Britain and US close embassies in YemenTHE US and Britain closed their embassies in the Yemeni capital yesterday following warnings that al-Qaeda is preparing attacks…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Iraq to challenge dismissal in US of Blackwater caseIRAQ ANNOUNCED yesterday that it would challenge a decision by a US federal court judge dismissing the case against five private…Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Iraq to challenge dismissal in US of Blackwater caseIRAQ ANNOUNCED yesterday that it would challenge a decision by a US federal court judge dismissing the case against five private…Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Iraqi police among dead after suicide blasts kill 23SUICIDE BOMBINGS in Ramadi’s fortified Green Zone have killed 23 people and wounded more than 100Thu Dec 31 2009 - 00:00
Brinkmanship by both sides during time of Iran's 'martyrs'ANALYSIS : The latest violence has caught both the opposition and government by surpriseTue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Palestinians mark date of Israeli offensiveSIRENS WAILED across the Gaza Strip yesterday morning as Palestinians marked the first anniversary of Israel’s 22-day offensive…Mon Dec 28 2009 - 00:00
Israel permits 300 Gazans to attend Mass in BethlehemISRAELI DEFENCE Minister Ehud Barak has issued month-long permits for 300 of Gaza’s 3,000 Christians to attend Christmas Masses…Thu Dec 24 2009 - 00:00
Aid agencies condemn failure to end Gaza blockadeSIXTEEN LEADING aid agencies yesterday issued a report condemning Israel and the international community for refusing to end …Wed Dec 23 2009 - 00:00
Gun attack on Syrian workers may be linked to Hariri visitSHOTS WERE fired yesterday at a bus carrying Syrian workers in northern Lebanon, killing one and giving rise to speculation that…Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Iran's new martyr whose voice cannot be stilledGrand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri’s death has reinvigorated the Iranian oppositionTue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Iranians gather to mourn death of dissident ayatollahTHOUSANDS OF Iranians gathered yesterday in the holy city of Qom to mourn Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, the country’…Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Iraq's security forces implicated in December bombingsAT LEAST 45 Iraqi security force members may have been involved in co-ordinated attacks that killed 127 in Baghdad on December…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Non-US firms win Iraqi oil rights in auctionEUROPEAN, RUSSIAN and Chinese energy companies rather than US multinationals won contracts to develop major Iraqi oil fields …Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Egyptians building wall under ground at GazaEGYPTIAN OFFICIALS yesterday confirmed that Cairo is covertly constructing an underground steel barrier along the border with…Fri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Baghdad bomb blasts leave at least 127 deadAT LEAST 127 people were killed and 530 wounded yesterday in co-ordinated blasts that rocked the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Late February urged for poll as Iraqis who fled get voteTHE UNITED Nations pressed Iraq’s election commission yesterday to designate February 27th as the date for parliamentary elections…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
'No terrorism factor' behind Damascus bus explosionSYRIA HAS said that an accident was the cause of an explosion on a bus used by Iranian pilgrims visiting a Shia shrine near Damascus…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Legislation to provide €20m funding for anti-western militant groupsIRAN’S PARLIAMENT, the majlis, has adopted legislation allocating $20 million (€13Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Barghouti likely to be freed in exchange next weekPALESTINIAN OFFICIALS say Marwan Barghouti, a senior West Bank Fatah leader sentenced in 2002 by Israel to five life terms in…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Israel could free Fatah leader in Palestinian swapA SENIOR Fatah figure jailed by Israel could be among hundreds of Palestinian prisoners set free in exchange for Israeli soldier…Wed Nov 25 2009 - 00:00
Saudi aircraft hit 15 villages in strikes, Yemen rebels sayYEMEN REBELS said yesterday that Saudi fighter aircraft had fired 145 missiles at 15 villages in the country’s northern province…Fri Nov 13 2009 - 00:00
Lebanese government to be formed five months after pollFIVE MONTHS after Lebanon’s parliamentary election, prime minister-designate Saad Hariri last night presented to Lebanese president…Tue Nov 10 2009 - 00:00
Abbas may dissolve Palestinian AuthorityTHE PALESTINIAN president Mahmoud Abbas may declare the peace process dead and dissolve the Palestinian AuthorityMon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Abbas says he does not want to stand for electionPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas last night said he does “not desire to stand” in the presidential election scheduled for …Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
Clinton seeks to calm Arab anger at settlement policyUS SECRETARY of state Hillary Clinton attempted to assuage Arab anger yesterday by telling Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak that…Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
Palestinians criticise US U-turn on settlementsTHE PALESTINIAN Authority yesterday rejected the Obama administration’s call for unconditional resumption of negotiations with…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Abbas has little wriggle room in talks with ClintonPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas is to meet US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu …Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
Israel 'restricting' access to water for PalestiniansAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has reported that Palestinians living under Israeli occupation consume a fraction of the amount of water…Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Abbas sets date for elections despite objections by HamasPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas has decreed that presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on January 24th, whether…Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
US troop deployment to Afghanistan may depend on Iraq pollTHE US military may have to put on indefinite hold its plan to dispatch additional troops to Afghanistan if Iraq’s election does…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Hamas to examine alleged war crimesTHE HAMAS government in Gaza yesterday pledged to carry out investigations into alleged war crimes by the Palestinian side identified…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Fatah to sign proposal for reconciliation with HamasFATAH ANNOUNCED it would sign an Egyptian proposal for reconciliation with Hamas yesterday despite a war of words that has created…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Criticism forces Abbas to harden stanceUS ENVOY George Mitchell left Jerusalem yesterday without achieving a breakthrough in talks about talks between Palestinians …Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Abbas sees no prospect of negotiations with IsraelPALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he saw no prospect of renewed negotiations unless Israel halted settlement…Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
US military closes major prison facility in southern IraqTHE US military has closed Camp Bucca, once its largest prison facility in Iraq located in the south near the Kuwait border.Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Lebanese fear peace and good government are out of reachBEIRUT LETTER : Building is booming in Lebanon, but nation-building is at a complete standstillMon Sept 21 2009 - 01:00
Optimism over Mitchell's Middle East peace talksPALESTINIAN CABINET ministers in the West Bank yesterday expressed public optimism about United States envoy George Mitchell’…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Israel responds to Lebanese rockets with artillery fireAT LEAST eight Israeli artillery shells hit the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Qlaileh yesterday in retaliation…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Bomb attack on Kurdish village kills 20A KURDISH village in northern Iraq was devastated yesterday by a massive truck bomb that killed 20 people and wounded 35.Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Attempt to resolve Lebanon impasseLEBANON’S PRESIDENT Michel Suleiman yesterday attempted to avert political deadlock by urging squabbling legislators to resolve…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Iraq's Maliki calls on UN to try Baghdad bombing suspectsIRAQI PRIME minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday called upon the UN to establish a tribunal to try suspects in the devastating …Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Three Christians, one Israeli elected to Fatah councilTHE PALESTINIAN Fatah movement has released the list of 81 members elected to the revolutionary council, the organisation’s second…Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00
New faces in Fatah 'coup' over old guard leadershipFRESH FACES have triumphed in the election to the Palestinian Fatah movement’s 23-member executive council at its congress in…Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Serial bomb attacks kill 51 Iraqis, injure 286A BARRAGE of bombings in northern and central Iraq yesterday targeted a minority village in the north and two districts in Baghdad…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Abbas re-elected chairman by deeply divided FatahFATAH’S FIRST general congress in 20 years yesterday delayed until this evening the vote for representatives on two key decision…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Arab leaders reject US call to reach out to IsraelKEY ARAB figures have dismissed calls from the Obama administration to offer normalisation measures to Israel in exchange for…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Iraqi premier aims to appease KurdsIRAQI PRIME minister Nuri al-Maliki travelled yesterday to the northern autonomous Kurdish region with the aim of resolving explosive…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Last British army unit pulls out of IraqBRITAIN’S MILITARY deployment in Iraq formally ended yesterday without ceremonial finery and fanfare since troops had withdrawn…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Gates offers Kurds help to solve border, oil disputesUS DEFENCE secretary Robert Gates yesterday urged Iraqi Kurdish leaders to resolve their differences with Baghdad before US forces…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
New party may break feudal leaders' grip on Iraqi KurdsANALYSIS: Relations with Baghdad can be improved if new Kurdish deputies take a more flexible stanceMon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
