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Mehlis reaches agreement on interrogating Syrian officials
The UN has stressed that an agreement was reached with Syria that allows questioning five Syrian officials at the headquarters of the UN organization in Vienna to interrogate them about the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 11/26/2005
On the Syrian acceptance of Vienna as venue for Hariri investigation interrogation
The decision provided for Syria's acceptance of the city of Vienna as a venue for questioning five Syrian officialsin relation to the murder of the Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri came after Lebanese political sources said that Deltev Mehlis, the UN investigator, gave Syria a final grace period that expired on yesterday.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/26/2005
The Syrian Stance is not a Back off: Muaallim
The Syrian stance by reaching an agreement withthe UN investigation is not a backing off, Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Mualllim said Friday.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/26/2005
Damascus gets guarantees for its security officials in Hariri investigation
The Syrian deputy foreign minister Walid al-Muaallim said in the press conference held on Friday in Damascus in which he declared Syria's acceptance to interrogate five top of its security officials in Vienna that Syria had taken this decision after studying this issue and in light of the guarantees Damascus got to honor the national sovereignty of the Syrian state and the rights of individuals to be interrogated
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/26/2005
Qathafi: citizens should make government policies; no need for power rotation
The Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi called for expanding the number of assemblies to allow every citizen to take part in the draw up of the policy of his or her country.
Libya, Politics, 11/26/2005
Algeria: Two Berber parties enhance influence in Kbyle area
The two main Berber parties in the Algerian opposition the Socialist Forces Front and the Coalition For Culture And Democracy enhanced their position in the Berber Kbyle area after they won the branch local elections which took place on Thursday, keeping control on the area.
Algeria, Politics, 11/26/2005
Rafsanjani criticizes pressures and threats against Syria
Head of the Iranian Expediency Council Hashemi-Rafsanjani on Friday criticized the campaign of pressure and threats practiced by some western countries and Israel against Syria.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 11/26/2005
Al-Assad-Putin telephone discussions
Syria-Russia, Politics, 11/26/2005
Ahmadinejad: Iran is not an expansionist country
"You (enemies) who support the Zionist regime which everyday kills thousands of innocent Palestinians have no rights to talk about human rights," he added.
Iran-USA, Politics, 11/26/2005
Iraq seeks to stop foreign withdrawal plans
The Interim Iraqi government seeks to convince several countries not to withdraw their forces from Iraq after these countries announced plans to this end.
Iraq-Regional-USA, Politics, 11/26/2005
Hizbullah accuses Israel of using cluster bombs
Al-Jazeera satellite TV said that Hizbullah reported on Friday that it has evidence that Israel used cluster bombs in the confrontations which extended until the Syrian al-Ghajer village located on the border between Lebanon and the occupied Golan.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/26/2005
Hizbullah receives killed fighters
The Lebanese Hizbullah party received the bodies of three of its fighters who were killed last Monday during confrontations with the Israeli army at a contact point between the two sides near the separation line known as the Blue Line.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/26/2005
Rafah crossing opening welcomed
Solana, said that the opening of the crossing is considered an important step towards the foundation of a Palestinian state, because it is the first time in which the Palestinians control an international border.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 11/26/2005
Iraqi first vice president due in Iran on Sunday
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 11/26/2005
Iran arrest armed Iraqis crossing the border
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 11/26/2005
Ethiopia and Eritrea trade accusations over tension
At a United Nations-chaired meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, representatives of Ethiopia and Eritrea traded blame for the rising tensions along their shared border but pledged not to escalate them further
Ethiopia-Eritrea, Politics, 11/26/2005
Iraqi government welcomes dialogue with gunmen
The advisor for the national security for the Iraqi president Wafiq al-Samera' said that many of the armed Iraqi groups contacted during the few past days the office of President Jalal al-Talibani who had announced last week in Cairo readiness to hold talks with these groups.
Iraq, Politics, 11/25/2005
UN investigator interrogates former official in the Lebanese army
The Lebanese security forces in Beirut broke into the house of the former director of the "monitoring (listening) department" in the Lebanese army and took him for interrogation by the UN committee for investigation in the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 11/25/2005
Syrian proposal to sign cooperation protocol rejected by Mehlis
In a strong criticism against Detlive Mehlis, the chairman of the UN investigation committee into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa said in a meeting with the press in Damascus that Mehlis refused "unjustifiably the concept of signing the protocol" which Sharaa said may resolve many issues suspended with the committee such as the venue and time for interrogating Syrian officials.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/25/2005
Syria asks for a UN investigation protocol
Syria has asked Detlev Mehlis, who leads the UN investigation to the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, to confine to questioning Syrian suspects to inside Syria territories and in the presence of their lawyers.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/25/2005
Jordanian gets a new prime minister
A high ranking Jordanian official said that the Jordanian King Abdullah II asked the director of the national security Marouf al-Bekeit to form a new Jordanian government on Thursday after the resignation of the government of Adnan Badran.
Jordan, Politics, 11/25/2005
Sudanese president declares solidarity with Syria
"one of our success elements and means of boosting our steadfastness was the stand of brethren in Syria by us," President Bashir said.
Sudan-Syria, Politics, 11/25/2005
Thousands of Syrians demonstrate against US pressures
Thousands of Syrians gathered at Umayyad Square in Damascus Thursday to express solidarity with under the current pressures Syria is exposed to.
Syria-Lebanon-USA, Politics, 11/25/2005
Nuclear watchdog fails to refer Iran to Security Council
After much threats by the US and Europe that Iran would be referred to the UN Security Council for violation of a nuclear treaty, a crucial meeting of the IAEA's board of governors in Vienna decided not to go for a vote while agreeing to allow more time for talks and diplomacy with Tehran over a Russian compromise proposal, IRNA reported.
Iran-Regional, Politics, 11/25/2005
Large military operation in Iraq expected: Interior minister
In a statement, the Iraqi minister of interior Bayan Jaber Soulagh announced during a military parade for the security keeping forces the coming of a "nearby large military operation."
Iraq, Politics, 11/25/2005
Scores killed by two booby trapped cars in Hella, Baghdad
In Tikrit, a police source said that one Iraqi engineer working in the municipality circle was killed at the hands of gunmen who were riding a car. In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen killed one employee from the criminality fighting forces of the ministry of interior in al-Doul' area
Iraq, Politics, 11/25/2005
Russian analyst: Israel had motivation in the Hariri crime
Bogdanov underlined that Israel intends to destabilize Lebanon, replace it with a financial center in the Middle East. It also aims at weakening the positions of Syria and Iran who are two regional states that have big influence in the region.
Syria-Lebanon-Russia, Politics, 11/25/2005
Israel to return bodies of Hizbullah fighters
The Israeli army said that it will return back the bodies of three fighters of the Hizbullah party they had held following violent border clashes which took place earlier this week in south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/25/2005
Palestinian Rafah border crossing opens
The advisor for the Palestinian presidency Nabil Abu Rudinah said that operating the Rafah border crossing with Egypt will start tomorrow at a rate of four hours to be increased gradually.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 11/25/2005
Arab parliamentarians conference on implementation of International Humanitarian Law
The designation 'global war on terror' does not extend the applicability of humanitarian law to all events included in this notion, but only to those which involve armed conflict
Regional-Syria, Politics, 11/25/2005
Al-Assad in phone call with Saudi king
Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 11/25/2005
Qaddoumi and Syria and the Palestinian Issue
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 11/25/2005
Green Party of Italy called for Italian troops pull out of Iraq
Iraq-Italy, Politics, 11/25/2005
Louis Farrakhan in Lybia
Libya-USA, Politics, 11/25/2005
Families of Syrian Golan prisoners in Israeli jails call for help
Families of the occupied Syrian Golan prisoners in Israeli jails called on all international legal boards and human rights organizations to work seriously to "put an end to the Israeli violations against these prisoners."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/24/2005
Iranian commitment to help Iraqi president Talibani
The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani said in conclusion of a historical visit to Iran that he had received commitment from Iran to help him to end the acts of violence in his country.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 11/24/2005
Syria will not bow to pressure, party official says
Assistant Secretary General of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party Abdullah al-Ahmar underlined Wednesday that Syria "will not bow to pressure and she is keen to achieve the just and comprehensive peace in the region which restores the usurped rights."
Syria-Regional-USA, Politics, 11/24/2005
UK papers blocked from revealing Bush - Blair conversation on Al-Jazeera bombing
Working staff in al-Jazeera TV today are observing a symbolic sit in in the headquarters of the channel, with calls for opening an investigation over the bombardment of al-Jazeera offices in Kabul and in Baghdad and the bombardment of Palestine hotel in Baghdad.
Qatar-USA, Politics, 11/24/2005
Rice: forces will reduce in Iraq; discuss Palestine issue
The US administration has not ruled out a nearby reduction of its forces in Iraq, at a time when pressure have increased on the White House, especially from the representatives of the Democratic Party, in order to withdraw the forces from Iraq.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/24/2005
Al-Qaida denies death of Zarqawi
Al-Qaida organization in Iraq refuted reports which state that its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed.
Iraq, Politics, 11/24/2005
Strong confrontations in south Lebanon
Israel says that the parachutist who fell in the Lebanese territories was a mere tourist, rather than a soldier in the Israeli army, while Hizbullah says that the mere opening fire towards into the Lebanese territories is considered a violation for the Lebanese sovereignty.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/24/2005
Shalom warns against current situation in Lebanon
With the tension prevailing in south Lebanon, the Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom said that the current situation in Lebanon cannot be continued, noting that no one can dare to strip Hizbullah party of its weapons and to deploy the Lebanese army near the border with his country.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/24/2005
Preperation for Egypt elections run-offs complete
Egypt, Politics, 11/24/2005
Defense minister on the daily Israeli violation of Lebanon's sovereignty
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/24/2005
Security Council demands Eritrea, Ethiopia retreat from hostile postures
The Security Council yesterday threatened actions, which could include sanctions, against Eritrea and Ethiopia if, in the case of Eritrea, it does not immediately rescind its ban on United Nations flights in its airspace, and against both parties in the recently rekindled Horn of Africa border dispute if they do not reverse their military build up.
Ethiopia-Eritrea, Politics, 11/24/2005
Israeli Knesset dissolved, early elections on March
The Israeli President Moshe Katsav on Wednesday signed a decree for dissolving the Israeli parliament ( Knesset). A matter which paves the way for carrying out early elections on March 28th, 2006.
Israel, Politics, 11/24/2005
Egypt, Palestine procedures for reopening Rafah crossing
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/24/2005
Former US representative David Duke depicts Israel as a terrorist state
"Israel is performing an organized terrorism of state in the region," former US Louisiana state representative David Duke said Wednesday.
Syria-USA, Politics, 11/24/2005
Muslim Brothers warn against policy of continued detention in Egypt
The Muslim Brothers group in Egypt warned against the continued policy of detention pursued by the government against its members and considered that the campaign of arrest aimed at affecting its opportunities in the legislative elections.
Egypt, Politics, 11/23/2005
African Union threats to punish Darfur rebels
The African Union on Tuesday accused the rebels of Darfur implicitly of obstructing the resumption of peace negotiations. It threatens to impose sanctions against "any side" obstructing settling the current conflict in the district located in the west of Sudan.
Sudan-Regional, Politics, 11/23/2005
Parade to mark Lebanon's independence
Lebanon on Tuesday celebrated the 62 independence anniversary from France amid tension as a result of the confrontation that took place on Monday on the Shabaa farms front between the Israeli forces and the Hizbullah party.
Lebanon, Politics, 11/23/2005
Iran insistent on full rights ahead of AIEA meeting on nuclear issue
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that talks, if any, on Iran's nuclear case should be based on recognizing Tehran's right to enrichment and possessing nuclear fuel cycle.
Iran-UN, Politics, 11/23/2005
Syria asks for postponement of Shabaa Farms demarcation
The statements of the Lebanese official came after he made a written address on the occasion of Lebanon's independence ( national day) anniversary in which he asked Syria to deal with his country as an independent state. He said that Damascus has to "deal with Lebanon as an independent state, and that its independence will not be damaging for Syria."
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/23/2005
Mehlis returns back to Lebanon
Chairman of the UN investigation committee into the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, Detlev Mehlis, returned back to Lebanon on Tuesday after he met in Spain with the legal advisor at the Syrian foreign ministry Riad al-Dawoudi on means of questioning six Syrian officers including the brother in law of the Syrian president in the assassination issue.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 11/23/2005
Lahoud: commitment to distinguished relations with Syria
The Lebanese President said that his country's commitment to the international resolutions is the mechanism which defines Lebanon's approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict and subsequently the Palestinian issue.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/23/2005
US calls for accelerating Hariri file, Damascus asks Annan's help
The US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, said that Syria's request to complete a cooperation agreement with the UN investigation committee into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri aims at delaying the investigation.
Lebanon-Syria-USA, Politics, 11/23/2005
US reaction to Iraq reconciliation conference on resistance, troop withdrawal
US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack was asked yesterday about the US reaction to the resolution as adopted by this meeting in Cairo of the Iraqis "basically demanding some sort of timetable for the withdrawal of US troops and also basically legitimizing the sense of resistance to the occupation, using the word 'resistance,' which is pretty loaded?"
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/23/2005
Call to the armed groups to drop arms in Iraq
The Iraqi vice president Adel Abdul Mahdi stressed that the Iraqi government is ready to facilitate the road for any armed group or side that wants to drop its weapons.
Iraq, Politics, 11/23/2005
UN leads meeting to map reconstruction of Somalia
More than 100 representatives of different Somali groups, the United Nations, World Bank, donors and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) opened a four-day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, today in an effort to develop a plan to rebuild a country that has been without a functioning government for 14 years.
Somalia-UN, Politics, 11/23/2005
Daily Mirror: Bush talked about bombing al-Jazeera
Reports said that the British authorities brought two senior employees to court under pretext of leaking a top secret memorandum issued by the government for a plan proposed by US President George W. bush to bombard the headquarters of al-Jazeera TV channel in Qatar.
Qatar-USA, Politics, 11/23/2005
Annan regrets Shabaa confrontations between Israel, Hizbullah
The UN secretary general Kofi Annan has expressed his regret over the confrontations that took place on Monday on the Lebanese borders between Hizbullah and Israel, calling on the two sides to practice utmost self- control.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 11/23/2005
Ukrainian political circles show solidarity with Syria
Syria-Ukraine, Politics, 11/23/2005
Mubarak phones Sharon latest developments on Israeli arena
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/23/2005
Iraqis agree on right of resistance, foreign withdrawal
The preparatory meeting for the Iraqi national reconciliation conference concluded its works after three days of discussions at the headquarters of the Arab League in cairo, Egypt, crowned with the agreement on a draft final statement making a distinction between terrorism and legitimate resistance.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 11/22/2005
Lebanese president wants to stay in his post
In a televised message to the Lebanese, President Emil Lahoud addressed on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Lebanon's national day, which falls today, he called on the Lebanese for national dialogue in order to solve internal conflicts.
Lebanon, Politics, 11/22/2005
Annan discloses concern over another Iraq in Syria
The UN secretary general Kofi Annan said on Monday that the leaders of the Middle East want Syria to cooperate with the UN in the current investigations over the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, but they fear that the UN confrontation with Damascus would lead to another Iraq.
Syria-UN, Politics, 11/22/2005
David Duke in Damascus to express solidarity with Syria
He added that the pro-Israel neoconservatives in the US have influence on their country's foreign policy and have been working behind the scenes through their mass media in the US to hide "the reality of Israeli terrorism against the Arabs."
Syria-USA, Politics, 11/22/2005
Senator Biden thinks withdrawal from Iraq next year
But the real question is this: as Americans start to come home, will we leave Iraq with our fundamental security interests intact or will we have traded a dictator for chaos?
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/22/2005
Zeibar asks for Russian help; investigation Zarqawi rumored death
The Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zeibari asked Russia to "use its influence" with Iraq's neighboring states to prevent what he called interventions aiming at destabilizing the country.
Iraq-Russia, Politics, 11/22/2005
US soldiers open fire at civilian bus in Iraq
Scared American soldiers opened fire at a small bus crowded with passengers and this resulted in killing five Iraqis from one family including three children in Baqouba north of Baghdad.
Iraq, Politics, 11/22/2005
US deplores Hizbullah attacks, tension in South Lebanon
The state of tension continued on Monday between Israel and Hizbullah after the killing of three members of Hizbullah party and the wounding of more ten Israelis in fire exchange in Shabaa Farms border areas which is occupied by Israel.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 11/22/2005
UN Security Council fails deploring escalation between Israel, Hizbullah
The UN Security Council has failed to reach a united position concerning the reciprocated bombardment took place between Hizbullah and Israel in occupied Shabaa Farms areas.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/22/2005
European observers at Rafah crossing to open it
The European Union has officially agreed to supervise the border operations of people movement across the border crossing of Rafah between the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Egypt
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 11/22/2005
US: Sudan rebels gave commitment to be in negotiation talks
Asked yesterday that "There was peace talks on Darfur were scheduled today and they were postponed again because the main rebel movement is still divided
Sudan-USA, Politics, 11/22/2005
Continuous formation center in the field of Arabic for Sahle Saharan countries opened
The Secretary of WICS said in his address that after the leader of the revolution led the collective prayers of the Muslim masses in Kano in Nigeria we started the programme to teach people train teachers and launched the educational process The number of people learning Arabic and Islamic studies in West Africa reached more than quarter of a million students.
Regional-Libya, Politics, 11/22/2005
Russia rules out early transfer of nuclear fuel to Bushehr
A senior Russian official said Tuesday that Moscow would not ship nuclear fuel to the Bushehr plant it is building for Iran before the facility's scheduled completion by mid-2006.
Iran-Russia, Politics, 11/22/2005
Al-Ahram: Iraqi president rejects accusations against Syria
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/22/2005
Pressures on Syria are due to her pan-Arab firm stances: Dakhlalla
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/22/2005
South Korea cabinet approves withdrawal of one third of its forces from Iraq
Iraq-South Korea, Politics, 11/22/2005
Iraqi interim president accepts to meet resistance representatives
Iraq's Muslim Ccholars Commission, a major Sunni representative group, welcomed the readiness of the Interim Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani to meet with representatives for the Iraqi resistance "if these groups wish so."
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 11/21/2005
Iraqi reconciliation discuss foreign forces withdrawals
It has been obvious from the statements of figures taking part in the inter- Iraqi reconciliation conference meetings, being held in Egypt, that main differences stillexist over drawing the schedules for the withdrawal of foreign forces and halting armed operations.
Iraq, Politics, 11/21/2005
Iraqi national conference admits resistance deplores terrorism
Al-Jazeera satellite TV said that the participants in the Iraqi national conference, being held in Egypt, agreed on a draft for the final statement of their preliminary conference currently held at the premises of the Arab League.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 11/21/2005
Al-Jazeera: Rare meeting between Jaafari, al-Dari
The headquarters of the Arab League in Egypt witnessed a meeting which is the first of its kind between the Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and the secretary general of the Muslim Scholars Commission (Sunni opposition representative group), Harith al-Dari.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 11/21/2005
Egyptian elections violence: One killed, scores injured
One person was killed and scores injured including candidates while cars were burnt in large scale acts of violence perpetuated in the second phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections.
Egypt, Politics, 11/21/2005
Progress for Muslim Brothers in Alexandria parliamentary elections
News reports in Egypt said that the candidates of the Muslim Brothers are making progress in Alexandria, in the course of the second phase of the legislative elections, noting that so far two candidates won elections in Mina al-Basal in Alexandria and a third, Sheikh Sayed Askar, in Tanta city in al-Gharbeyah governorate.
Egypt, Politics, 11/21/2005
Lebanon rejects any attempt to harm Syria
Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri on Sunday reiterated his country's rejection of any attempts to make Lebanon a passage to harm Syria and its pan-Arab and national stances.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/21/2005
Iran suspension of voluntary steps if nuclear issues is referred to Security Council
Iran's parliament on Sunday obliged the government to suspend all the voluntary steps Iran has taken in the past three years for confidence-building if International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors opted to refer Iran's case to UN Security Council on November 24.
Iran-UN, Politics, 11/21/2005
Russian personalities express support to Syria
Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party Igan Melinkov stressed Sunday the necessity of supporting Syria and her political stances to face US plots and pressures against her.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 11/21/2005
More dead bodies and kidnapped in Iraq
Different areas in Iraq witnessed various field incidents, the most remarkable was finding the body of two members of the Iraqi Islamic Party in bahraza, Deyali governorate to the northeast of Baghdad, killed by bullets. Their relatives said that the special units of the Iraqi interior ministry had detained them one week before.
Iraq, Politics, 11/21/2005
Haaretz: Sharon leaves Likud party, starts new one
A Haaretz's report today said that Israel's Prime Minster who helped found the Likud party has abandoned it to start a new party called the "National Responsibility" party while holding first meeting with 11 lawmakers.
Israel-Palestine, Politics, 11/21/2005
Washington has no evidence against syria, US general says
Syria-USA, Politics, 11/21/2005
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