Breaking news and analysis from the Middle East
Six Britons have been killed and several others injured in a minibus crash in Saudi Arabia.
The Iraqi military has recaptured eastern Mosul up to the Tigris river from the Islamic State (IS).
Two attackers, a policeman and a civilian have been killed and up to a dozen people have been injured in a terror attack on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir.
Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was shot and killed in the Turkish capital in an apparent protest against Russian military action in Aleppo and support for the Assad regime.
The Syrian government has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from opposition-held eastern Aleppo, blaming the rebels for breaking the ceasefire.
