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Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:32
Stunned by turmoil in neighboring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:34
Israelis and Palestinians held a third round of negotiations on Tuesday, and Israel’s chief representative at the talks predicted the U.S.-brokered peace process would lead to dramatic Israeli decisions.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:36
Libyan tribesmen stepped up efforts to persuade oil ports guards to end protests that curtailed the North African nation’s crude exports, choking its economic lifeline, a spokesman for the security force said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:39
The Ministry of Interior yesterday called on all members of the Supreme Security Committee (SSC) who did not fulfill the requirements for work in the security sector and who wish to work in the civilian sector to complete the necessary paperwork.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:42
Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia's old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the governing Islamist party Ennahda to make way for them.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:44
The Obama administration searched for answers Wednesday about a reported chemical weapons attack in Syria that would mark the most flagrant violation yet of the U.S. "red line" for potential military action.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:47
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council has called for a prompt investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital, Damascus. Syria’s opposition accused the government on Wednesday of using chemical arms.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:07
The man who presently rules Egypt, General Abdel Fattah Said al-Sisi, is an enigma. He’s too slippery to be filed under any kind of label. Depending on where you sit, that’s either alarming or reassuring.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:22
Two car bombs outside mosques in Tripoli, Lebanon, following Friday prayers killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 400, as the country’s caretaker defense minister warned of a ‘terrorist scheme’ aimed at further violence.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:25
Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday, a day after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military and a Palestinian official said.