USA/Israel: also at loggerheads over Iran

In this edition: Iran's nukes are at the heart of Israel's strained relations with Washington; we profile Nobel peace laureate and possible Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei; and we go to Saudi Arabia to follow a traditional fishing contest where it's no rods allowed.

Programme prepared by Stephanie Cheval and Gregory White

23/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Meet the Sheik of Al Aqsa

Our weekly round-up of the news from the Middle East looks at the fraught relationship between France and Iran, and features a meeting with Raed Salah, the self-proclaimed defender of Islam's third holiest site, the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

16/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Brutal homecoming for Shiite Lebanese

In this edition: thousands of Shiite Lebanese are expelled from the UAE for refusing to rat on their compatriotes; civilians get caught in the crossfire in Yemen's civil war; students at a Cairo university are divided over a proposed niqab ban.

09/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

How to smuggle a car into embargo-hit Gaza

In this edition: Israel's four-year old embargo on motor vehicles to Gaza doesn't stop cars from getting in; rebuilding Nahr el-Bared in Lebanon; why Iran's former president now seems to be falling in line.

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02/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Who really leads in Tehran?

In this edition: In Iran, the presidential election appears to have shifted the balance of power in favour of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; in Iraq, the fight of the wounded is far from over; and Israeli scientists help West Bank villagers go green.

25/09/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Abbas-Netanyahu, an ordinary handshake?

In this Edition: A body language specialist offers pessimistic insights into the handshake between Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian president; a report on Yemen’s forgotten conflict; and focus on Saudi Arabia's first co-ed university.