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Iran's foreign ministry criticized the Arab League of Nation's decision to allocate Syria's long-vacant seat to the Syrian opposition, calling the move a "dangerous precedent" on Wednesday.
Opposition chief...
The White House said Tuesday that NATO would not provide Patriot missile batteries to protect rebel strongholds in Syria, following a request from opposition chief Moaz al-Khatib.
Khatib asked for an extension of the umbrella...
Israel is to resume the transfer of tariffs and tax monies it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, which were frozen last year as punishment for the UN bid, the premier's office said Monday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "...
Riad Asaad, commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army, was injured overnight in a blast that hit his car in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog said on Monday.
"An explosive device exploded last night near the car...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has begun to push for a resumption of peace talks after meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian sides, Palestinian officials said Sunday.
"Kerry began the US administration's real intervention,...
Libya is in the process of giving Egypt US$2 billion to support its economy, the new Libyan ambassador to Cairo, Mohamed Fayez Gibril, told the Turkish news agency Anadolu. The money would be a deposit to the Central Bank of Egypt.
Meanwhile, Egypt...
Two Israeli rights groups demanded Sunday that Israel lift fishing restrictions imposed on Gaza after militants fired two rockets across the border, slamming them as "collective punishment."
Israel on Thursday halved the area in which...
Hundreds of Israeli police for the second time dismantled a Palestinian protest encampment on the outskirts of Jerusalem overnight, activists and police said Sunday.
Activists set up the camp, known as Bab al-Shams, on a patch of land known as E1,...
US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraq to stop allowing Iranian flights apparently carrying military equipment through its airspace headed to Syria, on a surprise visit to Baghdad Sunday.
Kerry warned Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that...
US Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise trip to Baghdad on Sunday to press for more help over the conflict in Syria amid claims of waning American clout barely a year after US troops left.
The one-day visit, the first to Iraq by a US...
