-Presse...

The President of Iraq, Abdul Latif Rashid, has told the BBC's Tom Bateman that he rejects the idea that recognition of the State of Palestine rewards Hamas.France formally recognised...

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been freed and reunited with his family after almost six years of imprisonment in Egypt. One of the country's most prominent political prisoners,...

Israel has carried out a large wave of air strikes in southern Lebanon, saying it was targeting positions of the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah. The attacks came after evacuation...

Lucy WilliamsonBBC Middle East correspondent in JeninBBCAbdel Aziz Majarmeh is grieving his 13-year-old sonStates are there to protect. But so are fathers.Abdel Aziz Majarmeh was standing next to his...

Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondentBBCSylvia al-Shurafi says "even an animal" could not survive in the so-called humanitarian zoneAs Israel continues its operation to fully occupy Gaza City, displaced Palestinians in...

Two Israeli military personnel have been shot dead near a border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli military and medics say.The two men were identified...

Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, IstanbulWatch: ''Fear is making us flee'' say displaced GazansLocal residents and eyewitnesses say dozens of Israeli tanks and military vehicles have pushed into a major residential...

EPASheep walk among the dried-out bed of the Orontes River in Jisr al-Shughour, northern SyriaThe wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and...

Israel Prime Minister's OfficeRubio's visit comes less than a week after Israel attacked the territory of US ally Qatar Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further...