Sinai

December 18, 2015

Weekend long read

This week’s long read focuses on recent Middle East related stories which did not appear on BB...

December 11, 2015

Where do ISIS related indictments make BBC news – and where not?

On December 8th the BBC News website reported that four residents of Luton, UK, had been charged wit...

September 27, 2015

More uncritical amplification of a HRW report from BBC News

On September 22nd an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the tit...

September 21, 2015

BBC fails to meet its remit in article about Rafah tunnels

One of the public purposes defined in the BBC’s Charter is titled “Bringing the UK to t...

August 23, 2015

BBC’s Sinai Hamas kidnapping story tells a partial tale

On August 20th BBC correspondents in the Middle East tweeted the following news: As was stated in th...

August 21, 2015

BBC News coverage of terrorism – July 2015

The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks during July 2015 (English here, Hebrew here...

July 6, 2015

BBC censors ‘Jewish’ from IS affiliate’s claim of missile attacks

Despite its defined purpose of building “understanding of international issues”, the BBC...

January 7, 2015

More selective BBC reporting on Middle East Jihadists

Regular visitors to the BBC News website’s Middle East page cannot have failed to notice that ...

October 30, 2014

BBC recycles an AP inaccuracy

On October 28th an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the title...

October 27, 2014

Laconic BBC reporting on Egypt’s closure of Rafah crossing

October 25th saw the appearance of a report titled “President Sisi says jihadists threaten Egy...