Latest News  News Arab Letter: I |
|
Iraq is to seek an explanation from American officials over a report asserting the US spied on Iraqi officials, including Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister.
06/09/2008
|
 |
|
Indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria have been postponed due to the resignation of a senior Israeli mediator, Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, says.
04/09/2008
|
 |
|
Israel has nearly doubled settlement construction activity in the occupied West Bank since 2007, a report by the rights group Peace Now says.
26/08/2008
|
 |
|
Israel has released 198 Palestinian prisoners ahead of a visit to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state.
25/08/2008
|
 |
|
Israeli security forces have raided the offices of the Islamic Movement and al-Aqsa institution in the northern Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm, accusing them of supporting the Palestinian Hamas movement.
24/08/2008
|
 |
|
Israel has issued a tough warning to members of the Free Gaza protest group not to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory.
23/08/2008
|
 |
|
Thousands of Iraqis have marched in protest against an imminent US-Iraqi security agreement, saying it would turn the country into a colony of the US.
23/08/2008
|
 |
|
The United States and Iraq are close to reaching an agreement on the future of US forces in Iraq, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has said.
22/08/2008
|
 |
|
Israel's cabinet has agreed to release 200 Palestinian prisoners, including two jailed 30 years ago for attacks on Israelis.
17/08/2008
|
 |
|
Jalal Talabani is recovering from heart surgery in the US, his office has disclosed, having previously said the Iraqi president was undergoing a knee operation.
15/08/2008
|
 |
|
Israel will transfer $23 million (72 million shekels) to the Gaza Strip to pay the salaries of Palestinian civil servants, according to Israeli sources.
12/08/2008
|
 |
|
The US must provide a "clear timeline" to withdraw its troops from Iraq as part of an agreement allowing them to operate in Iraq beyond this year, Hoshiyar Zebari, Iraq's foreign minister, has said.
11/08/2008
|
 |
|
Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, has pledged to free more than 120 Palestinian prisoners, a move seen as a goodwill gesture aimed at bolstering Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader.
07/08/2008
|
 |
|
The Israeli army has removed an officer from his post over allegations he ordered a soldier to fire a rubber-coated bullet into the foot of a bound and blindfolded Palestinian.
07/08/2008
|
 |
|
Iraq's parliament is to meet in an attempt to resolve the dispute over a provincial election bill labelled as a "conspiracy" by the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.
05/08/2008
|
 |
|
|
|
