Middle Orient

GAZA, Nov. 4 – Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday said its delegation in Cairo would overcome new obstacles that emerged in the way of national Palestinian dialogue.

BAGHDAD – An agreement allowing U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three years should be put to the public in a referendum, Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president said on Tuesday.

Police in Iraq say that at least 11 people have been killed in two separate explosions in the capital Baghdad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday evening that the Lebanese resistance to Israeli regime is good example for all regional nations.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described the recent US raid on Syria as an obvious manifestation of Washington’s desperation rather than a show of might.

The Syrian Army has mobilized around 3,000 extra soldiers and heavy equipment near its western borders with neighboring Lebanon.

Damascus has warned that it will carry out ‘painful’ measures if the US fails to explain its recent cross-border raid into Syria.

Two bombs have exploded in a busy central Baghdad square, killing six people and wounding about 20 others, police say.

RAMALLAH, Nov. 1 – Palestinian National Authority (PNA) forces launched a limited crackdown against Islamic Jihad supporters in northern West Bank, arresting its four activists, sources from the movement said.

GAZA, Nov. 1 – The Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday warned against Israel’s intention to retrieve its captive soldier by force.