Middle Orient

President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal arrived here on Wednesday, heading a high-ranking political delegation on a one-day visit.

Iran’s Ambassador to France, Ali Ahani, urged Paris on Tuesday to preserve its political and cultural independence from Washington by not following US anti-Iran policies.

Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Wednesday that Iran is the anchor of stability in the region.Addressing a local gathering, the speaker added that all countries have admitted Tehran’s major role in establishing regional stability.

Iranian Supreme Leader’s representative to Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the recent report issued by IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program was regarded as a crushing response to the malignancy of bullying powers.

Iran, with its 70 million-population, with its huge surface area (almost two times bigger than Turkey), and with its abundant energy resources, is one of the most crucial states of the Middle East region. At the same time, Iran has the second largest economy of Middle East and Muslim geography …

GENEVA – Iraqi hospitals remain unable to cope with mass casualties and many Iraqis still die due to ill-equipped centers, despite a drop in violence in some areas, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber killed 14 people in an attack on a bus in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, security sources said.

BAGHDAD – Gunmen seized 21 men from two buses at a fake checkpoint in Iraq’s restive Diyala province northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

DUBAI – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Syria was part of the problem in Lebanon, calling on Damascus to help resolve the 15-month crisis before hosting an Arab summit next month.

BAGHDAD – Iraq on Tuesday condemned Turkey’s incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas in the strongest terms so far and demanded an immediate end to the violation of its sovereignty.