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Syrian reshuffle signals commitment to reform

SYRIA: When he carried out the long-awaited reshuffle of his government last weekend, Syrian President Bashar Assad sent a message…

Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00

Shia pick Jaafari to head new regime in Iraq

Iraq: Incumbent Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari was chosen yesterday as the nominee of the Shia United Iraqi Alliance to…

Mon Feb 13 2006 - 00:00

Exiles meet to organise opposition to Syrian president Assad

SYRIA: Former Syrian vice-president Abdel Halim Khaddam and the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Ali Bayanouni, have…

Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00

Lebanese blame Syria for violence at embassy

MIDDLE EAST: Lebanon's Social Affairs Minister Nayla Muawad has called on the government to file a complaint against Syria to…

Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00

Saudis set to give financial aid to Palestinian Authority

MIDDLE EAST: Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority are to begin talks this month on financial aid of $1

Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00

Shia party dominant in final Iraq poll results

IRAQ: The Shia religious alliance emerged yesterday as the largest single party in Iraq's new parliament but fell 10 seats short…

Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00

Emir of Kuwait buried in simple, unmarked grave

Kuwait: The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Ahmad Sabah, died yesterday and was buried before sunset in an unmarked grave in accordance…

Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00

Stampede blamed on unruly pilgrims

SAUDI ARABIA: Stunned pilgrims continued to search for missing loved ones yesterday following the stampede on Thursday which…

Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00

Shias to block Sunni changes to constitution

IRAQ: Iraqi Sunni and secular politicians yesterday rejected the contention of Abdel Aziz Hakim, the head of the Shia United…

Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00

Syrian president refuses to talk to UN about Hariri murder

Syria: The Syrian president has rejected a request to be interviewed by the UN commission investigating the assassination of…

Mon Jan 09 2006 - 00:00

Hamas says region 'will be better off' without Sharon

Arab reaction to the stroke which felled Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was mixed, with rulers and commentators expressing…

Fri Jan 06 2006 - 00:00

Sheikh Maktoum dies while at thoroughbred sale in Australia

Dubai: The emir of Dubai, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum, died yesterday of a heart attack while on a visit to Australia…

Thu Jan 05 2006 - 00:00

UN asks to meet Assad over Hariri killing

SYRIA: The UN commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has asked for meetings…

Tue Jan 03 2006 - 00:00

Syria expels politician for Hariri remarks

SYRIA: Syria's ruling Baath party yesterday expelled former vice president Abdel Halim Khaddam and called for him to be tried…

Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00

Fugitive Chalabi replaces dismissed Iraqi oil minister

IRAQ: The dismissal of Iraqi oil minister Ibrahim Bahr Ulum and his replacement by Ahmad Chalabi, the head of the country's …

Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00
Alliance between Shias and Kurds under discussion

Alliance between Shias and Kurds under discussion

IRAQ: The leader of Iraq's largest party, Abdel-Aziz Hakim, yesterday met the country's president Jalal Talabani, to discuss…

Thu Dec 29 2005 - 00:00

Korei will not contest Palestinian elections

MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Korei has withdrawn from parliamentary elections on January 25th following the…

Tue Dec 27 2005 - 00:00

Opposition leader in Egypt jailed for 5 years

EGYPT: An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Ayman Nour, a leading opposition figure, to five years imprisonment for forging…

Tue Dec 27 2005 - 00:00

Syrians killed Hariri, says UN investigator

MIDDLE EAST: The outgoing head of the UN team investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri…

Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00

Iraq political parties sign pact of honour

Iraq : At the end of last week, key Iraqi political parties and associations conferred for two days in the Baghdad suburb of…

Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00

Egypt poll viewed as major triumph for Islamists

EYGPT: Preliminary results issued yesterday for Egypt's first contested poll gave the ruling National Democratic Party 73 per…

Fri Dec 09 2005 - 00:00

UN questions Syrian officials over assassination of former Lebanese PM

UN: A UN team investigating the assassination in February of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri yesterday began questioning…

Tue Dec 06 2005 - 00:00

TV call for hostages to be freed

IRAQ: The mother of one of four peace activists kidnapped in Baghdad has made a televised appeal for their release as five Iraqi…

Mon Dec 05 2005 - 00:00

Al-Zarqawi's journey - from petty criminal, to jihad in Afghanistan, to war on US

JORDAN/IRAQ: Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the group headed by Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, has claimed responsibility for Wednesday night's hotel…

Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00

Egyptians vote in country's first contested parliamentary elections

Egypt: Egyptians will cast ballots today in the initial phase of the country's first contested parliamentary elections

Wed Nov 09 2005 - 00:00

Syria tries to halt UN action over Hariri murder

SYRIA: In a bid to stave off UN action against his country, Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, decreed on Saturday the creation…

Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00

Arab media not optimistic about Iraq's future after referendum

IRAQ: Arab media did not take an optimistic view of the future of Iraq following the expected adoption of the constitution in…

Tue Oct 18 2005 - 01:00

Iran works assiduously to secure interests in Iraq

IRAN/IRAQ: Tehran's interest in, and influence of, the new Iraq is hugely important, writes Michael Jansen.

Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00

US marines try to root out al-Qaeda near Syria

SYRIA: US forces yesterday fought insurgents in the village of Sada in a fresh offensive to prevent infiltration by militants…

Mon Oct 03 2005 - 01:00

Sistani to tell Iraqis to vote for constitution

IRAQ: Iraq's most senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, is expected to issue an edit calling on the faithful to vote in…

Sat Sept 24 2005 - 01:00

Iraq's divided police force lacks drive of a single vision

IRAQ: The storming on Monday of Basra's police headquarters by British forces to rescue two undercover servicemen detained by…

Fri Sept 23 2005 - 01:00

Iraq pursues former minister for $1.3bn corruption

Iraq: Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity revealed yesterday that Baghdad will soon issue a warrant for the arrest of Hazem…

Tue Sept 20 2005 - 01:00

Abbas seals Gaza-Egypt border

Middle East: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that Gaza's frontier with Egypt had been sealed six days after…

Mon Sept 19 2005 - 01:00

Views differ on source of Arafat's fatal illness

MIDDLE EAST: The mystery surrounding the death of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was partially resolved yesterday…

Fri Sept 09 2005 - 01:00

Gunmen murder ex-security chief in Gaza

MIDDLE EAST: Former Palestinian security chief Moussa Arafat was assassinated before dawn yesterday by 100 masked gunmen armed…

Thu Sept 08 2005 - 01:00

Arab world unites to criticise Iraq constitution

IRAQ: Officials and commentators in the Arab world yesterday poured scorn on Iraq's new constitution, arguing that it does not…

Wed Aug 31 2005 - 01:00

Sunnis reject Iraq's constitution

IRAQ: Iraq's constitution was formally presented to parliament yesterday in spite of its rejection by Sunnis on the drafting…

Mon Aug 29 2005 - 01:00

'Judaising' of Jerusalem continues

MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian children formed a conga line behind a youth from Italy pushing a boy in a wheelchair

Wed Aug 24 2005 - 01:00

Confronting Israelis with bandanas and onion slices

MIDDLE EAST : They gather every Friday after communal prayers at the mosque in Bi'lin 20 minutes west of Ramallah: Palestinians…

Sat Aug 20 2005 - 01:00

The party spirit fades because of a misused democracy

Iraq Letter: A year ago I attended the inaugural meeting of a women's movement launched by Iraq's Independent Democrats, a secular…

Wed Aug 10 2005 - 01:00

Ability of Palestinian forces questioned

Palestine: Palestinian security services may not be able to counter threats to Israel's troops and settlers as they withdraw…

Thu Aug 04 2005 - 01:00

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies after long reign

SAUDI ARABIA: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's fifth monarch, died early yesterday and was succeeded by his half-brother…

Tue Aug 02 2005 - 01:00

Lebanon, Syria try for better relations

MIDDLE EAST: Lebanese prime minister Fuad Siniora and Syrian president Bashar Assad have called for relations between their …

Mon Aug 01 2005 - 01:00

Mubarak calls Arab summit

EGYPT: Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, yesterday announced the convening of an Arab summit next week at the Red Sea resort…

Fri Jul 29 2005 - 01:00

Former warlord freed in Lebanon

LEBANON: A former Lebanese Maronite Christian warlord was freed yesterday after serving 11 years in prison for crimes committed…

Wed Jul 27 2005 - 01:00

Bombings linked to Taba attack last year, say police

EGYPT: The bombings in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula early on Saturday morning had considerable resonance in Egypt and the Arab world…

Mon Jul 25 2005 - 01:00

Sunnis suspend talks on constitution after killing

IRAQ : Sunni participation in the commission drafting a constitution for Iraq has been suspended, following the assassination…

Thu Jul 21 2005 - 01:00

Is Iraq drifting towards a bloody civil war?

IRAQ : Iraq's senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has warned of "genocidal war" if the current high level of violence…

Wed Jul 20 2005 - 01:00

Insurgents target Shia areas as death toll rises

IRAQ: The increase in suicide bombings which killed at least 160 people and wounded 400 since last week came soon after US and…

Mon Jul 18 2005 - 01:00

Car bomb in Beirut wounds minister

LEBANON: Lebanon's outgoing deputy premier and defence minister, Elias Murr, was wounded yesterday when a car bomb exploded …

Wed Jul 13 2005 - 01:00
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