Netanyahu says Ban ‘encourages terror’
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accuses UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of “encouraging terror” after remarks on a recent wave of violence. BBC News – Middle East
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accuses UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of “encouraging terror” after remarks on a recent wave of violence. BBC News – Middle East
Security is stepped up in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, on the fifth anniversary of the start of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak. BBC News – Middle East
Iran and China pledge closer economic ties, as China’s Xi Jinping becomes the first leader to visit Tehran since sanctions were lifted. BBC News – Middle East
The BBC obtains satellite imagery which appears to show the US expanding an air strip in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria. BBC News – Middle East
A Syrian opposition committee has named an Islamist rebel as its chief negotiator at peace talks that the UN hopes to convene in Geneva on Monday. BBC News – Middle East
The UN says violence suffered by civilians in Iraq “remains staggering”, with at least 18,800 killed and 3.2 million displaced since 2014. BBC News – Middle East