Appeals for jailed al-Jazeera staff
The parents of one of the three al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt are optimistic they will be released, on the first anniversary of their arrest. BBC News – Middle East
The parents of one of the three al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt are optimistic they will be released, on the first anniversary of their arrest. BBC News – Middle East
A court in Egypt reduces to one year the three-year jail sentences given to eight men for appearing in a video alleged to show a gay marriage. BBC News – Middle East
Syrian aircraft drop barrel bombs on Islamic State-held areas in the north-east, killing some 40 people, activists say. BBC News – Middle East
The Jordanian air force plane that crashed in Syria was not shot down by Islamic State militants, the US says. BBC News – Middle East
A German author who spent time in Islamic State territory tells the BBC the group is stronger, more brutal and harder to confront than he expected. BBC News – Middle East
Oil-rich Gulf states vow not to cut crude production, blaming speculators and producers outside the Opec group for falling prices. BBC News – Middle East