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August 22, 2019

BBC News promotes Iran loyalist’s unproven claims

The BBC chose to unquestioningly amplify unproven allegations without adequate disclosure of their s...

December 28, 2018

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...

August 21, 2017

In which BBC Monitoring contradicts the BBC World Service

BBC Monitoring promotes media buzz. ...

July 10, 2017

Superficial BBC News reporting on southern Syria ceasefire

Two BBC reports on the ceasefire in south-west Syria fail to provide audiences with the full picture...

May 7, 2017

Inaccuracies and omissions in BBC News reporting on Abbas White House visit

In contrast to other media reports on the Trump-Abbas meeting, this BBC article fails to inform read...

October 10, 2016

BBC News’ bizarre ‘Newsbeat’ backgrounder on Syria

An article which appeared in the ‘Features’ section of the BBC News website’s Midd...

June 15, 2016

Beirut bank bomb blanked by BBC News

One might have thought that a story concerning a terror organisation’s threats against a sover...

January 22, 2016

When BBC journalists become the story – and when they don’t

On January 20th followers of the BBC News Twitter account were alerted to a story described as follo...

January 20, 2016

BBC News makes do with half the story of US-Iran deal

An article originally published on the BBC News website on January 16th under the title “Four ...