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Egyptian delegation “supports” Assad government, says agency
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Feb 2013
An Egyptian delegation arrived Monday in Damascus to “support President Bashar al-Assad in his war against...
Syrian rebels prepare for push on eastern oil city
Reuters 12 Feb 2013
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels are launching a major operation to take control of the strategic eastern city of Deir al-...
Palestinians at Yarmouk camp are forced to take sides in the Syrian conflict
Dunia Manzar 11 Feb 2013
DAMASCUS — The Palestinian camps of Yarmouk, Tadamon and Falesteen lie on the southwest outskirts of Damascus....
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, questions a witness during a hearing about the recent popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, Washington, DC, March 17, 2011.
US 'evaluating' next steps in Syria conflict
AFP 09 Feb 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States is exploring ways to end Syria's increasingly bloody...
Syrian man defends throwing shoe at Ahmadinejad
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Feb 2013
The Syrian man who threw a shoe at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday during his visit to Cairo said the...
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy (R), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (C) and Iran's former president Akbar Hashem
Ties between Iran and Egypt thaw further
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Feb 2013
President Mohamed Morsy may be mulling a second trip to Tehran, telling his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...
A man holds a sign in Arabic against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad reading, " You are not welcome in Egypt, Magian", in front of the al-Azhar mosque during Ahmedinejad's visit to Cairo, 5 February 2013. It's considered the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The trip was meant to underline a thaw in relations since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state, President Mohamed Mursi, last June. But it also highlighted deep theological and geopolitical differences.
Protests outside Iranian embassy
Al-Masry Al-Youm 06 Feb 2013
Scores of Egyptians and Syrians protested outside the Iranian Embassy in the capital on Wednesday over President...
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy talking with Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr during summit of Organization of Islamic Conference in Cairo, 6 February 2013.
Morsy, Ahmadinejad and Gul discuss Syrian crisis
Al-Masry Al-Youm 06 Feb 2013
President Mohamed Morsy met Turkish leader Abdullah Gul and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday to...
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi gives a press conference at the Kuwait's National Assembly, Kuwait City, May 18, 2011, following an official visit stating Kuwait and Iran have agreed to return their ambassadors signalling an end to diplomatic tensions that have severed ties between both countries.
Iran, Egypt and Turkey to convene on Islamic summit sidelines
Egypt Independent 06 Feb 2013
Iran, Egypt and Turkey will hold a tripartite meeting on the sidelines of the 12th summit of the Organization of...
Unidentified man attempts assault of Iranian president
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Feb 2013
An unidentified man with a Syrian accent was detained after attempting to assault Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...