Iraq is to give Jordan $8 million to help its smaller neighbor pay the costs of sheltering hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees, the ambassador to
Read More »Annapolis is just a first step, says analyst
As the Annapolis peace conference — or forum, as US officials are now calling it — kicked off Tuesday, the chief missive was to lower expectations, that this was not
Read More »Bush tells Syria to steer clear of Lebanese election
US President George W. Bush on Tuesday used a Middle East peace conference to warn Syria’s government against interfering in
Read More »Aoun meets Christian figures, warns of harsher ‘tone’
Opposition leader MP Michel Aoun held a series of meetings on Tuesday with other Christian political figures that focused on the political
Read More »Palestinian killed as police break up rallies
Palestinian police killed one man in the West Bank on Tuesday as it broke up rallies against a US peace meeting, while Hamas supporters in Gaza rallied in force against the conference.
Read More »Syria’s quest to regain Golan takes new shape
Under the gaze of an Israeli tank, Syrian bulldozers slice through rocky terrain to build roads just inside a ceasefire line separating the occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria.
Read More »Al Qaeda haven no more, Iraq’s Falluja rebuilds
Falluja, once the heart of Iraq’s bloody insurgency, is hoping to trade mortar bombs for bricks and mortar as it seeks to heal its wounds and return to normality.
Read More »NATO air-strike kills 12 Afghan civilians: governor
NATO air-strikes killed 12 civilian road workers in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said on Wednesday, an incident bound to fuel Afghan resentment against the presence of international forces.
Read More »Musharraf steps down as Pakistan army chief
General Pervez Musharraf finally quit as army chief on Wednesday, trading the post for a second five-year term as president and fulfilling a promise many Pakistanis doubted he would keep.
Read More »Negligence led to deaths in big Afghan bomb: inquiry
Official negligence contributed to the death toll in Afghanistan’s biggest suicide bombing, which killed 72 people, most of them schoolboys, this month, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
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