Middle East News and Features
33 killed in Syria, Annan urges peace plan implementation
Mar 30, 2012, 16:58 GMT
Beirut - At least 33 people were killed Friday across Syria, opposition activists said, as United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan urged President Bashar al-Assad to immediately implement a ceasefire. ... moreMiddle East News
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Russia wants Mideast WMD-Free Zone conference
May 5, 2013, 16:25 GMT
Moscow believes there is a pressing need to hold an international conference on a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East before the end of the current year, the Russian foreign ministry said Saturday. ... more
Jerusalem prelate tells Arab Spring youth to have confidence
Apr 8, 2012, 11:42 GMT
Jerusalem - Participants in the Arab Spring should show 'strength of will and confidence in a better future,' Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal said Sunday in his Easter homily. ... more
More than 100 killed in Syria ahead of ceasefire deadline
Apr 7, 2012, 18:17 GMT
Beirut - More than 100 people - most of them civilians - were killed across Syria on Saturday, according to opposition activists, three days before a United Nations-brokered ceasefire is to go into effect. ... more
At least 43 killed in Syria, despite UN criticism
Apr 7, 2012, 11:53 GMT
Beirut - At least 43 people were killed Saturday in violence in Syria, reported opposition activists, despite overnight criticism of the killings of civilians from the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. ... more
19 killed in Syria as ceasefire deadline approaches
Apr 6, 2012, 13:55 GMT
Beirut - Nineteen people were killed Friday in fresh clashes between the Syrian Army and rebels, opposition activists said, as a United Nations team held negotiations in Damascus on the deployment of monitors to supervise a ceasefire. ... more
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Analysis and Features
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ANALYSIS: One year on, Syria sucked deeper into violence
Mar 12, 2012, 10:19 GMT
Beirut - Syria, a rock of stability in the Middle East for decades, is being sucked ever deeper into bloody unrest one year after calls for political reform drew a violent response from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. ... more
ANALYSIS: Netanyahu talks tough on Iran, but does he mean it?
Mar 6, 2012, 20:40 GMT
Jerusalem/Washington - Reportedly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Barack Obama that Israel has not yet decided whether to attack Iran in an attempt to stymie its alleged nuclear weapons programme. ... more