Turkey and Syria earthquake: ‘The hospital was collapsing with my son inside’
Craig TaylorIsmael had just left his six-year-old son for treatment when the massive earthquake struck. BBC News – Middle East
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Palestinian gunmen killed in Israeli raid in Jericho
Five people are thought to have died as a particularly bloody period between the two sides continues. BBC News – Middle East
‘I escaped abusive jungle cult – then rescued my son’
When Yisrael Amir fled the isolated sect, he brought with him tales of control, abuse and rape. BBC News – Middle East
UN envoy: Israel and Palestinian violence at critical point
“Firm” diplomatic intervention is needed to stem growing bloodshed, Tor Wennesland tells the BBC. BBC News – Middle East
Israel and the Palestinians: Blinken’s Jerusalem visit offers few solutions
The US secretary of state says “concrete steps” are needed to reduce violence but does not elaborate. BBC News – Middle East
Secretive Saudi executions leave families in the dark
Relatives of prisoners are given no advance warning of executions, and left with no bodies to bury. BBC News – Middle East