Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA)- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta condemned sabotage of Tehran-Kabul ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian Alaw Monday hailed Iran’s oil and gas cooperation with his country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed confidence on Tuesday that use of armed force in a bid to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities would make the Middle East conflict impossible to settle

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least three people were injured when a car’s petrol tank exploded at a gas station in northern Iran on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Untied States said it would use all means to prevent Iran’s influence in the region including its membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The rival US presidential hopefuls have aired bitter disagreements over the Iraq troop surge as they put questions to American military commander General David Petraeus.

SOFIA (Reuters) – Profits from drugs trafficking through Bulgaria have been used to fund organizations like Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, the parliamentary security commission said on Tuesday.

GAZA (Reuters) – Sleeping in their cars outside petrol stations, Palestinians are feeling the pinch of a fuel crisis in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, where black market gasoline sells for about $30 a gallon.

(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 10:05 a.m. on Tuesday. * denotes new or updated items. * BAGHDAD – 10 people died and 61 were wounded in fighting in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, on Tuesday, an Iraqi health official said.

The U.S. military said that four of its soldiers were killed on Monday in separate incidents in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.Following are the latest figures for soldiers and civilians killed since the U.S.-led invasion in March, 2003: