Eurasia Press & News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday welcomed as a “very good first step” Syria’s decision to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon at an ambassadorial level.
Read More »Lebanon, Syria open diplomatic relations
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman agreed on Wednesday to establish diplomatic relations between their countries at ambassadorial level, a Syrian official said.
Read More »Iran to Open Free-Trade Zone on Border with Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to establish a free-trade zone on its border with Iraq, Baghdad’s Ambassador to Tehran Mohamed Meguid al-Sheikh said Wednesday.
Read More »Turkey Raises Iran Gas Imports
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey will increase its imports of gas from Iran to compensate for a reduction in supplies from Azerbaijan resulting from the conflict in Georgia, a senior source from the Turkish pipeline company Botas said on Tuesday.
Read More »Palestinians bury poet Darwish in emotional funeral
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man who articulated their sense of loss, exile and defiance.
Read More »Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish commemorated on stage
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The Palestine National Theatre is putting on a play based on a poem by Mahmoud Darwish at the Edinburgh International Festival dedicated to the acclaimed Palestinian poet who died last Saturday.
Read More »Lebanon bus stop bomb kills 18, injures 45
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A bomb killed at least 18 people, including nine soldiers, in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday, security sources said. The bomb, which also wounded at least 45 people, was the deadliest attack on the army since its battle with al Qaeda-inspired Islamist militants …
Read More »Curfew in Iraqi province after governor attacked
BAQUBA, Iraq – Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of restive Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide attack that left the bomber’s body parts scattered across the street.
Read More »Iran Builds Unmanned Sub, Radar Evading Boat
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced Tuesday that Iran has built a new unmanned intelligent submarine along with a boat which evades radar detection.
Read More »Iraqi Deputy PM to Visit Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Wednesday.
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