Sources: BBC RIA Novosti
Israeli troops and tanks enter Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. Displaced families in the region are heading further south to Rafah, a town on the Egyptian border. 2023-12-5
Four people are killed and 13 more injured during a building collapse in Beheira Governorate, Egypt. 2023-07-16
Hundreds are reported dead - including 43 police - across Egypt as security forces disperse two pro-Morsi sit-ins; one at Rabaa Square and one at al-Nahda Square. 2013-08-14
Political leaders of Palestinian group Hamas exit Syria for Egypt and Qatar, saying it could no longer operate in the country. 2012-02-28
The bombardment of Homs in Syria continues for an 18th successive day, killing over 100 people. 2012-02-21
One of Syria's leading businessmen says sanctions against the country are crippling the economy and that the government is "disintegrating". 2012-02-19
Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass says several pieces have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the revolution. 2011-02-13
The Government of Australia sends a QANTAS jet to evacuate Australians trapped in Egypt while the United States Government charters jets to evacuate its citizens. 2011-01-31
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send deputy prime-minister to a summit on nuclear weapons in the United States over concerns that Egypt and Turkey might shift the focus away from preventing militants from obtaining nuclear weapons by insisting that Israel sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 2010-04-8