News from category Middle East
BEIRUT (AFP)
Lebanon has asked Interpol to circulate an arrest warrant against a Lebanese ex-general suspecting of working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad, a judicial source said on Thursday.
“Prosecutor General Said Mirza sent an arrest …
WASHINGTON (Agencies)
Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, President Barack Obama brought together Israeli and Palestinian leaders late on Wednesday for ceremonial handshakes at the White House on …
MOGADISHU (Reuters)
A Somali rebel group has told the Horn of Africa nation’s embattled president to resign and said hardline Islamists had succeeded where the government had failed, in establishing order in areas they controlled.
Hizbul Islam, …
CAIRO (Mustafa Suleiman)
Wife of controversial Egyptian rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim denied reports that her husband signed a document supporting the presidency of Gamal Mubarak, son of the incumbent Hosni Mubarak.
Dr. Barbara Ibrahim dismissed allegations …
BAGHDAD/TEHRAN (Agencies)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the U.S. combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.
“Operation …
WASHINGTON (AFP)
Obama was asked how his efforts were going, after the Abbas meeting, part of a day of intense diplomacy with Middle East leaders on the eve of the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks for 20 …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Agencies)
The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement claimed responsibility for killing four Jewish settlers in the West Bank in an attack that blighted a Middle East peace summit before it even began in Washington on …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies)
Israel is ready to cede parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians in the framework of a peace deal, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday ahead of the start of talks in Washington, …
CAIRO (Mustafa Suleiman)
Wife of controversial Egyptian rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim denied reports that her husband signed a document supporting the presidency of Gamal Mubarak, son of the incumbent Hosni Mubarak.
Dr. Barbara Ibrahim dismissed allegations …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Agencies)
The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement claimed responsibility for killing four Jewish settlers in the West Bank in an attack that blighted a Middle East peace summit before it even began in Washington on …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies)
Israel is ready to cede parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians in the framework of a peace deal, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday ahead of the start of talks in Washington, …
MOGADISHU (Reuters)
A Somali rebel group has told the Horn of Africa nation’s embattled president to resign and said hardline Islamists had succeeded where the government had failed, in establishing order in areas they controlled.
Hizbul Islam, …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Agencies)
The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement claimed responsibility for killing four Jewish settlers in the West Bank in an attack that blighted a Middle East peace summit before it even began in Washington on …
WASHINGTON (AFP)
Obama was asked how his efforts were going, after the Abbas meeting, part of a day of intense diplomacy with Middle East leaders on the eve of the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks for 20 …
BAGHDAD/TEHRAN (Agencies)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the U.S. combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.
“Operation …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies)
Israel is ready to cede parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians in the framework of a peace deal, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday ahead of the start of talks in Washington, …
