February 17, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Iran today, his country’s closest regional ally.
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February 17, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Friday he hopes to form a new coalition government with Fatah in less than three weeks. On Thursday, Haniyeh and his government resigned and President Mahmoud Abbas appointed him to form the new cabinet, based on last week’s understandings in the Saudi city of Mecca.
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February 17, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Two blasts hit a crowded market area in the northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least six people and wounding 32, police said. The first explosion came from a car rigged with explosives and was followed by a suicide attacker who drove a bomb-laden car into a busy …
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February 17, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
On an unannounced visit to Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a new US-led security operation appeared to have gotten off to a good start in Baghdad but she called on Iraqi leaders to do more to end the sectarian divides behind the violence.
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February 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iran is limiting uranium enrichment in a signal to the U.S. and its European allies that the Islamic Republic wants to avoid escalating the dispute over its nuclear program, two Western diplomats said.
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February 16, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Government has resigned after 11 turbulent months in power, clearing the way for a unity government intended to end deadly infighting and a Western boycott.
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February 16, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper woke up in a good mood on Tuesday morning, declaring “Ray of hope shines on Beirut as both sides see ‘open door’ ” on its front page as hopes grew that simmering sectarian tensions would abate.
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February 16, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A joint US/Iraqi drive to wrest back control of Baghdad from militias appears to be making progress, with no major incidents in the capital today.
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February 16, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Police scuffled on Friday with Muslims protesting Israeli construction outside a disputed Jerusalem holy site, but the scattered clashes were quickly contained and no one was seriously hurt, police said.
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February 16, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The US House of Representatives is to vote Friday on a resolution opposing President George W. Bush’s decision to deploy more troops to Iraq, the first major repudiation of the increasingly unpopular war.
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