“This is about religion, culture, the norms of the region and respect, versus LGBT advocates and activists vocal on human rights”, writes BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil. BBC News – Middle East
Officials are allegedly holding bodies unless families stay silent or back false state media claims. BBC News – Middle East
Machine guns on trucks have been seen heading to one city, amid reports of dozens killed in a week. BBC News – Middle East
Operation Claw-Sword targeted sites in Syria and Iraq a week after a deadly bombing in Istanbul. BBC News – Middle East
Social media images show crowds cheering as fire engulfs the Islamic Republic founder’s ancestral home. BBC News – Middle East
Kian Pirfalak is one of the youngest recent fatalities, though state media blames a “terror attack”. BBC News – Middle East
Craig Taylor