Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Damascus. AFP photo.   |
The Saudi and Syrian leaders will visit Beirut as part of a flurry of diplomatic efforts to contain a potentially explosive situation in Lebanon where there are fears of a new sectarian conflict.
Comment 2010-07-29
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Long the bane of many in the south and the center of the country, Iraq's annual summer heat wave has brought the northern region a tourism boom.
Comment 2010-07-28
Two policemen went on trial on Tuesday following charges of beating a 28-year-old man to death in Alexandria, in a case that has highlighted police brutality in Egypt and international concern over continued human rights abuses in Egypt.
Comment 2010-07-28
Iranian journalist and human rights activist Emadeddin Baghi has been sentenced to one year in jail and banned from political activity for five years.
Comment 2010-07-29
United Arab Emirates' foreign minister says his country supports a Greek Cyprus-Greece proposal to use the east Mediterranean island as a staging post to transport humanitarian aid earmarked for blockaded Gaza.
Comment 2010-07-29
A senior US envoy warned the Palestinian president that he must move quickly to direct talks with Israel if he wants President Barack Obama's help in setting up a Palestinian state, according to an internal Palestinian document.
Comment 2010-07-27
A German engineer working for a dairy company in Lebanon has been interrogated in connection with a probe into Israeli spy networks in the country, Lebanese and German officials said on Tuesday.
Comment 2010-07-28
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the European Union on Sunday against imposing unilateral sanctions, saying Tehran would cause 'remorse.'
2 Comments 2010-07-25
A pro-Palestinian American group has reportedly initiated a humanitarian campaign to sail an aid vessel to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reported on its website Monday.
10 Comments 2010-07-27
In a surprise visit to Amman on Tuesday, Israel's prime minister has tried to mobilize Jordan's king to persuade the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks.
12 Comments 2010-07-28
Australia will impose new sanctions against Iran, including restrictions for the first time on business dealings with that country's oil and gas sector, the country's foreign minister said.
Comment 2010-07-29
The Palestinian president was refusing to move to direct peace negotiations with Israel, as the Arab League meets to decide whether to add its weight to US and Israeli pressure for face-to-face talks.
Comment 2010-07-29
A sandstorm downed an Iraqi military helicopter, killing its five-man crew, while a midmorning Baghdad bombing claimed the lives of six people, officials said.
Comment 2010-07-28
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on Wednesday started a start a multi-leg tour that includes Cairo, Amman, Damascus and Beirut, broadcaster al-Arabiya reported.
Comment 2010-07-28
The discovery of large natural gas reserves under the waters of the eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations - if it doesn't spark new war between them.
5 Comments 2010-07-27
The wreckage of an Israeli military helicopter that slammed into a mountain in central Romania has been found and none of the seven soldiers aboard - one Romanian and six Israelis - appear to have survived, officials said.
1 Comment 2010-07-27
France is upgrading its diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Territories to try to spur international efforts toward creating a Palestinian state, the French foreign minister said.
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