Shia faction steers away from links with IranIRAN: The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the second-largest Shia fundamentalist faction in parliament, …Mon May 14 2007 - 01:00
Suicide bomb shatters peace in Kurdish areaIRAQ: The suicide lorry bombing yesterday in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil is the first attack in the relatively peaceful…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
Cheney faces tough talking from Arab states on US goalsMIDDLE EAST: US vice-president Dick Cheney begins a tour of Middle East states today in an effort to bolster Arab support for…Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Conference on Iraq ends without bridging gulf between US, IranIraq: The two-day international conference on Iraq ended yesterday without bridging the gulf between the US and Iran or securing…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Conference on Iraq ends without bridging gulf between US, IranIraq: The two-day international conference on Iraq ended yesterday without bridging the gulf between the US and Iran or securing…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Acclaimed blogger Riverbend is fleeing BaghdadLetter from Blogosphere : Riverbend is leaving BaghdadWed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Al-Sadr ministers leave Iraqi governmentIRAQ: Six ministers belonging to the movement headed by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr resigned yesterday in protest at the …Tue Apr 17 2007 - 01:00
Egypt to host foreign ministersIraq: Foreign ministers from Iraq, its neighbours, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the Group of Eight…Mon Apr 09 2007 - 01:00
Nuclear watchdog to hold Jordan talksMIDDLE EAST: International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei is to visit Jordan next week for talks on its plan to…Wed Apr 04 2007 - 01:00
Minister resigns over vote on KirkukIraq: Iraqi justice minister Hashem al- Shibli resigned on Saturday to protest at last week's decision of the cabinet to hold…Mon Apr 02 2007 - 01:00
Poll shows citizens alienated by occupying forcesIRAQ: On the fourth anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, its citizens are deeply insecure and increasingly…Tue Mar 20 2007 - 00:00
Support for boycott of Palestinian authority fading fastMIDDLE EAST: As the new Palestinian unity government met under prime minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday to discuss ways to lift…Mon Mar 19 2007 - 00:00
Ahmadinejad to arrive in Saudi Arabia today for talks on future of Lebanon, PalestiniansMIDDLE EAST: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Saudi Arabia today on his first visit to the kingdom as his country…Sat Mar 03 2007 - 00:00
Iraqi minorities being harassed, killed and driven from the countryIRAQ: Half the members of Iraq's minority groups have been driven from the country by persecution, kidnappings, murder and the…Wed Feb 28 2007 - 00:00
Israeli policies akin to apartheid - UN expertISRAEL: A report commissioned by the UN rapporteur on human rights compares Israel's policies in the Palestinian territories…Mon Feb 26 2007 - 00:00
Hamas cabinet steps aside to make way for power-sharingMIDDLE EAST: The Hamas cabinet resigned yesterday to make way for the formation of a Palestinian national unity government including…Fri Feb 16 2007 - 00:00
Majority in Arab states view Israel, US as threats to stability, says pollMIDDLE EAST: A survey conducted in six pro-western Arab states reveals that nearly 80 per cent of their citizens consider Israel…Thu Feb 15 2007 - 00:00
Tehran's policy is to strengthen not destroyIRAQ: The Iraqi government has distanced itself from Washington's accusations that Iran is supplying weapons and bombs to militias…Tue Feb 13 2007 - 00:00
Sadrist militia slow to respond to provocationIraq: The US arrest of an Iraqi minister may herald a wider assault on the militia loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, writes Michael …Fri Feb 09 2007 - 00:00
Iraqi president seeks security, trade deal on landmark visit to SyriaIraq: Iraqi president Jalal Talabani arrived in Damascus yesterday on the first visit of an Iraqi head of state since 1979Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
Maliki security plan denouncedIRAQ: Iraqi legislators have denounced the security plan for Baghdad put forward by the prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, as unbalanced…Tue Jan 09 2007 - 00:00
Hangings of Saddam allies postponedIRAQ: The Iraqi government postponed yesterday's hangings of Saddam Hussein's co-defendantsFri Jan 05 2007 - 00:00
Anger over execution on Sunni feast dayReaction: Muslim world : Muslims in many countries were outraged by the execution of the ousted Iraqi president on Saturday, …Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Court upholds death penalty for SaddamIRAQ: The appeals court has upheld the death sentence passed on Saddam Hussein on November 5th for the 1982 killing of 148 Shias…Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
Lebanon regime gets US boostLEBANON: Arab League secretary general Amr Mousa yesterday continued his effort to end the month-old crisis between the Lebanese…Sat Dec 23 2006 - 00:00
PM calls for unity as Hamas, Fatah trade fireMiddle East: Following clashes yesterday in Gaza and the West Bank between Hamas and Fatah, Palestinian prime minister Ismail…Sat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
Youngsters party as Lebanon teeters on the brinkLetter from Beirut: While pundits and politicians on both sides of the barricades proclaim Lebanon's current crisis to be the…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Trial, sentence of Saddam unsound, says rights bodyIRAQ: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has concluded the trial of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity …Mon Nov 20 2006 - 00:00
Mall of the Emirates changes mores at breakneck speedLetter from Dubai: Dubai is a desert miracleThu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Shubair backed by Hamas and Fatah to be next Palestinian PMMIDDLE EAST: Muhammad Shubair was yesterday confirmed as the next Palestinian prime minister by Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy head…Tue Nov 14 2006 - 00:00
Five Shia ministers resign from Lebanese governmentLEBANON: Lebanon has been plunged into a political crisis by the resignation on Saturday of five Shia ministers, following the…Mon Nov 13 2006 - 00:00
Talks aim to secure release of Israeli soldiers in 'swap'MIDDLE EAST: Mediated discussions involving Hamas, Hizbullah and Israel have been proceeding in parallel - with the aim of securing…Thu Nov 02 2006 - 00:00
Sunni, Shia clerics meet at Mecca in bid to end conflictMIDDLE EAST: Iraqi Sunni and Shia religious leaders gathered after the fast yesterday in holy city of Mecca to begin an attempt…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Flood of desperate migrants see Malta as stepping stoneLetter from Valletta: Dame Winter, armed with squalls and rough seas, is reducing the number of illegal African immigrants making…Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:00
Shias win vote on regionsIraq: Abdel Aziz Hakim and his pro-Tehran Shia parliamentary faction have won a major victory as Iraqi legislators approved …Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Rice to ask Saudi help in pacifying Iraqi SunnisMIDDLE EAST: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said yesterday during a stopover at Shannon en route to the Middle East …Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
Eight killed as rival Hamas and Fatah forces clash in GazaPALESTINE: As US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice began a tour of Middle Eastern capitals in a bid to strengthen Palestinian…Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
Fatah, Hamas divided over recognition of IsraelMIDDLE EAST: Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said yesterday that he would not head a national unity government which…Sat Sept 23 2006 - 01:00
Yemenis to vote in presidential pollYEMEN: Yemenis go to the polls today in their country's first competitive elections to choose a president and officials on governorate…Wed Sept 20 2006 - 01:00
Hizbullah accused of war crimesMIDDLE EAST: In a report published yesterday Amnesty International accused Hizbullah of committing "serious violations of international…Fri Sept 15 2006 - 01:00
Four killed in attack on US mission in DamascusSYRIA: Four men armed with automatic rifles and grenades yesterday attempted to storm the US embassy compound in the diplomatic…Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Blair promises to help rebuild LebanonMiddle East: British prime minister Tony Blair yesterday pledged to help rebuild Lebanon's infrastructure, which was devastated…Tue Sept 12 2006 - 01:00
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz diesEGYPT: Naguib Mahfouz, the Arab world's sole winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, died yesterday at 94 from a bleeding ulcer…Thu Aug 31 2006 - 01:00
Amnesty report accuses Israel of breaching international lawAmnesty International has concluded that Israel violated international humanitarian law and committed war crimes during the four…Thu Aug 24 2006 - 01:00
Military operation was planned, says HizbullahHizbullah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah declared yesterday that Israel's military campaign in Lebanon was not a spontaneous…Thu Jul 27 2006 - 01:00
Israel ignores ceasefire offerIsrael failed to respond yesterday to a Hamas proposal to halt violence in GazaWed Jul 26 2006 - 01:00
Death squads claim more victims in IraqIRAQ: While world attention focuses on events in Lebanon and Israel, violence in Iraq continues to escalateThu Jul 20 2006 - 01:00
Digging for the past in a Greek time capsuleLetter from Cyprus: We wake before the birds, snatch breakfast, and scramble into jeeps for the short ride to the portWed Jul 19 2006 - 01:00
Arab League condemns Israeli offensivesEGYPT: Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Saturday condemned Israel's offensives in Lebanon and Gaza, declared…Mon Jul 17 2006 - 01:00
Bombing a country into its third civil warMIDDLE EAST/Analysis: The fragile Lebanese government has tried to bridge the country's sectarian divisions by calling for national…Sat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
