9.48am GMT

Hello and welcome to today’s Middle East Live. This is Paul Owen covering for Matthew Weaver for the day.

Here is a summary of this morning’s key events so far:

Syria

• Hillary Clinton has announced an additional $30m (£18.9m) of humanitarian aid to Syria, bringing the total US aid to the country to $200m. The US secretary of state called the formation of Syria's new opposition coalition, the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, an important step that would help Washington better target its help. "As the Syrian opposition takes these steps and demonstrates its effectiveness in advancing the cause of a unified, democratic, pluralistic Syria, we will be prepared to work with them to deliver assistance to the Syrian people,” Clinton said in Australia, after talks with her Australian counterpart and the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta. Clinton said the $30m would help get food to hungry people inside Syria and to refugees who have fled to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.

• France yesterday became the first western country to formally recognise the new opposition coalition as the “sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people”. Six Gulf Arab states also recognised the coalition on Monday. The US, the EU and the Arab League have so far stopped short of giving it formal recognition. William Hague, the British foreign secretary, said the new body had to prove its democratic credentials and show it enjoyed support from all Syrians. A Syrian donors’ conference will be held in London on Friday to discuss stepping up non-lethal aid to the new group, which is headed by Moaz al-Khatib.

• Reuters is reporting that a Syrian warplane has bombed the rebel-held town of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border for a third day.

Jordan

• Violent protests broke out across Jordan last night after the government announced an increase in fuel prices, inciting anger directed at the king after months of mounting tension in the kingdom.

Iraq

• Iraqi insurgents unleashed a new wave of bombings across the country this morning, targeting security forces and civilians, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more.

Israel

• Israel's vice-prime minister, Moshe Yaalon, said this morning that the Palestinians would violate their peace accords with Israel by seeking recognition of an independent state of Palestine at the United Nations. Yaalon said Israel would "have to take steps to make it clear that there will be heavy price" if the Palestinians go ahead with their plan to petition the UN general assembly for “non-member state” status before 29 November. An anonymous official told the Associated Press Israel would consider the 1990s peace accords null and void if the Palestinian statehood bid goes ahead.