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Syria releases scores of detainees
Activists in the area of human rights in Syria announced that the Syrian authorities are releasing scores of Syrians, with some of them having been detained for more than 20 years.
Syria, Politics, 1/31/2004
Arab- Chinese forum for cooperation established
The Arab League and China have reached Friday an agreement on establishing an Arab-Chinese Forum for cooperation in aim of boosting relations between the two sides.
Regional-China, Politics, 1/31/2004
Sudanese army restores back al-Teinah city to the west of the country
The Sudanese army stressed yesterday that it has restored control on al-Teinah city, to the west of the country, and several towns and municipalities the rebels in Darfour had controlled.
Sudan, Politics, 1/31/2004
Ghanaian fm holds talks with Moroccan officials
Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, who started Thursday an official visit to Morocco, held this Friday talks with Moroccan foreign minister, Mohamed Benaissa, and speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Abdelouahed Radi.
Morocco-Ghana, Politics, 1/31/2004
Iraqi resistance escalates; Annan sends a delegation
Armed men attacked yesterday four American armored vehicles procession in al-Musil city to the north of Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/31/2004
Guardian criticizes Britain rejection to file separation wall issue to ICJ
British Guardian Newspaper criticized the British government's rejection to submit the issue of the building the Israeli wall of separation in the West Bank to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) despite describing the wall as illegitimate.
Palestine-UK, Politics, 1/31/2004
Syria welcomes the expected visit of Jordanian King Abdullah to Damascus
Syria-Jordan, Politics, 1/31/2004
Lebanese- Iranian cooperation relations highlighted
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 1/31/2004
Mexican culture minister to visit Morocco
Morocco-Mexico, Politics, 1/31/2004
Obeid, Maher discuss ME developments
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 1/31/2004
Berri meets with the Iraqi Interim governing council delegation
Lebanon-Iraq, Politics, 1/31/2004
European high commissioner for EU enlargement and neighborhood policy visits morocco
The European Commissioner for Europe enlargement and neighborhood policy, Gunter Verheugen, will be visiting Morocco this February 4-5 for talks with Moroccan officials on the implementation of the enlarged European Union's new neighborhood policy.
Morocco-European Union, Politics, 1/31/2004
Somalia: Tribes share rule in a federal system
The Somali groups which have been warring since 13 years have achieved progress towards ending the war which the country suffers. In Nairobi, Kenya these groups signed an agreement on appointing a new program on tribal foundations that prepare for electing a Somali President for a provisional period and a federal system for five years during which a new constitution is written.
Somalia, Politics, 1/30/2004
Mubarak, Chinese President discuss promotion of relations
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak yesterday discussed with his Chinese counterpart developments in the Middle East and Iraq as well as bilateral relations.
Egypt-China, Politics, 1/30/2004
Arab League chief confers with Chinese President
Regional-China, Politics, 1/30/2004
Nasrullah considers Israel's keeping of al-Qintar is foolish act; Lebanese captives are welcomed as heroes
Lebanon lived yesterday a special day, as the whole country, people and officials participated in celebrating the arrival of freed Lebanese captives held in Israeli jails.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/30/2004
The Saudi al Watan: Saddam Hussein's health deteriorating
The Saudi Arabian daily al-Watan said yesterday that health of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is deteriorating, and that he suffers a disease in his stomach that makes him unable to take food he used to eat.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/30/2004
Smaha describes captives exchange with Israel as a great achievement
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/30/2004
Ten civilians killed in Sudanese bombardment of Darfour rebels
Several civilians were killed as a result of the Sudanese planes bombardment yesterday of Chad's part of al-Teinah town which is situated on the Chad- Sudanese borders.
Sudan, Politics, 1/30/2004
Law on Moroccan audio-visual sector liberalization to enter in force in 2004
Morocco, Politics, 1/30/2004
Bin Yahya meets with Mubarak, Moussa; Tunisia has not decided to host the Arab summit yet
The Tunisian foreign minister al-Habib Bin Yahya said yesterday in Cairo that his country has not decided yet if it will host the Arab summit in March on not, rather loomed the summit will be held in Egypt.
Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 1/30/2004
Al-Assad receives Iraqi delegation led by governing council member
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received yesterday an Iraqi delegation headed by Member of Iraqi Transitional Governing Council, Muwafaq al-Rubai. Talks dealt with the current situation on the Iraqi arena and the Syrian-Iraqi relations and the possibility of coordination between both states in various fields.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/30/2004
Syria's Information Minister highlights developments in ME
"When Israel hold negotiations with Hizbullah, this means a recognition of the legitimacy of the movement, and that its not a terrorist one as Sharon's government alleges," Hasan said.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 1/30/2004
Government spokesman deplores false ideas about free-trade agreement with usa
The protests are expressed by a small minority of persons, said Benabdellah who also recalled that the government is conducting regular consultations on the FTA with various interested sectors. As these sectors become more organized, consultations will become easier, he insisted
Morocco-USA, Politics, 1/30/2004
Maher:Continuing consultation on ideas to reform Arab League, activate Arab joint action
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/29/2004
Rashed lauds remarkable relations between Libya, Egypt
Egypt-Libya, Politics, 1/29/2004
House committee adopts laws on high court, parliamentary immunity lifting
The committee of justice, legislation and human rights of the House of Representatives (parliament lower chamber), adopted Wednesday two draft laws on the creation of the high Court, which will be competent in trying government members, and the lifting of parliamentary immunity.
Morocco, Politics, 1/29/2004
Turkish Minister to visit Syria for settling border issues
Turkish Minister of State, Korshad Tozman, is to visit Syria late February to discuss setting up a free trade zone and opening four border crossing points for trade and joint industrial and agrarian projects after the clearing the two countries' borders from mines.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 1/29/2004
Libyan-Ethiopian joint committee meeting
Libya-Ethiopia, Politics, 1/29/2004
Britain is ready to cancel Sudan's debts after peace
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said that Britain is ready to drop the Sudanese debt after reaching a final peace agreement between the government and the southern rebels.
Sudan-UK, Politics, 1/29/2004
Libyan -African contacts
Libya-Regional, Politics, 1/29/2004
Egypt-Yemen relations boosted over coming period
Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 1/29/2004
al-Itihad: Junblat highlights Syrian- Lebanese relations
Leader of Lebanese Socialist Progressive Party Walid Junblat has stressed the necessity for strengthening and enhancing relations between Syria and Lebanon in facing the current challenges.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 1/29/2004
Al-Shara meets with Japan's especial ME envoy
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received in Damascus Wednesday Japanese Special Envoy for the Peace Process in the Middle East Tatsuo Arima.
Syria-Japan, Politics, 1/29/2004
Alcohol ads raise more important issue of press financing, says minister
Moroccan Communication minister and government spokesman told representative on Wednesday the issue of ads for alcohol beverages raises the more important issue of press financing.
Morocco, Politics, 1/29/2004
Washington lifts immunity from 16 Saudis
A high ranking official at the US Department Of State said yesterday that Washington lifts diplomatic immunity from 16 Saudis and asked them to leave the USA, because of their religious activities made under the cover of their diplomatic status they used to enjoy.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 1/29/2004
Annan: exchanging prisoners is a positive development
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, described the deal of prisoners exchange between Israel and Hizbullah as a "positive development." He said that continued and comprehensive peace in the Middle East should include all tracks: the Palestinian, the Syria and the Lebanese.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/29/2004
Hizbullah starts exchanging prisoners with Israel
News reports in Beirut said that the Lebanese Hizbullah handed over the German mediator late night yesterday in Beirut the Israeli reserve officer Elhanan Tananbaum and bodies of three Israeli soldiers in the framework of the prisoners exchange deal.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/29/2004
Tunisia approves a new decision to fight illegal immigration
The Tunisian parliament has approved a draft law on passports and its documents for fighting regular crime and illegal migration which has been witnessing a great increase as from the Tunisian coasts.
Tunisia, Politics, 1/29/2004
Egyptian Foreign Minister warns against Israeli practices against the Palestinians
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 1/29/2004
AL Permanent Representatives hold consultation meeting in Cairo
Regional, Politics, 1/29/2004
Lahoud welcomes measure to reinforce Arab integration
Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 1/28/2004
Increased number of Turkish visas applications to Syria
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 1/28/2004
Algerian minister of interior criticizes presidential candidate over their demand to government resignation
The Algerian Minister of the Interior, Nour Eddine Yazid Zarhouni, criticized the request of the 10 Presidential candidate to have the government resign as a condition to guarantee a transparent elections.
Algeria, Politics, 1/28/2004
Syrian prime minister confers with Armenian minister of culture
Syria-Armenia, Politics, 1/28/2004
Al-Shara holds ME talks with AL chief
Syria-Regional, Politics, 1/28/2004
Saudi Arabia: the religious establishment defines prospects of reforms; The Mufti opposes banning of French veil
University professor Raed Qasti said "the Mentality of the religious establishment goes back to the pre- history age and obstructs all sorts of reforms." He added that extremists conservatives control every thing in the Kingdom and fight any reform because it is for them a threat at the political, social or economic sides.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/28/2004
Khartoum prepares for a peace initiative in Darfour
The Wali ( governor ) of North Darfour which is situated to the West of Sudan, Othman Youssef Kabar, said that the central government in Khartoum is preparing to announce an initiative in order to solve the conflict with the rebels, peacefully in Darfour.
Sudan, Politics, 1/28/2004
Independent: invasion of Iraq lacked humanitarian and logical justification
The British Independent daily stressed Tuesday that the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq lacked human and logical justification. The daily cited a report by the Human Rights Watch organization that the failure to find weapons of mass destruction(WMD) in Iraq would push the U.S. President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to hide behind humanitarian reasons.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/28/2004
Washington transports nuclear related items and documents from Libya
The White House has announced that a shipment plane carrying 55 tons of equipment and sensitive items used in nuclear and missile programs in Libya landed on Monday evening in Knoxville, Tennessee, coming from Tripoli.
Libya-USA, Politics, 1/28/2004
Haartez: Israeli FM reacts seriously with al-Assad's initiative
The political research center at the Israeli foreign ministry expressed its assessment that the problem in the negotiations with Syria does not lie "in the Syrian seriousness, rather in the Israeli readiness to pay the price."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/28/2004
Some 20 Jordanians detained in Israel released
The official spokeswoman for the Jordanian government, Asmaa Khuder, expected the release of 18 to 20 Jordanian prisoners in the Israeli jails before or during the visit of the Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom to Amman due today.
Jordan-Israel, Politics, 1/28/2004
Israel publishes names of released prisoners according to prisoners exchange agreement
Tel Aviv has published a list in the name of the prisoners who will be released in a prisoners exchange deal with the Lebanese Hizbullah, after the Israeli soldiers started to collect the remains of the Lebanese fighters in order to hand them to the party in the framework of the deal.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/28/2004
Palestinian- Egyptian talks in Ramullah aims at a new truce
The Egyptian Foreign minister Ahmed Maher and the director of the general intelligence Omar Suleiman held talks with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Ramullah.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 1/28/2004
Nearby agreement to form a new parliament in Somalia
Diplomatic sources and negotiators at the Sudanese peace talks taking place in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi said yesterday that the sides have reached a settlement, according to which an agreement will be signed on Wednesday providing for forming a new parliament for the country, which was destroyed by the war since the collapse of the regime of President Muhammad Seyad Berri in 1991.
Somalia, Politics, 1/27/2004
Moroccan king and UAE president resolved to intensify bilateral ties
Mrocco's King Mohammed VI, who paid this January 21-25 a friendship and working visit to the United Arab Emirates, and UAE president, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, have issued instructions for the development of bilateral ties in the service of the two states' interests.
United Arab Emirates-Morocco, Politics, 1/27/2004
New York Times: Kay denies evidence of moved Iraqi unconventional weapons to Syria; or WMD in Iraq
The former Chief of the Committee for hunt for the alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, David Kay, denied any the existence of proof that Iraq had moved unconventional weapons into Syria.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/27/2004
Human rights Watch: Iraq's war was not a humanitarian intervention
The Human Rights Watch said that it is a mistake to describe the invasion launched by the US and Britain against Iraq in March as a humanitarian interference.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/27/2004
Obeid stresses Lebanon's commitment to just peace
Lebanese Foreign Minister Jean Obeid stressed that Lebanon seeks the achievement of a just and comprehensive peace which ensures the restoration of the occupied lands in Lebanon and Syria.
Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 1/27/2004
Inter- Sudanese peace talks in Kenya suspended
The negotiating Sudanese delegations at Nivasha resort in Kenya announced that peace talks between the rebels and the Sudanese government would be suspended later yesterday, so as to permit Khartoum's chief negotiator to travel in order to perform al-Haj religious rituals.
Sudan, Politics, 1/27/2004
Al-Shara receives Canadian special ME peace process coordinator
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk Shara on Monday reiterated Syria's commitment to cooperate with the international efforts for the realization of just and comprehensive peace in the region in accordance with the international resolutions.
Syria-Canada, Politics, 1/27/2004
Qathafi meets with visiting US Congress delegation
Members of the US Congressional delegation met yesterday with Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi who received them in a tent in front of his previous residence in Bab al-Azezeyah which was destroyed by American bombardment 18 years ago.
Libya-USA, Politics, 1/27/2004
ad-Dustour: European official and the Israeli Separation Wall
Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the European Office of Humanitarian Aid ( EOHA) denounced the apartheid separation wall being built by Israel in the West Bank, describing it as one of the most atrocious, inhuman practices perpetrated against the Palestinian people.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 1/27/2004
Nine Iraqis killed, the first attack against the Japanese in Iraq claims the life of one Jordanian
The Japanese forces which were deployed in Iraq recently were exposed to the first attack yesterday, and this resulted in the killing of one Jordanian driver, while four members of the Iraqi police were killed, and a fifth wounded, when armed men opened fire at an Iraqi police center in al-Ramadi city, to the west of Baghdad. Several others were wounded when an explosive went off to the south of Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/27/2004
Italian La Republica: Qathafi : Israeli missiles are deadlier then Palestinian suicide bombers
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi called on the international community not to forget about the Israeli weapons of mass destruction. He, in an interview published Monday in the Italian "la Republica" daily newspaper, expressed the hope that the world would no longer keep silent as in the past over Israeli Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) estimated at hundreds of nuclear warheads and a large arsenal of bio-chemical weapons.
Libya-Italy, Politics, 1/27/2004
UNRAW: Israel demolished 14852 houses in Gaza
The commissioner general of the Palestinian Refugees Work Relief Agency UNRWA, Peter Hansen, criticized yesterday that the policy of demolishing houses of the Palestinians pursued by Israel, stressing that the current situation in the Palestinian territories will be conducive to more "destruction and damages."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/27/2004
Democracy, respect for human rights underpin Egyptian policy
Egypt, Politics, 1/27/2004
Otari, al-Fayez for peace in the region, bilateral relaions promotion
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 1/27/2004
Syrian army chief of staff confers with Yemeni counterpart
Syria-Yemen, Politics, 1/27/2004
Egypt and Mali for Peace in the Middle east
Egypt-Mali, Politics, 1/27/2004
Al-Baz highlights Turkey's efforts to maintain ME peace
Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 1/27/2004
Syria denies receiving Iraqi weapons before the war
In statements to press after his meeting with a group of Iraqi artists who visited Damascus, the Syrian minister said these are "mere lies and are groundless." He explained that Washington seeks through these accusations to mislead and cover its failure to find mass destruction weapons in Iraq," as they used to allege to justify their war against this country.
Syria-USA, Politics, 1/26/2004
American occupation release al-Jazeera photographer in Iraq
The American occupation forces in Iraq released al-Jazeera TV station Suheib al-Samerei after two months of his detention.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/26/2004
American official discuss the file of political detainees in Tunisia
The US under secretary of state in charge of human rights, democracy and labor, Lauren Kriner, said during his meeting in Tunisia with officials for the banned International Association in support for the political detainees that his country wants to increase contacts whether with the Tunisian society or the civil society in order to "support democracy in Tunisia. "
Tunisia-USA, Politics, 1/26/2004
American delegation in Libya in preparations to resume relations
Seven members of the US Congress affiliate to the Democratic and Republican parties arrived in Tripoli yesterday in a first visit to be held by an American Congressmen delegation to Libya in more than 30 years.
Libya-USA, Politics, 1/26/2004
Ankara prepares for a mediation mission between Damascus, Tel Aviv
Turkey's prime minister Racab Tayeb Ardogan said that Turkey is preparing to mediate between Israel and Syria, noting that the two sides responded positively to his proposal.
Turkey-Syria, Politics, 1/26/2004
Hizbullah, Israel confirm completing prisoners deal
Each of the Hizbullah and Israel confirmed officially the completion of the prisoners exchange deal among themselves, which will be completed in two phases, the first one to start on Thursday.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/26/2004
One Egyptian denies accusations for spying for Israel
One Egyptian accused of spying for Israel has denied accusations addressed to him at the beginning of his trial before the state's supreme court "emergency" on Sunday.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 1/26/2004
Al-Ahram: Turkish Premier and the situation in Iraq
Turkey-Iraq, Politics, 1/26/2004
Maher announces the postponement of the Arab foreign ministers meeting
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/26/2004
Hamas proposes a ten- year truce
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/26/2004
Gulf states call on International community to stop Israeli practices
Gulf-Israel, Politics, 1/26/2004
Yemen and Israel's position towards ME peace
Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 1/26/2004
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