Middle East
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 09:20
Russia's foreign minister has declared in Damascus that the Syrian government is committed to ending the country's violence.
Sergei Lavrov made the remark after holding talks in the Syrian capital on Tuesday with President Bashar al-Assad.
Monday, 06 February 2012 11:58
Palestinian rights groups say masked Hamas police beat and detained members of the Gaza Strip's tiny Shia Muslim community during a religious commemoration last week.
Monday, 06 February 2012 11:39
The formation of a higher military council made up of Syrian army defectors has been announced to "liberate" the country from President Bashar al-Assad.
Monday, 06 February 2012 11:24
The US has closed down its embassy in Syria and pulled all of its employees out of the country, amid reports that the Syrian military is intensifying its assault on the central city of Homs.
Monday, 06 February 2012 11:19
Mahmud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has agreed to lead an interim national consensus government to prepare for upcoming elections, under an agreement signed in the Qatari capital.
Monday, 06 February 2012 11:17
Egypt has indicted 19 American democracy advocates on charges of illegally receiving foreign funding and operating without registration, raising the stakes in an investigation that has endangered the billions of dollars of aid Egypt receives from the US every year.
Sunday, 05 February 2012 12:51
Egypt is to try 44 people over the alleged illegal funding of aid groups, according to a judicial source, a day after Washington said it would review aid to Cairo over the crackdown.
Sunday, 05 February 2012 10:10
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed at a meeting in the Qatari capital that presidential and legislative elections must be held "quickly", a Fatah official said.
Sunday, 05 February 2012 10:02
Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, but Moscow and Beijing insisted the text had needed more work.
Sunday, 05 February 2012 09:55
Thousands of Bahrainis have begun a week-long rally in a Shia village, 10 days ahead of the first anniversary of the start of pro-democracy protest which was brutally crushed, activists have said.
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