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Tunisia releases 31 Islamic prisoners
Tunisia has released 31 prisoners, members from the banned Islamic al-Nahda movement, in a step which was greatly welcomed as being constructive towards achieving a detente in the crisis with the opposition.
Tunisia, Politics, 11/5/2005
Editor Anas Tadili still in prison past
Anas Tadili, editor of the weekly Akhbar al-Ousbouaa, should have been let out of jail on 29 September 2005 after completing a one-year sentence for libelling a government minister
Morocco, Politics, 11/5/2005
Syrian flexibility in responding to UN resolution
The international moves come at a time in which the Syrian ambassador to London Sami al-Kheyami stressed that Syria will permit UN al-Hariri assassination investigators to question Syrian officials in Damascus, by themselves (without the presence lawyers etc.).
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/5/2005
Qatar, France call on Syria to cooperate, Mubarak has confidence in al-Assad's wisdom
Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin jabber al-Thani called on Syria to honor the UN investigations pertinent to it and stressed simultaneously the need to preserve stability in the region.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/5/2005
Syrian judicial committee announces its headquarters and communication numbers
Syrian Judicial Committee announced Friday its headquarters, phone and fax numbers. and E-mail to receive any information regarding the assassination of Lebanese former Premier Rafik Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/5/2005
Reactions on Mehlis report continue
Reactions on the report of the international investigation committee into the assassination of Lebanese former Premier Rafik Hariri and the UN Security Council resolution 1636 continued Friday.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/5/2005
AL official heads for Baghdad to prepare for Iraq reconciliation conf
Ambassador Ahmed Bin Heli, Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, left for Baghdad on Saturday with his accompanying delegation on a five-day visit to Iraq.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 11/5/2005
State's hughes outlines US public diplomacy vision
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes expressed confidence November 4 that the ideals of freedom would prevail over extremists bent on cloaking the murder of innocents with the mantle of religion.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005
Kissenger warns against an early withdrawal from Iraq
In Belgium the US former secretary of state Henry Kissenger expressed his opposition for any early pull out of the American forces from Iraq. He warned against catastrophic results of any defeat and a hasty withdrawal for the American forces.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005
Al-Qaida calls diplomatic missions to leave Iraq
A statement for al-Qaida organization in Iraq warned diplomatic missions and urged them to leave Iraq, otherwise they will face death, especially the missions which had announced earlier cooperation with what it called " the government which is installed by the invaders crusaders."
Iraq, Politics, 11/5/2005
Zoellik in a new mission to promote peace in Darfur
"The basic purpose of his trip," Frazer said, "is to push for implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as well as to address the situation in Darfur," Frazer said.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005
US studies imposing sanctions on Sudan
The US representative at the UN, John Bolton, called for imposing sanctions on Sudan accusing its government of being the source of violence in Darfur.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005
Three Bahrainees released from Guantanamo prison
A Bahraini official said three citizens held in the American military base in Guantanamo bay in Cuba were released and left the base on Friday evening heading back to the country, and they are expected to arrive in Bahrain later in the day.
Bahrain-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005
BBC: Yemeni anti-terror scheme in doubt
"Doubts have been growing over the effectiveness of a pioneering Yemeni scheme to fight Islamist violence by using dialogue to convert extremist prisoners to more moderate views."
Regional-UK, Politics, 11/5/2005
UN envoy to visit Ethiopia and Eritrea as tensions mount
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the United Nations Security Council today strongly urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to refrain any threat or use of force as a UN envoy prepared to visit the region, where tensions are rising between the two formerly warring neighbors.
Ethiopia-Eritrea, Politics, 11/5/2005
Al-Assad telephone talks with Iranian peer
Syria-Iran, Politics, 11/5/2005
Iran, Iraq review expansion of bilateral relations
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 11/5/2005
The Independent: US soldier kills superior officers in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/5/2005
Mubarak to Al Ahram: Egypt's national unity is a red line that should not be crossed
Israel should be aware that peace will not be realized unless the Roadmap peace plan is implemented, said Mubarak.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 11/4/2005
Libya: journalist sentenced to prison
A Libyan court has sentenced an Internet journalist to one-and-a-half years in prison after he published articles critical of the government, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The sentence is an apparent attempt by the government to silence free speech and dissenting views.
Libya, Politics, 11/4/2005
Citizen's summit challenges UN summit in Tunisia
the deteriorating press freedom situation in Tunisia makes the
country "not a suitable place to hold a United Nations World Summit"
according to the latest report of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG)
released on 26 September.
Tunisia-Regional, Politics, 11/4/2005
Polesario asks UN interference on fate of missing
The chairman of the Polesario Front, Muhammad`Abdul Aziz, called on the UN to interfere to force Morocco to disclose the fate of 500 missing and 151 prisoners held by Morocco, and to establish a special international court "before which the Moroccan officials involved in anti-humanity crimes are put on trial against the Sahara people."
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/4/2005
Polesario and the killing of Hamdi Lembarki
The Polesario called on the UN Security Council to urgently interfere to halt what it called the Moroccan human rights violations and the "killing of innocents" in the western Sahara and to investigate in the death of Hamdi Lembarki who died of wounds in his head in al-Oyoun city several days before celebrating the 30 anniversary of Morocco's annexation of the western Sahara.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/4/2005
Rice to start US -Saudi strategic dialog
US Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice's coming visit to Saudi Arabia will start a strategic dialog on bilateral and regional issues between the two countries, Sean McCormack, Spokesman of the Department Of State said yesterday.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 11/4/2005
al-Riyadh: Abdullah asks Bush to release Barazan al-Takriti
The Saudi daily al-Riyadh said that the Saudi King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz sent a message to the America President George W. Bush asking him to consider the releasing the brother for the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Barazan al-Takriti.
Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/4/2005
Feast sermon lashes out at UN accusations to syria
He called the world to reconsider how deals with its problems, noting that Syria under her aware leadership has attracted the world attention by her firm and principled stances mainly those concerned with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Syria-UN, Politics, 11/4/2005
Palestinian support for Syrian position
Palestinian refugees in Syria denounced on Wednesday pressures and null and void accusations she is exposed to as to keep her away from positions towards just causes of the nation.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/4/2005
Morocco calls for releasing of its two hostages in Iraq
The Moroccan government deplored what it described the "barbaric behaviors which contradict with the teaching of Islam," commenting on a statement attributed to al-Qaida organization in Iraq, which announced determination to execute the two Moroccan hostages.
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 11/4/2005
Rice to visit Israel, Palestine
The US secretary of state Condaleezza Rice will tour the Middle East this month in visits to the Palestinian territories, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/4/2005
Syria sets free 190 political prisoners
Syria, Politics, 11/4/2005
Kuwait receives five of citizens held in Guantanamo
Chairman of the society for families of the Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Khaled al-Odeh said that health conditions for two of the five detainees are very bad, noting that al-Summari ( is a moving skeleton ) and al-Ajamai suffers mental breakdown because of his imprisonment ad he is continuously screaming
Kuwait-USA, Politics, 11/4/2005
Arab and foreign reaction to UN resolution against Syria
Al-Sabah daily denounced the foreign ministers of great powers internationalizing the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri at a time they kept silent over Israel's prevention in 2002 of international investigators to do their job over inspecting Jenin massacre in the West Bank
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/2/2005
Yemeni journalist Moujib Soueileh beating by police
Reporters Without Borders has noted the beating which Moujib Soueileh, a camera operator with the Arabic-language satellite TV news station Al-Arabiya, received from police in Sanaa on 20 October 2005 while filming a demonstration by textile factory workers demanding payment of wage arrears.
Yemen, Politics, 11/2/2005
Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq announces solidarity with Damascus
The Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq voiced solidarity with Syria before what it descried as American pressures which it considered as a scheme to destroy the Arab and Islamic states.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/2/2005
Families of Lockerbie victims holds al-Miqrahi as not guilty
The British "Times" daily on Tuesday said that families of the victims of Lockerbie incident agreed to notify the committee in charge criminal cases in Scotland of their concern over mistakenly convicting a person in the blowing of the American plane over Lockerbie city in December 1988 that clamed the lives of 270 persons.
Libya-UK, Politics, 11/2/2005
Senator Rockefeller's seeks how officials misled US citizens into Iraq war
US Senator Jay Rockefeller had threatened last week to seek an outside investigation on how intelligence information was abused to mislead the country into a war against Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
Iraqi minister says US and UK spies arrested in Iraq; Iran meddling
Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Baqir Jabr on Tuesday termed the allegations that Iran is meddling in Iraqi affairs as "ridiculous."
Iraq-UK, Politics, 11/2/2005
American forces release 500 prisoners from Abu Ghreib prison
al-Qaida organization in Iraq said on the Internet that it brought two of the workers for the Moroccan embassy it kidnapped in October to the legislative commission of the organization for trial. The statement showed two passports and ID cards of driver Abdul Rahim Bu'alam and Abdul Karim al-Muhafizi who were kidnapped while they were on their way from Jordan to Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
Sudan's vice president Kiir meeting in US to focus on dialog and unity
Asked about the meeeting that Sudan's FIrst Vice President Salva Kiir will hold with US officials, in the US, Sean McCormack, the Spokesman for the Department Of State said yesterday that the focus will be on encouraging resolving problems through dialog and within a Sudan unity government.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
US for creation of UN Human Rights Council as immediate priority
Passage of a resolution to establish the proposed United Nations Human Rights Council is an immediate priority for the United States, says a top State Department official.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
Al-Akhbar: Sharons raids on Palestinians are against peace
Rifqi Fakhri wrote that: He who follows up the raids by Israel on Gaza and the West Bank will realize the true intensions of this neighbor that was imposed on us via Belfor's promise. He will know that such people do not want peace nor do they aim to reach it.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/2/2005
Criticism from Egypt, Jordan, Venezuela, to UN international day on Holocaust
Egyptian ambassador at the UN Najid Abdul Aziz said this day should be the memorial day for victims of mass extermination "without discrimination on the base of religion or the race," and not to be confined to the victims of the Holocaust. He said "we consider that no body can monopolize sufferings."
Israel-Regional, Politics, 11/2/2005
Nazif said the upcoming parliamentary elections will be transparent
Egypt, Politics, 11/2/2005
Elections campaigns start in Iraq
Iraq, Politics, 11/2/2005
UN mission chief in Sudan raises questions about 'no-go' areas in western Sudan
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative to Sudan yesterday raised questions about the country's problematic security situation, which has limited the movements of United Nations personnel, during a meeting in Khartoum with the Interior Minister.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 11/2/2005
UN mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea reports situation as tense
Less than a week after Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned that a serious deterioration between Ethiopia and Eritrea could lead to "another round of devastating hostilities," the United Nations mission monitoring a ceasefire between the two countries reported today that the situation on the ground is tense.
Ethiopia-Eritrea, Politics, 11/2/2005
Mubarak gives directives for solving citizens problems
Egypt, Politics, 11/2/2005
Mubarak wants electricity supplies to slums areas
Egypt, Politics, 11/2/2005
Iran invited to Iraq reconciliation conference
Regional-Iran, Politics, 11/2/2005
Israeli-Greek maneuvers in the presence of Arab observers
Israeli forces took part, in the presence of observers from five Arab states on Tuesday participated with the Greek forces in training on relief operations and rescuing victims south of Greece.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 11/2/2005
Syrians sit-in to for national unity
Syria, Politics, 11/2/2005
Baqradouni's statement on development
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/2/2005
UN Security Council calls Syria to detain suspects in Hariri murder
The United Nation Security Council unanimously called on Syria to detain Syrian suspects identified by the independent UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and to clarify all unresolved issues, threatening "further action" in the case of non-compliance.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/1/2005
Syrian FM addresses UN Security Council on Hariri assassination report
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa delivered Syria's speech at the UN. Security Council in which he presented Syria's position toward the proposed issue at the council.
Syria-UN, Politics, 11/1/2005
Al-Assad sends messages to UAE and Kuwaiti counterparts
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has sent a verbal message to President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan on latest developments in the region and current deliberations in the UN Security Council regarding the Hariri assassination report.
Syria-Gulf, Politics, 11/1/2005
Hamadi Jebali ends hunger strike after five weeks
Tunisia, Politics, 11/1/2005
Moroccan weekly ordered to pay massive libel damages
The sentence of 900,000 dirhams (82,300 euros) in damages and a
Morocco, Politics, 11/1/2005
Iraqi political blocs start announcing candidates
In line of the security situation in Iraq which has been deteriorated drastically, the Iraqi political entities and blocs continued preperations to launch the general elections due on December 15.
Iraq, Politics, 11/1/2005
12 Yemeni police killed in ambush by Houthi followers
A Yemeni tribal source said on Monday that 12 men of the Yemeni security forces including many officers were killed on Saturday in an ambush implanted by the Houthi followers, of al-Zeidi minority sect, in Menya town in Sadah governorate ( northewest of Yemen).
Yemen, Politics, 11/1/2005
Sudan oil committee formed on oil sharing policy
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir formed a committee with the mission of drawing the country's oil policy and dividing its shares equally with the southern regions.
Sudan, Politics, 11/1/2005
Iraqis must bridge sectarian divide, Khalilzad says
Khalilzad said some of Iraq's key parties are purely from one sect, "and that's not a good thing.
Iraq-Afghanistan, Politics, 11/1/2005
On Poland, Italy troop withdrawal from Iraq
The acceleration of developments in Iraq dropped its shadows on the future of the foreign forces deployed there.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/1/2005
Young Saharan killed in confrontations in al-Oyoun city
News reports said that confrontations took place on Sunday between Sahara local citizens and the Moroccan forces in al-Oyoun city, and resulted in killing one young Sahara man from the city called Hamdi al-Mubaraki.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/1/2005
Israeli forces prevent population of Tulkaram and Jenin from entry into Nables
The official Libyan news agency reported that the Israeli forces prevented the population of Tulkarm and Jenin from entering into the city of Nables in the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/1/2005
Mubarak: Polls to boost legislative reform
Egypt, Politics, 11/1/2005
Sharaa confers with UN Secretary General
Syria-UN, Politics, 11/1/2005
AL delegation to prepare for Iraqi national reconciliation conference
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 11/1/2005
Talibani calls for releasing Barazan al-Takriti for medical treatment
The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani on Sunday called on the prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to work for getting Barazan al- Takriti, brother for the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, out of prison to be admitted to hospital for cancer treatment.
Iraq, Politics, 10/31/2005
Iraqi political blocks complete alliances before elections
The main coalitions among the Iraqi political entities were completed to form the almost final map for the legislative elections due to be held on November 15.
Iraq, Politics, 10/31/2005
Syria starts its own investigation committee into Hariri assassination
Coupled with the diplomatic moves, the Syrian president basher al-Assad on Saturday decided, according to a presidential decree to form a "special judicial committee" that directly "assumes the measures to the investigation in collaboration with the UN investigation committee and with the Lebanese judicial authorities."
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 10/31/2005
Sharaa in New York, Muaallim in gulf states to discuss UN investigation report
The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa headed on Sunday for New York to attend the meeting of the UN Cecurity Council which will be convened today at the ministerial level in order to discuss the report of the UN investigation committee to the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 10/31/2005
Syrian official in Saudi Arabia and Qatar on UN investigation
The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani on Sunday evening received Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid al-Muaallem who conveyed to him a verbal message from President Bashar al-Assad on the current situations in the region and means of developing and enhancing the existing cooperation between the two sisterly countries.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 10/31/2005
Algerian political support to Iran
Algeria's Popular National Assembly Speaker Ammar Saadani said here Sunday the West, by creating an uproar on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent remarks about Israel at an international conference, was trying to rally the international community into putting more pressure on Iran.
Iran-Algeria, Politics, 10/31/2005
Berlusconi: I tried to convince Bush not to go to war
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced that he had tried repeatedly and in coordination with the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi to convince the American president not to wage war on Iraq.
Iraq-Italy, Politics, 10/31/2005
Iranian view on its regional role
"Iran is in the center of three strategic and sensitive regions -- Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The Islamic Republic, for this reason, can play a decisive role in regional political, economic, cultural and security arrangements," he said.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 10/31/2005
Egypt debunks Israeli claim on Palestinians
In what could be a pattern of Israeli behavior against Palestinian leaders who value Palestinian unity and interests, Israel is making negative remarks to discredit the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who was popularly elected through a democratic process.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 10/31/2005
Iran: Israel is a scar on the United Nations, a terrorist country
Iran's Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Sunday that Israel is the symbol of disrespect for the United Nations.
Iran-Israel, Politics, 10/31/2005
Opposition Tunisian party deplores Peres's visit
A Tunisian opposition party denounced the visit expected to be carried out by the Israeli deputy prime minister Shimon Peres to Tunisia to take part within an Israeli delegation for the second world information summit which Tunisia will host on the mid of December.
Tunisia-Israel, Politics, 10/31/2005
Peres to al-Seyasah: Kuwait will be a good partner
The Israeli deputy foreign minister Shimon Peres said on Saturday said that Kuwait will be a good partner in the field of business for Israel in the future, despite the fact that the two countries are no relations at the meantime.
Kuwait-Israel, Politics, 10/31/2005
Syrian Security Court convenes session for the al-Atasi Political Forum member
Syria, Politics, 10/31/2005
Mubarak, King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz discuss the situation of Syria, Lebanon
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/31/2005
Two American soldiers dead in Kuwaiti base
The American army in Kuwait said that two of its soldiers were found dead in two military bases but did not specify the cause of death.
Kuwait-USA, Politics, 10/31/2005
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