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Russian Foreign Minister: No military scenario in Syria

Date: 2013-07-22 12:58:30 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:210843

Russia/Syria/Politics Russian Foreign Minister: No military scenario in Syria MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Syrian crisis cannot be settled by military means, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. At the talks with Syrian ....

UN body reports fuel shortage in Gaza Strip after demolition of borer tunnels with Egypt

Date: 2013-07-22 12:15:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:210674

Egypt/UN UN body reports fuel shortage in Gaza Strip after demolition of borer tunnels with Egypt CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports a sharp decline in fuel and ....

Russia Today reporter injured in Syria

Date: 2013-07-22 12:07:02 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:210699

Russia/Syria Russia Today reporter injured in Syria MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - A correspondent of Russia Today (RT) has been injured while filming a special operation by the Syrian army in the town of Daraya, near the capital Damascus, the ....

Lavrov meets Syrian official in Moscow

Date: 2013-07-22 11:52:39 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:210707

Russia/Syria Lavrov meets Syrian official in Moscow MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Syrian Deputy Premier Qadri Jamil here on Monday, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The two sides will ....

Israel set to release 82 Palestinian prisoners as gesture ahead of talks

Date: 2013-07-22 11:26:46 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:210646

Israel/Palestine Israel set to release 82 Palestinian prisoners as gesture ahead of talks GAZA CITY, July, July 22 (MEN) - Israel is planning to free some 82 of the 103 Palestinians sentenced to prison terms in Israel before the Oslo ....

Iran's top leader urges caution in dealing with US

Date: 2013-07-21 22:28:55 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:210202

Iran/US Iran's top leader urges caution in dealing with US TEHRAN, July 21 (MENA) - Iran's top leader said Sunday he has not prohibited talks with the US but urged caution with any possible dialogue, describing the American government as ....

Martin Indyk appointed US mediator for peace talks

Date: 2013-07-21 22:13:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:210177

Israel/US/Paper Martin Indyk appointed US mediator for peace talks GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk was appointed the American mediator for the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israeli media reported ....

Peres says no alternative but peace with Palestinians

Date: 2013-07-21 22:10:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:210162

Israel/Palestine/Talks Peres says no alternative but peace with Palestinians GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Israeli President Shimon Peres called said the time is ripe for making peace with the Palestinians, The Jersulem Post reported on ....

Israel continues to breach Lebanese skies

Date: 2013-07-21 21:45:31 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:210165

Lebanon/Israel Israel continues to breach Lebanese skies BEIRUT, July 21 (MENA) - Israel continued its daily violations of the Lebanese skies on Sunday. Two Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew into the Lebanese air space coming from over ....

Netanyahu: Morsi ouster shows weakness of Islamist movements

Date: 2013-07-21 21:44:32 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:210185

Israel/Egypt Netanyahu: Morsi ouster shows weakness of Islamist movements GAZA, July 21 (MENA) - In rare remarks on Egypt's government crisis, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that the fall of the president, ....