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Saudi women hit the road

After a decades-old ban is lifted, women in Saudi Arabia are allowed to get behind the wheel of a car.

24 June 2018
Saudi Arabia

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Saida Wurie

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25 Jun 2024
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Cristiano Ronaldo speaking at a press conference in Saudi Arabia

Ronaldo makes gaffe at first Saudi press conference

4 Jan 2023
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Abdullah al-Salmi

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22 Nov 2022
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Senator Dick Durbin

US senator says Saudi Arabia 'ought to pay a price'

13 Oct 2022
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Rainbow-coloured toys in a shop in Riyadh

Saudi officials seize rainbow-coloured toys

15 Jun 2022
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Professional golfer Dustin Johnson

Ros Atkins On... Saudi Arabia’s $2bn golf series

8 Jun 2022
Middle East
Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer criticises PM's Saudi energy visit

16 Mar 2022
UK Politics
Caroline Lucas

Lucas warns against ‘arms for oil deal’ with S Arabia

14 Mar 2022
UK Politics
Demolished buildings in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Footage shows demolished Jeddah neighbourhood

11 Mar 2022
Middle East
Young girl in Yemen

The children haunted by ghosts of war

30 Nov 2021
Middle East
Saad Aljabri

Exiled officer says Saudi crown prince is a 'psychopath'

25 Oct 2021
Middle East
Mustafa, a migrant who attempted the journey from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia

'We make it or we die'

13 Jun 2021
Africa
Composite with Biden and MBS

The superpower and the Saudis

6 Mar 2021
Middle East
Prof Madawi Al-Rasheed

'Saudi dissidents in exile on alert all the time'

1 Feb 2021
Middle East
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in al-Ula, Saudi Arabia

Saudi crown prince greets Qatar's emir at summit

5 Jan 2021
Middle East
Muslim Pilgrimage, or Hajj

Seven things about Hajj

20 Aug 2018
Middle East
Billboard promoting Saudi Crown Prince

Saudi Crown Prince's billboard welcome

8 Mar 2018
World

security officer near fire near road

Israel continues to battle raging wildfires

Buildings burn and land is scorched as wildfires spread outside of Jerusalem.

8 days ago
Middle East
A fireball seen from the viewpoint of a driver in front of a row of cars

Moment driver sees huge explosion rip through Iran port

At least four people have been killed and 500 more injured in Bandar Abbas.

26 Apr 2025
Middle East
Netanyahu sits to Trump's right in the White House.

Watch: What we learned from Trump's meeting with Netanyahu

Netanyahu is the first world leader to visit the White House since the US president announced tariffs on global trading partners.

7 Apr 2025
Middle East
Emergency vehicles, their lights are illuminated

Video casts doubt on Israeli account of Gaza medic killings

The video was published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which said it was obtained from the phone of a paramedic who was killed.

5 Apr 2025
Middle East
An aerial view image of the damage in the yard of a destroyed school, following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City

Videos show aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter

BBC Verify explains what we know about the incident after reviewing videos that were posted online.

4 Apr 2025
Middle East
A Palestinian family riding aboard a box with their belongings, as they attempt to move South following an Israeli ground invasion

BBC Verify: Assessing Israel's renewed ground operation

Israel has sent more troops into Gaza after resuming airstrikes on what it calls "terror targets".

20 Mar 2025
Middle East
Two men, a woman and a child are sitting in the back of a white camper van. On top of the van are possessions such as clothes and sleeping bags, piled very high. The van is parked in front of a large pile of grey rubble and several buildings that have been damaged by strikes. Some have been completely destroyed. The BBC Verify logo is in the top left corner.

BBC Verify: Mapping Israel's wave of strikes

More than 400 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been assessing footage of the strikes and building a picture of the damage done.

18 Mar 2025
Middle East
Orange light from explosion seen over Gaza skyline

Watch: Explosions over Gaza as Israel launches new strikes against Hamas

The Israeli military says it is hitting "terror targets" across Gaza.

18 Mar 2025
Middle East
BBC Beirut correspondent Carine Torbey speaks to the camera in a room with displaced Alawites

'They live in big fear': The BBC visits displaced Alawites in Lebanon

Thousands of Syrians have crossed into Lebanon from the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.

10 Mar 2025
Middle East
Three small children in a bus. One child has their hands pressed against the window

Children evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment

The first of an estimated 2,000 Gazan children needing medical treatment arrive in Jordan.

5 Mar 2025
Middle East
Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.

Watch: Six Israeli hostages released in Gaza

Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.

22 Feb 2025
Middle East
Daniel Lifschitz, grandson of Oded Lifschitz

Hostage's grandson: 'That's not the way anyone should die'

The grandson of Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned to Israel this week, speaks to the BBC.

22 Feb 2025
Middle East
Eleven-year-old Zakaria

Video removed: Boy, 11, living alone in Gaza hospital, has 'witnessed scenes no child should see'

Zakaria, 11, volunteered at a busy Gaza hospital during the war - one of three children in a new BBC documentary.

16 Feb 2025
Middle East
Freed Palestinian prisoner on person's shoulders leaning for hug

Watch: Crowds gather to welcome freed Palestinian prisoners

Israel released 369 people on Saturday as Hamas freed three more hostages

15 Feb 2025
Middle East
Family member cheer and clap while sat in living room seeing hostages released

Watch: Celebrations in Israel as three more hostages freed

Alexander Troufanov, Yair Horn and Sagui Dekel-Chen were handed over to the Red Cross on Saturday morning.

15 Feb 2025
Middle East
A woman cries as Palestinian prisoners are greeted after being released from an Israeli jail, as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

Released Palestinian prisoners greeted in Ramallah

Some 180 prisoners are being freed in exchange for three Israeli hostages.

8 Feb 2025
Middle East
Celebrations as hostages freed

Watch: How triple Israeli hostage release unfolded

Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi are returning home after being released in Gaza on Saturday.

8 Feb 2025
Middle East
Masked gunmen holding weapons stand on stage with three men with white certificates

Watch: Hamas hands over Israeli hostages to Red Cross

The men were all taken captive during the 7 October attacks and have been held in Gaza for 16 months.

8 Feb 2025
Middle East
Keir Starmer answers questions in PMQs

People of Gaza must be allowed home, says Starmer

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey called on the PM to reiterate to the White House that the UK is committed to two-state solution.

5 Feb 2025
Middle East
Justice Cheema-Grubb, wearing a periwig and robes, delivers her sentencing remarks to Daniel Khalife at Woolwich Crown Court

Watch: 'Dangerous fool' Khalife sentenced to jail

The former solider collected information and passed it to Tehran, before escaping from HMP Wandsworth.

3 Feb 2025
Middle East

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