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  • Kerry returns to Mideast this week

    Date: 2013-07-15 22:41:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:202295

    Palestine/Israel/US Kerry returns to Mideast this week RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to the Middle East this week as rising tensions in Egypt and deteriorating conditions in Syria threaten to overshadow ....

  • Israel continues violations of Lebanese skies

    Date: 2013-07-15 17:16:26 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:201958

    Lebanon/Israel Israel continues violations of Lebanese skies BEIRUT, Jul 15 (MENA) - Israeli military aircraft violated on Monday the Lebanese airspace, according to a statement by the Lebanese army command. Two Israeli ....

  • Iran's Larijani hopes Egypt's democracy will weather current events

    Date: 2013-07-15 16:59:08 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:201956

    Iran/Egypt/Politics Iran's Larijani hopes Egypt's democracy will weather current events TEHRAN, July 15 (MENA) - Iran’ Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has said he hopes the current events in Egypt will not harm the democratic process that ....

  • Al-Quds mufti calls OIC to hold urgent meeting

    Date: 2013-07-15 14:41:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:201583

    Palestine/Israel/Politics Al-Quds mufti calls OIC to hold urgent meeting RAMALLAH, July 15 (MENA) - Al-Quds Mufti Sheikh Mohamed Hussein called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an urgent meeting so as to probe means of ....

  • Pope Francis to visit Turkey in 2014

    Date: 2013-07-15 13:44:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:201413

    Turkey/Vatican Pope Francis to visit Turkey in 2014 ANKARA, July 15 (MENA) - Pope Francis, the religious leader of the Catholic world, is expected to visit Turkey next year. According to information gathered by Today's Zaman daily news ....

  • Kofi Annan explains situation in Mideast conditioned by absence of human rights

    Date: 2013-07-15 13:25:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:201456

    Russia/Mideast Kofi Annan explains situation in Mideast conditioned by absence of human rights MOSCOW, July 15 (MENA) - The current situation in the Middle East is conditioned by the absence of human rights, Itar-Tass quoted former UN ....

  • Israeli chief of staff says army following developments in Sinai

    Date: 2013-07-15 13:20:05 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:201445

    Israel/Egypt Israeli chief of staff says army following developments in Sinai GAZA CITY, July 15 (MENA) - Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said his country is following developments in Sinai. Referring to the situation in ....

  • Rowhani: Strong government to maintain strength by parliament's side

    Date: 2013-07-15 12:49:37 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:201409

    Iran/Official/Politics Rowhani: Strong government to maintain strength by parliament's side “The government and the Parliament are two main pillars at the service of the country’s progress,” said Hojjatoleslam Rowhani at the fast-breaking ....

  • Egypt's interim president sends verbal message to Gul on roadmap for transitional stage

    Date: 2013-07-15 11:57:20 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:201273

    Turkey/Egypt Egypt's interim president sends verbal message to Gul on roadmap for transitional stage ANKARA, July 15 (MENA) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul received Egyptian ambassador in Ankara Abdel-Rahman Salaheldin, who conveyed a ....

  • 10 killed in rocket attack in Rif Idlib District

    Date: 2013-07-14 21:49:10 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:200835

    Syria/Rocket 10 killed in rocket attack in Rif Idlib District DAMASCUS, July 14 (MENA) – Ten people were killed in a rocket attack in a village in Rif Idlib District in northwestern Syria, the local coordination committees of Syria said on ....

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