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  • Egypt welcomes Hitto's election as Syria's opposition interim premier

    Date: 2013-03-20 13:42:25 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:25672

    Egypt-Syria-StatementsEgypt welcomes Hitto's election as Syria's opposition interim premier   CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) - Egypt welcomes the election of former businessman Ghassan Hitto as Syria's opposition interim prime minister, a ....

  • UN: Syria’s humanitarian crisis is ‘dramatic beyond description’

    Date: 2013-03-20 12:07:06 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:25379

    US-UN-Syria UN: Syria’s humanitarian crisis is ‘dramatic beyond description’      WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - The United Nations official responsible for aiding Syrian refugees painted his bleakest picture to date ....

  • Israeli official: Chemical weapons used in Syria

    Date: 2013-03-20 11:39:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:25376

    Israel-Syria Israeli official: Chemical weapons used in Syria       GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - A senior Israeli official said it is "apparently clear" that chemical weapons were recently used in Syria, either by the rebels ....

  • Syria won’t allow foreign intervention: Iran diplomat

    Date: 2013-03-20 11:36:28 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:25329

    Iran-Syria Syria won’t allow foreign intervention: Iran diplomat      TEHRAN, March 20 (MENA) - Iran's deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs said the Syrian nation will not allow foreign elements to draw the ....

  • Iran slams militants’ use of chemical weapons in Syria

    Date: 2013-03-20 11:06:50 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:25331

    Iran-Syria-Chemicals Iran slams militants’ use of chemical weapons in Syria    TEHRAN, March 20 (MENA) - Iran has strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons by foreign-backed militants in Syria’s northwestern city of ....

  • Daughter of Expediency Council chairman released from prison

    Date: 2013-03-20 10:59:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:25241

    Iran-Prison Daughter of Expediency Council chairman released from prison      TEHRAN, March 20 (MENA) - The daughter of head of Iran's Expediency Council and former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been released from jail ....

  • Israeli sources: Chemical weapons used in Syria

    Date: 2013-03-20 10:17:22 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:25235

    Israel-Syria-Weapons Israeli sources: Chemical weapons used in Syria    GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - Chemical weapons were used on civilians in Syria on Tuesday, Israel security sources were quoted by The Jerusalem Post as having ....

  • Obama departs Washington for Israel visit

    Date: 2013-03-20 09:34:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:25128

    US-Israel-Departure Obama departs Washington for Israel visit     WASHIGTON, March 20 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama departed en route to Israel for a four-day trip to the Middle East, France 24 reported Wednesday, ....

  • US to use military option against nuclear Iran if necessarily- Peres

    Date: 2013-03-20 00:27:31 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:146 - ID:25019

    Israel-US-statements   US to use military option against nuclear Iran if necessarily- Peres        GAZA CITY, March 19 (MENA) – Israeli President Shimon Peres said he is convinced that the US would use military ....

  • US, Israel pledge continuing military cooperation

    Date: 2013-03-19 23:16:44 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:143 - ID:24958

    US-Israel-Defense US, Israel pledge continuing military cooperation        WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel discussed with his Israeli counterpart Moshe Ya'alon continuing military ....

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