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Arab League Secretary General, Amro Mousa, said that withdrawing the Arab peace initiative is on the agenda of the upcoming Arab League meeting in Libya. Shortly from travelling to Tripoli…
The Iraqi Tourism Ministry accused the Israeli Mossad, Israel’s Security Agency, of involvement in the theft and of ancient Iraqi manuscripts that were illegally transported out of Iraq and sold…
The International Police Agency, Interpol, managed to identify suspect number 27, believed to be involved in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, in his hotel room in Dubai…
Spokesperson of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, stated Saturday that the Egyptian Authorities prevented him from entering the country to testify in an Egyptian court death of his brother…
The Arab League expressed, on Wednesday, its support to holding indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, hoping that the stalled peace process could be renewed.Arab Foreign Ministers, convening in…
Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, stated that he would ask the state prosecutor to issue arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the Israeli…
A Jordanian Court ordered, on Tuesday, the imprisonment of six Jordanians who attempted to form an armed wing that would try to enter the Gaza Strip and carry out a…
Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday, that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…
Nabil Abu Rodeina, Spokesperson to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday, that the Hamas movement has not been invited to the summit of the Arab League in Libya, and…
Nabil Abu Rodeina, Spokesperson to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday that the Hamas movement has not been invited to the summit of the Arab League in Libya, and…
Head of the Police department in Dubai, Dahi Khalfan Tamim, stated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will prevent any Israeli from entering the country, even if they carry foreign…
Egyptian Authorities have begun the installation of bulletproof watchtowers, replacing older wooden towers, along its border with the Gaza Strip. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/feb2010/egyptiansoldiers.jpg 300 0) Egyptian Authorities have begun the installation of…
The Egyptian Authorities stated the installation of fortified iron, bulletproof, watchtowers on its border with the Gaza Strip. The watchtowers will be installed along the 13.5 kilometer border stretch with…
This Wednesday, three Chinese men, aged 42-47, were stopped by Egyptian border police while trying to illegally enter Israel.The Egyptian patrol reportedly fired at the three while they attempted to…
Dubai police stated Thursday that a total of 26 suspects, holders of different European Passports, are suspected of being involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Madbouh.Fifteen suspects…
The Syrian security forces apprehended Mohammad Nassar, a close associate of the assassinated Hamas leader Mohmoud Al Madbouh, on suspicion that he worked for the Israeli Mossad and provided them…
The Iranian government issued a statement officially accusing Israel of assassinating senior Hamas member Mahmoud al-Madbouh in Dubai, and said that this assassination is an act of terror.The official Iranian…
Lieutenant Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Police in Dubai, stated that the police obtained sufficient evidence that prove that the assassination of an Hamas official in Dubai was carried out…
Secretary-general of the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP), Bassam Salhi, met twice with Hamas Political Bureau head, Khalid Mashaal, during his visit to the Syrian capital Damascus. The talks focused…
A senior Egyptian security source reported, on Thursday, evening that the Egyptian Border Police located, and confiscated, 3.5 Tons of explosives near the border area in Rafah. The explosives were…
Egyptian media sources reported that Cairo informed the authorities in Libya that it objects to the participation of the Hamas movement in the upcoming Arab Summit March 27 in Tripoli.…
The ongoing investigation conducted by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, revealed that Israeli agents used European passports, while…
Egyptian security sources reported Wednesday that two African immigrants were wounded by Egyptian border policemen, and three others were detained during two attempts to infiltrate into Israel seeking work.The men…
The police department in Dubai released on Monday significant details regarding the cell that carried out the assassination of Qassam Brigades leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh at a hotel in the…
Visiting Cairo, member of the Political Bureau of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Jamil Majdalawi, held a series of meetings with Egyptian leaders to ease…
The Egyptian security forces detonated, on Tuesday, a tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Local sources reported that the Egyptian security forces…
Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that two Israeli Navy Vessels crossed the Suez Egyptian Canal on Thursday morning, while on their way to the Red Sea. The reason behind the…
Head of the Central Command at the Israeli Army, Avi Mizrahi, stated that Syria cannot defeat the Israeli Army, and that the army can reach the Syrian capital, Damascus, “while…
The Irish Herald reported Friday that members of the hit squad that operated in Dubai and killed Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, 50, carried Irish passports. The Irish Foreign Ministry…
Head of the Police Department in Dubai, Dhahi Khalfan, stated that an arrest warrant will be served against Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should the investigation reveal that the Israeli…
Egyptian security sources reported Monday that a young Ethiopian man was shot and wounded by Egyptian Border Police fire, and another man was arrested while trying to infiltrate Israel through…
(Amman) – Jordan should stop withdrawing nationality arbitrarily from Jordanians of Palestinian origin, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Authorities stripped more than 2,700 of these Jordanians…
A Lebanese Military source reported Monday, that a Lebanese Shepherd who accidentally crossed into Israel on Sunday night was handed to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The shepherd,…
The Media Office of the government in Dubai reported Friday the details of the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Madbouh who was killed on January 20. Al Madbouh is…
Izzat Al Rihisq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, claims Israeli agents are responsible for the death of Mahmoud Al Madbouh on January 20th in Dubai.Details of the incident are…
Omar Hadhoud, the representative of the Palestinian Authority at the Al Oja trade terminal, stated Friday that aid trucks filled with food products donated the by the Red Crescent of…
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, will be heading to Cairo to hold a meeting with Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, on Wednesday morning. It will be held at the Egyptian resort…
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, slammed Hamas for criticizing the Iron Wall that Egypt is constructing along, and under, its border with Gaza. Mubarak claims the construction of the wall is…
The Hamas movement in Lebanon held a massive ceremony marking the first Anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza, and confirmed its stance in “resisting the occupation and countering [Israel’s] plots…
Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that Border Guard policemen managed to arrest eight Eritreans and two Ethiopians while trying to cross the border fence in an attempt to infiltrate into…
Deputy-head of the Central Committee of Fateh movement, Jibril Rajoub, stated that the movement and its presidents, Mahmoud Abbas, were threatened on boycott by the United States should they achieve…
Several hundred Lebanese protesters gathered outside the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday, calling on the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to immediately cease construction of a border wall between Egypt…
Following a bombing that was meant to target Israeli diplomats in Jordan two days ago, a number of senior Israeli security officials arrived in Amman to review the security measures…
Egypt announced its intention to build a harbor along its sea border with the Gaza Strip in order to be used by Egyptian navy patrols to monitor the Egyptian side…
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Abu Al Gheit, stated in an interview with Egypt’s Channel 2 TV that his country believes in the necessity of establishing a Palestinian State, with East…
In a clear collaboration with the Israeli Authorities, Egypt’s Intelligence Services forced British Legislator, George Galloway, head of the Viva Palestina humanitarian convoy, into a plane after informing him that…
Several dozen people with the Viva Palestina convoy have reportedly been injured Tuesday evening after 2000 Egyptian riot police attacked a sit-in at the Port of Al Arish, where the…
Jordanian security forces installed on Sunday several roadblocks on roads leading to the Egyptian Embassy in Amman to prevent protesters from reaching the Egyptian Embassy to protest Cairo’s construction of…
As a group of Israeli peace activists gathered near the Erez crossing on the northern border of the Gaza Strip, 1200 international activists with the ‘Gaza Freedom March’ held a…
A small delegation of 100 of the 1,340 peace activists from around the world gathered in Egypt for the ‘Gaza Freedom March’ were allowed to pass into Gaza Wednesday, while…
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A humanitarian aid convoy on its way to the Gaza Strip has been re-routed through Syria after it was turned away at the Gulf of Aqaba.The ‘Viva Palestina’ convoy consists…
The 1,360 peace activists from around the world currently on their way to Egypt will find the border to the Gaza Strip closed to them, say Egyptian officials. The Gaza…
Egyptian sources reported that a border-guard Egyptian policeman was shot and killed on Thursday evening during armed clashes with armed drug smugglers along the Egyptian-Israeli border.A senior Egyptian security official…
Khalid Mashal, head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement in Syria, stated that Israel is responsible for the delay in achieving a prisoner-swap deal with the Hamas movement.…
United States President, Barack Obama, told his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Suleiman, that Lebanon must act to crack down on weapons bound to the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party, adding that it is…
Egyptian security sources reported Sunday that the Egyptian Border Police located a border tunnel meant for smuggling vehicles into the Gaza Strip. The sources told Reuters that the entrance of…
Former detainee, specialist in Detainees’ Affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that detainee Sidqi Al Maqt, from the Golan heights, is hoping a prisoner-swap deal would free him after 25 years in…
The Egyptian leadership issued an invitation to the Palestinian National Reconciliation Committee to visit Cairo in an attempt to resume the talks and efforts to end internal divisions and achieve…
Jordan filed an official complaint to Israel demanding it to stop the excavations and renovations at the Church of Holy Sepulcher in East Jerusalem.The letter was handed to the Israeli…
Osama Hamdan, a political leader of the Hamas movement, denied reports claiming that the prisoner of war, corporal Gilad Shalit, was moved to Egypt as part of the efforts to…
The Al Jareeda Kuwaiti newspaper reported that countdown for prisoners swap has already started as the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, is already in Egypt accompanied by the head of…
Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Joudah , stated Saturday that the Israeli declaration of a temporary freeze of settlement activities, excluding in Jerusalem, is an insufficient step that does not help…
Nimir Hammad, advisor to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Saturday that President Abbas and his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, will be holding a meeting in Cairo next Wednesday November…
Egyptian border guards opened fire on Saturday at four African men trying to infiltrate into Israel from an area 5 kilometers away from the Salem terminal. An Egyptian border police…
The Palestine News and Information Center, affiliated with the Hamas movement, reported on Tuesday evening that the Egyptian Authorities prevented six Palestinian officials, including two Hamas ministers, from leaving the…
US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday evening for a short visit aiming ath holding talks with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak. Her talks would focus…
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, held a meeting on Monday evening with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the residence of the Palestinian ambassador in Amman – Jordan. The…
The Abu Dhabi Saturday meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, ended without any progress. Abbas told Clinton that the Palestinians cannot resume…
The Abu Dhabi Saturday meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, ended without any progress. Abbas told Clinton that the Palestinians cannot resume…
Jordanian security sources reported that an Israeli tourist was killed on Friday afternoon and 34 Israeli pensioners were wounded when their bus flipped over south of Amman while they were…
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is expected to hold a meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Abu Dhabi next Saturday. 56970 OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/oct2009/clinton_abbas.jpg 300 0) Image Caption Goes…
Syrian President, Bashar Asad, stated Thursday that Israel must choose between occupation and peace, and that Israel cannot choose to remain an occupier and at the same time acts to…
Members of the Miles of Smiles convoy carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip are still stuck in Egypt as the Egyptian Authorities are holding the donated humanitarian supplies meant…
A Sudanese man flying with EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Sudan had reportedly threatened the crew with a knife demanding that the plane lands in Jerusalem. He obtained the knife…
In an interview with the Italian Daily, La Repubblica, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, said that the United States seems to be focusing on the Iranian issue more than it is…
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated that the Palestinian reconciliation document is ready for signing by Palestinians factions, and that it is not meant for further negotiations and rounds of talks.…
The Israeli Authorities barred the entry of trailer homes donated by the Turkish Red Crescent to provide shelter for some of the residents of the Gaza Strip who lost their…
A Humanitarian aid convoy sent by different groups in several parts of Europe is still stuck in Bour Sa’id Egyptian port as the Egyptian Authorities are not allowing the convoy…
The Hamas movement strongly condemned the death of Yousef Abu Zuhri, the brother of its spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri. Yousef died at an Egyptian prison on Tuesday and Hamas claims…
The Al Manar TV, run by Hezbollah in Lebanon, reported Monday that an explosion took place in a home in Saida area, in southern Lebanon leaving extensive damage; no casualties…
Thousands of Jordanians protested on Friday in the capital, Amman, and in Al Zarqa, against the ongoing Israeli violations against the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinians in East Jerusalem.The…
Head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, Khalid Mashal, delivered a speech on Monday evening in Cairo calling for a national unity conference under Egyptian supervision next month,…
Three Palestinian factions stated on Saturday that they received official invitations from Cairo to start Egyptian-mediated Palestinian talks in order to end the internal divisions and conflict among Fateh and…
A lawyer for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera News Agency demanded that the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, apologize for publishing a faulty report in its printed and online editions. The report in…
Egyptian demanded Israel to speed up talks and increase efforts to end the file of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured in the Gaza Strip.Israeli newspaper Yedeoth Ahronot, reported that…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a statement on Friday welcoming the restoration of relations with Jordan after a series of talks between Hamas officials and representatives of the Jordanian government. …
An senior Jordanian official stated on Friday that the Jordanian government decided to release four prisoners who were transferred from Israel to Jordan more than a year ago during talks…
The United Nations Refugee Agency stated on Tuesday that some of the Palestinian Refugees who are stranded in Iraq will be relocated under a settlement program in Iceland and Sweden.…
A Lebanese citizen working with the Mine Advisory Group (MAG) was moderately wounded on Thursday when a cluster bomb dropped by Israel during the 2006 war detonated near him as…
Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday that a fourth round of indirect Israeli-Syrian talks ended in Istanbul after two days of deliberations. The talks were held under Turkish mediation, and…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Husni Mubarak discussed the latest political developments in the region in Cairo today, including recent internal unrest in Gaza. The meeting between the…
Nasser Judeh, Jordan’s information Minister, reported on Thursday night that six tourists, including an Israeli Arab woman, where shot by a gunman who opened fire at a tourist bus in…
Israel and Hezbollah completed the exchange of prisoners and remains of dead soldiers and fighters Wednesday afternoon.Five Arab, including Palestinian, prisoners, in Israeli jails have been released including Samir Qintar,…
Hamas’s top political leader, Khaled Mash’al, who is exiled by Israel in Damascus, believed on Sunday that the Yemeni initiative for conciliation among Palestinians can guarantee reconciliation between Hamas and…
A senior source in Syria told Al Hayat newspaper on Monday that Khalid Mashal, Hamas’ political bureau chief, handed Egyptian officials a document which sets the basis for internal talks…
Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad group in Damascus, Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, asserted on Monday that his party is up for a comprehensive dialogue among all Palestinian factions, including the…
Israeli media sources reported on Tuesday that a senior political official in Israel, close to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, stated on Tuesday that Israel received an Egyptian guarantee to keep…
Israeli sources reported on Sunday that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group insists on the release of hundreds of Palestinian political detainees in exchange for releasing two Israeli soldiers captured by the…
The second round of the indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel under the auspices of Turkey was completed in Turkey on Monday.A press statement published by the Turkish Consulate…