New Posts to BBC News - Middle East on Jun 18, 2013:
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1) Refugee numbers 'highest since 1994'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22963060#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor.
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2) G8 backs urgent Syria peace talks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22957614#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
G8 leaders back calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva "as soon as possible", without mentioning the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
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3) Deadly bomb attacks hit Baghdad
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22952491#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
At least 31 people are killed in a double suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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4) Auditors criticise EU aid for Egypt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22949616#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
European auditors say much of the 1bn euros of EU aid for Egypt in the past seven years has had little or no impact.
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5) Abu Qatada treaty endorsed by King
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22953531#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The King of Jordan endorses a treaty with the UK, paving the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada.
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6) Ethiopia, Egypt vow to ease tension
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22951276#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ethiopia and Egypt agree to hold further talks to quell rising tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say, after meeting in Addis Ababa.
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7) Mauritania country profile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13881985#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Provides an overview, basic information and key events for this oil-producing, mainly desert country in west Africa
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8) VIDEO: Lebanese families drawn into Syrian conflict
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22953101#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
As the Syrian conflict fans the flames of Sunni-Shia tensions in the wider Middle East, BBC Newsnight's Tim Whewell meets families in Lebanon already drawn into both sides of their neighbour's war.
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9) AUDIO: 'Death by Assad would be better'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22959524#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A Syrian woman claims she would rather die under Assad's regime than live another day in a refugee camp
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10) VIDEO: Barbra Streisand receives PhD
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22953242#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Barbra Streisand received an honorary doctorate of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
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11) How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22892783#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
As witnesses die, will the Holocaust be forgotten?
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12) Alaa Jarban: One of Yemen's first openly gay men
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22893341#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Fears for author of 'I'm Queer' blogpost
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13) Lebanese families drawn into Syrian conflict
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22938132#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Meeting the Lebanese families drawn into Syria's war
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