Middle East
- Service : English General
- Category : Middle East
-
Protests continue in Turkey amid calls for Erdogn's resignation
Date: 2013-06-03 10:11:52 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:137728
Turkey-Protests Protests continue in Turkey amid calls for Erdogn's resignation ANKARA, June 3 (MENA) - Protests continued in most of the Turkish cities till the late hours of Sunday against the government of Prime Minister Recep ....
-
U.S. congratulates Hamdallah on appointment as new Palestinian PM
Date: 2013-06-03 09:52:39 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:137734
US-Palestine US congratulates Hamdallah on appointment as new Palestinian PM WASHINGTON, June 3 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday congratulated Rami Hamdallah on his appointment as new Palestinian prime minister to replace ....
-
Mosque imam attacked in Sidon
Date: 2013-06-03 09:52:25 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:137730
Lebanon-Attack Mosque imam attacked in Sidon BEIRUT, June 3 (MENA) - The imam of Al-Qud mosque in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon escaped death when unidentified men opened fire at him at dawn of Monday. Sheikh Maher Hamoud ....
-
Egyptian journalists to partake in EU's forum
Date: 2013-06-02 19:23:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:111 - ID:137252
Egypt-EU-Journalism Egyptian journalists to partake in EU's forum CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - A number of Egyptian journalists will participate in a regional media forum, which is organized by the European Commission and Parliament in ....
-
"OIC" warns of Israeli plot to isolate Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings
Date: 2013-06-02 18:56:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:100 - ID:136614
Saudi Arabia-OIC-Jerusalem "OIC" warns of Israeli plot to isolate Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 2 (MENA) - The Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned of the progress of Israel's plot to ....
-
Abbas will not accept establishment of Palestinian state with provisional borders - adviser
Date: 2013-06-02 18:04:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:137034
Palestine-Politics-Interview Abbas will not accept establishment of Palestinian state with provisional borders - adviser RAMALLAH, June 2 (MENA) – Nimer Hammad, the Political Advisor of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, underscored on ....
-
Syrian FM receives a phone call from UN secretary-general
Date: 2013-06-02 17:07:07 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:136846
Syria-UN Syrian FM receives phone call from UN secretary-general DAMASCUS, June 2 (MENA) - Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem received Sunday a phone call from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) ....
-
Lavrov, Kerry discuss Syrian crisis
Date: 2013-06-02 16:31:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:136739
Russia-US-Talks Lavrov, Kerry discuss Syrian crisis MOSCOW, June 2 (MENA) - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed by telephone a settlement to the Syrian crisis, Itar-Tass reported on ....
-
‘Last chance’ Syria talks could take place in July: French FM
Date: 2013-06-02 15:34:38 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:136766
France-Syria ‘Last chance’ Syria talks could take place in July: French FM PARIS, June 2 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius suggested on Sunday that an international peace conference aimed at ending the Syrian civil war could ....
-
Brahimi to head for Geneva Tuesday
Date: 2013-06-02 15:02:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:136736
Egypt-UN-Statement Brahimi to head for Geneva Tuesday CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - The UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will leave here on Tuesday for Geneva to attend a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian ....