Djemaa el Fna, the most famous square in all of Morocco, if not the whole of North Africa, is a hive of trade and activity

Adventurous travellers are looking to document the exact geographic intersection of several latitude and longitude point in Iraq and around the world as part of an Internet-based project.

A New Zealand Army officer serving as a United Nations military observer was detained and released by armed men in Syria on Monday.

Fast food chain and franchisor BurgerFuel Worldwide has opened its largest store ever, in the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

The Sea of Galilee is a must for any tourist on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. After all, it is mentioned frequently in the New Testament.

Israel needs to "flatten all of Gaza" in order to spare the lives of Israeli soldiers and civilians, according to a son of former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon.

The warmth of the Middle East might a short break to the Emirates looks appealing. But you don’t have to settle for the usual suspect, Dubai, says Nick Boulos.

A New Zealand documentary maker has escaped the Gaza Strip in a taxi as Israeli air strikes began while he was filming.

Dubai, famed for its mega-projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis, has announced a new development to open the world's biggest mall and a park larger than London's Hyde Park.

The parents of triplets who died in the Doha mall fire have made an emotional plea for justice after the trial over their deaths was delayed for a third time.

The hearing into the fatal fire at Doha's Villaggio mall which killed 19 people including three Kiwi triplets has been postponed for a third time.

Lebanon's Baalbek is, as Brett Atkinson, discovered, an extreme cultural mosaic.

Dating back to the second century BC, the Nabataean archaeological site, also known as Madain Saleh, has long been hidden from foreign visitors to Saudi Arabia. Assaad Abboud checks out a site that rarely opens up to tourists.