Full Coverage: Middle East

23.08.2009 The Nile Delta is one of the world's regions most vulnerable to rising sea levels. The population is already troubled with flooding and salt intrusion. Guardian

20.08.2009 A ‘sixth war’ between the army and the Al Houthi rebels is underway in north Yemen.

17.08.2009 Lebanon is in the front line in the fight against the impact of climate change in the Middle East. IRIN News

11.08.2009 British Foreign Secretary David Miliband should scrap proposals for UK private military companies to police themselves or risk further killings in Iraq and Afghanistan, said a prominent development charity, following reports that a security contractor working for a British private military company shot dead two colleagues in Baghdad.

10.08.2009 A string of targeted bombings against minority communities in Iraq has been condemned as "a deliberate attempt to grab control over contested territory in northern Iraq by pushing out the minorities who live there."