Middle East

Latest Updates

  1. An aerial view of Salisbury showing fields on the edge of the city under flood water. The famous cathedral and the city centre are visible in the background

  2. A man carried by a large crowd of people, wearing a grey jumper, a white bus in the background

  3. Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks at a news conference in Damascus, Syria (23 December 2024)

  4. Emily Damari (R) stands smiling with her right arm around her mother Mandy's shoulders while holding up her left hand with two fingers missing

  5. Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks at a news conference in Damascus, Syria (23 December 2024)

  6. Bibas family: Shiri Bibas, 32, her husband, Yarden, 34, and their two young children, Ariel, 4, and 10-month-old Kfir Bibas

  7. The gated entrance to Martin-Baker site on Lower Road. There are tall blue gates across the entrance and a sign to their left with instructions for visitors. A long white one-storey building to the left with further buildings beyond the gates, and a tree on the right.

  8. Sisters Hedaya and Raghad

  9. Mohammed Deif

  10. Agam Berger with her parents (30/01/25)

  11. the 10 British servicemen who were killed when their Hercules plane crashed 30/1/2005 in Iraq. Top, from left: Squadron Leader Patrick Marshall, 39, Flight Lieutenant David Stead, 35, Flight Lieutenant Andrew Smith, 25, Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel, 35, Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, 42; bottom, from left: Chief Technician Richard Brown, 40, Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson, 34, Sergeant Robert O'Connor, 38, Corporal David Williams, 37, Acting Lance Corporal Steven Jones, 25.

  12. Two Thais taken hostage by Hamas are freed in Khan Yunis on January 30, 2025 - grab from video by BBC Gaza freelancer. Two men wearing white hoodies are surrounded by masked guards and people trying to take their pictures with their mobile phones

  13. Two people in white hoodies are escorted by soldiers through a crowd

  14. A woman walking in the al-Hol camp in north-eastern Syria

  15. A file photo of the town of Tamoun in the occupied West Bank taken on 7 January, 2025. The image shows rubble and people walking in the distance along a narrow street.

  16. A C130-J Hercules transport aircraft similar to the RAF Hercules plane that has crashed north of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday January 30th 2005

  17. The Royal Navy released images of the Sparta II (centre) as it moved through international waters in late December, before arriving in Syria

  18. Two men in grey jumpers held up by crowd as they raise their hands

    • UK
    Yahel, left, wearing a white dress with mother Lianne, wearing black in the centre, and sister Noiya in a purple summer dress. They are all smiling while stood outside with a garden with tables and chairs in the background.

  20. A man stands in front of produce in Pakistan

  21. Doron Steinbrecher walks through a crowd of Hamas fighters, with their faces covered and wearing green bandanas, and Emily Damari gets out of a vehicle as both women are handed over to the Red Cross

  22. A teenage boy carries a cardboard box with the words "Unrwa" on them

  23. A photo of a large Premier Inn sign which has the company's moon logo above its name. The sign is a reflective surface and reflections of trees can be seen against a cloudy but blue sky.

  24. Aerial footage of destruction in Gaza, destroyed buildings as far as the horizon