Yemenis transferred from Guantanamo
Five Yemeni men held at the US jail in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than a dozen years are transferred to Oman and Estonia, US officials say. BBC News – Middle East
Five Yemeni men held at the US jail in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than a dozen years are transferred to Oman and Estonia, US officials say. BBC News – Middle East
A court in Egypt overturns former President Hosni Mubarak’s embezzlement conviction and orders a retrial, paving the way for his release. BBC News – Middle East
Lebanese security forces raid a prison after an investigation found detainees were connected to a suicide attack at the weekend, officials say. BBC News – Middle East
A suicide bomb attack in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has killed at least seven people, in the latest violence linked to Syria’s civil war. BBC News – Middle East
A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say. BBC News – Middle East
Reports from Syria say some members of the religious police force set up by the militant group Islamic State have been kidnapped. BBC News – Middle East