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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Tuesday that Damascus is ready to resume unconditional peace talks with Israel, at a press conference with his Danish counterpart Per Stig Moeller.
Read More »Brazil to resettle 100 Palestinian residents of Rweished camp
Brazil has accepted to resettle 100 Palestinians from Iraq who have been living in the Rweished refugee camp for more than four years, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
Read More »Abbas gov’t, Israel resume security talks
Israel and the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas have resumed security talks after a long break, both sides said Tuesday, a new sign of cooperation between Israel and Palestinian moderates after the Islamic Hamas took over Gaza.
Read More »King, Sarkozy to discuss Mideast issues today
King Abdullah will travel today to France for talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy on Middle East issues and bilateral ties, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Read More »Freed BBC reporter: ‘It felt like I was buried alive’
Released BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped March 12 in Gaza by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, described his nearly four months in captivity as being “buried alive.”
Read More »New attempts by the Quds Force to stir more violence in Iraq
Recently, there have been a series of high-level meetings of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Crops (IRGC) subordinate the Quds Force commanders in Tehran to find new ways in meddling more easily in Iraq.
Read More »Palestinians seek to end camp siege
Palestinian groups worked on Monday to end the six-week-old battle in a besieged refugee camp of north Lebanon, as aid workers continued to seek access to trapped civilians.
Read More »Abbas government promises to pay full salaries to civil servants
The government of moderate Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad promised Monday to pay full salaries to tens of thousands of civil servants for at least six months, but also warned that employees cooperating with the Islamist Hamas will be cut from the payroll.
Read More »Palestinians to be allowed to enter Gaza Strip from Egypt
Thousands of Palestinians left stranded on the Egyptian side of the border since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip will be allowed to cross through the Kerem Shalom crossing Tuesday and return to Gaza following an agreement between Israel and Egypt.
Read More »Israel’s prisoner becomes Hamas jailer
Hassan Jmassi was a prisoner for five years in the Gaza Strip under Israeli occupation. Now Hamas are masters, he has risen to the dizzy height of prison governor armed with lavish reforming zeal.
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