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  • Jordan respects Egyptians' will: Jordanian FM

    Date: 2013-07-21 21:36:28 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:210082

    Jordan/Egypt/FM Jordan respects Egyptians' will: Jordanian FM AMMAN, July 21 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh asserted on Sunday his country's respect to Egyptians' will. During a Jordanian parliament session, ....

  • Martin Indyk to be US representative on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

    Date: 2013-07-21 21:34:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:210132

    Israel/US Martin Indyk to be US representative on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk might be appointed as the US representative at Israeli-Palestinian peace ....

  • Abbas receives phone call from British foreign secretary

    Date: 2013-07-21 17:57:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:209720

    Palestine/UK Abbas receives phone call from British foreign secretary RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Sunday a phone call from British Foreign Secretary William Hague who promised him continuing ....

  • Armed tribesmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Sanaa

    Date: 2013-07-21 15:47:02 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:209744

    Yemen/Iran Armed tribesmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Sanaa SANAA, July 21 (MENA) - Armed tribesmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat in Sanaa on Sunday while driving through the diplomatic area in southern Sanaa, a Yemeni security source ....

  • PFLP calls on PA to hold public referendum on return to negotiations

    Date: 2013-07-21 14:59:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:209661

    Palestine/Factions PFLP calls on PA to hold public referendum on return to negotiations RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said the Palestinian Authority's decision to return to the ....

  • US intelligence official says Syrian war could last for years

    Date: 2013-07-21 13:53:57 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:209414

    US/Syria/Paper US intelligence official says Syrian war could last for years NEW YORK, July 21 (MENA) - A senior American intelligence official warned that the Syrian conflict could last “many, many months to multiple years,” and described ....

  • Syria's Kurdish party confirms meeting with Erdogan party in Cairo

    Date: 2013-07-21 12:25:29 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:209309

    Turkey/Kurds Syria's Kurdish party confirms meeting with Erdogan party in Cairo ANKARA, July 21 (MENA) - Head of Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim confirmed holding a recent hush-hush meeting in Cairo in May with ....

  • Police seal off Istanbul's Gezi Park ahead of protester couple’s wedding

    Date: 2013-07-21 12:11:26 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:209273

    Turkey/Wedding Police seal off Istanbul's Gezi Park ahead of protester couple’s wedding ANKARA, July 21 (MENA) - Riot police have closed access to Gezi Park ahead of a wedding for a couple that met during the first wave of Gezi protests and ....

  • Peres to Abbas: You have made a brave decision, don't listen to the skeptics

    Date: 2013-07-21 10:17:03 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:209100

    Israel/Palestine Peres to Abbas: You have made a brave decision, don't listen to the skeptics GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday congratulated Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on his ....

  • SNC president starts tomorrow visit to Cairo

    Date: 2013-07-20 18:37:45 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:208676

    Egypt/Syria SNC president starts tomorrow visit to Cairo CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) – President of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Ahmad Jarba will start a visit to Cairo on Sunday. Jarba, who will be coming from Saudi Arabia, ....

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