Middle Orient

Israelul a închis un post de radio pirat din Cisiordania care afecta comunicaţiile pe Aeroportul Internaţional Ben Gurion, informează BBC.

ANKARA, Turkey — The government on Wednesday (June 6th) denied media reports that Turkish troops carried out an operation against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists based in Iraq.

NCRI – The Jafari Shiite group of Iraq asked other National groups to be more proactive in fighting Iranian regime’s deceptions and to support People’s Mojahedin organization of Iran.

NCRI – In a gathering on June 3rd, women in Salahedin province in Iraq called for action against Iranian regime’s terrorism in Iraq.

BAGHDAD — Ten-year-old Saad ponders the question, cocking his head to one side and tapping his finger on his lips. He’s just been asked the source of Iraq’s wealth.

RAMALLAH — For most Palestinians, black-hooded gunmen have long been respected symbols of resistance against Israeli occupation.

BEIJING (Reuters) — China hit back at critics of its policy on Sudan on Thursday, saying forcing UN troops on Khartoum would complicate efforts to resolve the Darfur crisis and calling attempts to link its policies there with the Olympics “ridiculous”.

ANKARA (AP) — Turkey has declared several areas near the border with Iraq to be “temporary security zones” in a sign of increasing activity by the military in its campaign against Kurdish rebels.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — The “Quartet” of international Mideast mediators stepped into the void, signalling it would invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for talks in Cairo, after a summit was called off at the last minute.

A BOMB WENT off near a Christian town north of Beirut on Thursday, in the latest string of explosions that have shaken Lebanon since fighting erupted between army troops and Islamists in a northern refugee camp three weeks ago.