A double car bomb attack on the US embassy in Yemen has killed at least 16 people, Yemeni officials say.
Read More »Twin bombing hits Iraqi capital
A double bombing in a west Baghdad business district has killed at least eight people and wounded another 20, Iraqi police say.
Read More »US troops face Iraq murder charge
Three US soldiers have been charged with murder over the deaths of four Iraqis in Baghdad, the US army says.
Read More »Christian rivals clash in Lebanon
A gunfight between rival Christian political groups in northern Lebanon has left two people dead and three wounded, security officials say.
Read More »Syria Rejects West’s Calls for Severing Ties with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that his country may not cut ties with Iran, reiterating that Tehran and Damascus would remain two strategic partners in the region.
Read More »Abbas and Olmert to meet amid doubts of a deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in a last-minute bid to clinch an agreement a day before his Kadima party holds an election to replace him.
Read More »Hamas held secret leadership election, official says
GAZA (Reuters) – Thousands of Hamas members voted in a secret internal ballot in the Gaza Strip that re-elected the Islamist group’s most prominent leaders to its highest bodies and signaled no change in policy.
Read More »Pro-al Qaeda gunman among 11 dead in Gaza clash
GAZA (Reuters) – Eleven Palestinians including a pro-al Qaeda militant and a child were killed on Tuesday in overnight gun battles in the Gaza Strip, Hamas police officials said.
Read More »Odierno warning on Iraq security
The new US military commander in Iraq, Lt Gen Ray Odierno, has said that recent security gains there are “fragile and reversible”.
Read More »Lebanon factions launch dialogue
Representatives of Lebanon’s many political factions are meeting to begin dialogue on the country’s future.
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