Iran's Law Enforcement Agency says surveillance cameras are intended to prevent the spread of Middle Eastern terrorism across the country. Visit this link to read more: Cameras to 'shield Iran from terrorism'

The Middle East's biggest budget airline says it will buy 10 more Airbus A320 planes as it prepares to open a new hub in Morocco. Air Arabia's move is part of a broader push by Gulf Arab carriers to expand their fleets and route networks at a time when some airlines elsewhere in the world are contracting. Visit this link to read more: Air Arabia to buy 10 more Airbus A320 jetliners

Barack Obama has already been hailed as a savior who will achieve peace in the Middle East by correcting US foreign policy - and written off as phony who will simply repackage the same old pro-Israeli positions and actually make matters worse by dashing the hopes of so many people. Visit this link to read more: Obama deserves the benefit of the doubt until he proves otherwise

Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi pledged on Tuesday to protect Middle East Airlines (MEA), including efforts to extend its exclusive right to operate as Lebanon's national carrier until at least 2012. Aridi, who made the remarks at a ceremony to place the cornerstone for the building that will house MEA's new $40 million. Visit this link to read more: Aridi promises not to clip MEA's wings

The international tourism industry faces a tough year in 2009 but the Middle East is providing a bright spot for the sector, according to two reports released Monday to coincide with one of the biggest events on the international tourism industry calendar. Visit this link to read more: Report: Low-cost carriers could win from recession

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Tehran on Sunday evening the US has been pursuing a failed policy in the Middle East region. Visit this link to read more: Mottaki: US pursuing failed policy in Middle East

The blundering Republican regime of President George W. Bush has reportedly given the green light to espionage and military operations in Middle East countries, including Iran. Visit this link to read more: Bush Okayed Intelligence Operations in Iran

I once asked one of my Palestinian friends what he thought the United States should do to help the peoples of the Middle East. He was incredulous: "Haven't you done enough?" In retrospect that pained reply seems the perfect answer to my presumption: I'm from America and I'm here to help. Visit this link to read more: Little shop of horrors: the new Middle East

The so-called Middle East Quartet called on Israel and the Palestinians on Sunday to press on with peace negotiations even though a year-end target date for a deal is dead in the water. The Quartet also called for a halt to Jewish settlement activity on occupied Palestinian land as per its obligations under international law. Visit this link to read more: Quartet: Mideast peace process should continue

US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met last night with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the eve of the meeting of the so-called Middle East Quartet for dealing with the chronic question of Zionist usurped Palestine, in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm ash-Sheikh. The two officials exchanged views on mutual relations, the US deployment of missiles in Eastern Europe, and the eastward expansion of NATO. Visit this link to read more: Rice, Lavrov Meet without Breakthrough

The US and Europe have reportedly assured Arab leaders they will not offer Iran political sway in the Middle East over its nuclear case. Visit this link to read more: 'No political sway will be given to Iran'

The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators met Israeli and Palestinian officials on Sunday to try to sustain the peace process despite widely held expectations there will be no deal this year. Visit this link to read more: Egypt: Middle East peace talks begin

The Quartet of Middle East mediators says it will hold a major conference next spring in Moscow, after no sign of a peace deal this year. Visit this link to read more: Moscow to host Mid-east meeting

The Quartet of Middle East mediators says it will hold a major conference next spring in Moscow, after no sign of a peace deal this year. Visit this link to read more: Moscow to host next Mideast talks

The Quartet of Middle East mediators meets in Egypt despite no sign of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal being reachable soon. Visit this link to read more: Mideast Quartet gathers in Egypt

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the current regional as well as international developments require a change in Mideast policies. Visit this link to read more: Changes in Middle East policies needed

Palestinian faction Hamas has said it is ready for talks with US President-elect Barack Obama if he wants to "deal with the Middle East region, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict." Visit this link to read more: Hamas says ready for talks with new US president

Sunday focus Sweden's announcement that it was planning to kick its oil habit caused few ripples in the Gulf. But as Opec struggles to raise prices, America's next president is a man with a plan to eliminate US oil imports from the Middle East within 10 years. Visit this link to read more: Are the chips down for oil?

Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said US president-elect Barack Obama will change Washington's policies on Iran and the Middle East. Visit this link to read more: 'Obama will change approach to Iran'

Arab foreign ministers and representatives of the Middle East Quartet are to discuss Palestinian-Israeli peace process in Egypt. Visit this link to read more: Arabs, Quartet to meet in Egypt

Editors-in-chief of Emirati newspapers agreed that Barack Obama's election as the 44th president of the United States would bring significant change, but said it was too early to tell how much his administration would change America's policy in the Middle East. Visit this link to read more: Editors see little change in US foreign policy

The US Secretary of State says the Israeli-Palestinian peace process she sponsored should still lay the ground for an eventual deal. Visit this link to read more: Rice denies Bush's Middle East peace push a failure

The received wisdom in the US capital is that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be way down the agenda of Barack Obama. Visit this link to read more: Obama wields more options in the Middle East

US president-elect Barack Obama will play a more positive role in resolving disputes in the Middle East, academics said on Thursday. Visit this link to read more: Playing positive role in Middle East

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel on Thursday in her latest bid to push Middle East peace, but tacitly admitted the sides may not achieve the goal of a deal by the year's end. Visit this link to read more: Rice admits no Mideast peace deal in 2008

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel on Thursday in her latest bid to push Middle East peace, but tacitly admitted the sides may not achieve the goal of a deal by the year's end. Visit this link to read more: No Mideast peace deal in 2008: Rice

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on peace process. Visit this link to read more: Rice begins Middle East tour

Political figures across the Middle East offer a cautious welcome to the new US president-elect, Barack Obama. Visit this link to read more: Mid-East leaders welcome Obama

Arab League head Amr Moussa has urged President-elect Barack Obama to act swiftly to try to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Moussa welcomed the result of the U.S. election and said it marked a watershed for the United States and for efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. Visit this link to read more: Arab League urges Obama to act quickly in Mideast

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says it is possible to move quickly to a Middle East peace settlement with the right circumstances. Visit this link to read more: Brown hopeful for Mideast peace