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Iran ready to become mediator in settlement of relations between Turkey and Syria

Date: 2013-05-27 10:50:56 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:127086

Turkey-Iran Iran ready to become mediator in settlement of relations between Turkey and Syria ANKARA, May 27 (MENA) - Iran is ready to do everything necessary to settle relations between Turkey and Syria, the Habertürk newspaper quoted ....

Palestinian president met Peres in Jordan - source

Date: 2013-05-27 10:49:00 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:126978

Jordan-Palestine-Israel Palestinian president met Peres in Jordan - source AMMAN, May 27 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli President Shimon Peres on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum that wound up in ....

Israeli forces arrest six Palestinians in W. Bank

Date: 2013-05-27 09:35:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:126952

Palestine-Israel-Arrest Israeli forces arrest six Palestinians in W. Bank RAMALLAH, May 27 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Sunday two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin and four others in Al-Quds (occupied East ....

Hamas slams Abbas on abducting Israeli soldiers

Date: 2013-05-27 00:02:59 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:126786

Palestine-Israel-Hamas Hamas slams Abbas on abducting Israeli soldiers GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) – Hamas rejected on Sunday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' statements over abducting Israeli soldiers. Abbas rejected kidnapping ....

US condemns Hezbollah's involvement in Syria

Date: 2013-05-26 23:21:50 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:126750

US-Hezbollah-Syria US condemns Hezbollah's involvement in Syria WASHINGTON, May 26 (MENA) - The US government condemns Hezbollah's involvement in violence in Syria, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest voiced. Earlier, ....

Qatari emir, Obama discuss bilateral ties

Date: 2013-05-26 22:11:18 GMT - Qatar - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:126703

Qatar-US-Call Qatari emir, Obama discuss bilateral ties DOHA, May 26 (MENA) - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani received a phone call on Sunday from US President Barack Obama on bilateral relations between Qatar and the ....

Peres says Abbas Israel's partner

Date: 2013-05-26 22:10:17 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:126686

Israel-Palestine-Jordan Peres says Abbas Israel's partner GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) – Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Sunday there is "no country, no leader that we consider an enemy." "President Abbas, you are our partner, and ....

Tourism min., ex-British PM discuss tourism obstacles

Date: 2013-05-26 19:59:33 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:126490

Egypt-Tourism-Forum Tourism min., ex-British PM discuss tourism obstacles CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) – Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou met on Sunday with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The meeting took on how to overcome ....

Israel continuing violations of Lebanese air space

Date: 2013-05-26 14:39:31 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:125960

Lebanon-Israel Israel continuing violations of Lebanese air space BEIRUT, May 26 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes, in continuation of their daily breaching of the Lebanese air space, have been overflying southern Lebanon's Bent Jbeil, ....

Peres says peace can be possible reality

Date: 2013-05-26 14:25:37 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:125966

Jordan-Israel-Peres Peres says peace is possible reality DEAD SEA, Jordan, May 26 (MENA) - Israeli President Shimon Peres expressed his belief that peace with the Palestinians can be a possible reality. He told reporters on the sidelines ....