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UN insists two-state solution remains ‘only way’
Feb 16, 2017
UNITED NATIONS — The two-state solution remains "the only way" to meet the aspirations of the Palestinians and Israelis, the UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the Security Council on Thursday.The council met to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a day after President Donald Trump stepped back from the US commitment to a two-stat ...
Trump fears may thaw Iran, Gulf relations — analysts
Feb 16, 2017
TEHRAN — Shared fears over US President Donald Trump's policies could bring Iran and ...
Huge Baghdad car bomb kills at least 52
Feb 16, 2017
BAGHDAD — A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in the south of Iraq's ...
Key powers push Syria truce as regime, rebels make no progress
Feb 16, 2017
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Syrian regime and rebel representatives failed Thursday to make any breakthroughs at talks in Kazakhstan, as key powerb ...
34 civilians killed in bombing on Syrian town — monitor
Feb 16, 2017
BEIRUT — Turkish bombardment of a Daesh terror group-held town in Syria has killed 34 civilians in one day, a monitor said on Thursday, but ...
Syria crisis still ‘appalling’ — aid chief Miliband
Feb 16, 2017
ISTANBUL — The head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former British foreign secretary David Miliband on Thursday said the hum ...
Israeli joy, Palestinian alarm at Trump two-state shift
Feb 16, 2017
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Donald Trump’s shelving of the decades-long goal of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict has excited Israel ...
Libya PM regrets ‘missed opportunity’ to meet rival
Feb 16, 2017
TRIPOLI — Libyan unity government chief Fayez Al Sarraj said on Thursday a “precious opportunity” had been missed when his rival, military s ...
Trump travel ban targeted ‘terrorists’ not Syrian people, Assad says
Feb 16, 2017
PARIS — Syrian President Bashar Assad defended President Donald Trump’s ban on Syrians entering the US, saying it targeted “terrorists” and ...
Meeting Israel’s Netanyahu, Trump avoids commitment to 2-state solution
Feb 15, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement activity but avoided any ...
Syria talks in Kazakh capital delayed, delegations downgraded
Feb 15, 2017
ASTANA — The start of Syrian crisis talks has been delayed by a day after the late arrival of Syrian rebel negotiators, who have decided to ...
Libyan factions agree roadmap to peace despite lingering differences
Feb 15, 2017
CAIRO — Warring Libyan factions tentatively agreed late on Tuesday on an Egypt-brokered roadmap to heal divisions with the creation of a joi ...
Syrian Kurdish groups expect US support, will fight any Turkish advance
Feb 15, 2017
BEIRUT — Syrian Kurdish militias and their allies expect continued US support for their war against the Daesh terror group in northern Syria ...
Rights group says Iraqi paramilitaries demolishing Sunni Arab homes
Feb 16, 2017
After Mosul, extremists threat to Iraq will grow — Kurdish intelligence official
Feb 16, 2017
Syrian government rejects report on Aleppo chemical weapons use
Feb 15, 2017
Iran president eyes better ties with Gulf Arabs during trip
Feb 15, 2017
UN ‘extremely concerned’ over conditions in west Mosul
Feb 15, 2017
German-Israeli government meeting cancelled amid settlements row
Feb 14, 2017
Iran president to visit Oman, Kuwait
Feb 14, 2017
UN prods Iraq on electoral reform
Feb 14, 2017
Iraq hits Daesh commanders, Baghdadi fate unclear — statement
Feb 13, 2017
Syrian forces used chemical weapons in final push for Aleppo — HRW
Feb 13, 2017
Amnesty accuses Tunisia security forces of abuses in war with militants
Feb 13, 2017
UN chief affirms full support for Yemen peace envoy
Feb 12, 2017
Syrian Arab women battle Daesh, social stigma
Feb 12, 2017
Syria opposition picks delegation for new peace talks
Feb 12, 2017
UN chief defends choice of Palestinian as Libya envoy
Feb 11, 2017
New York man accused of bomb plot admits Daesh support
Feb 11, 2017
Syrian jets bomb rebel-held Homs district
Feb 09, 2017
Iran’s Rouhani says military power ‘purely defensive’
Feb 09, 2017
Turkish-led forces advance into outskirts of Syrian city
Feb 09, 2017
‘White Helmets’ filmmakers say Trump travel ban hurts Syrian subjects
Feb 08, 2017
PLO would revoke Israel recognition if US embassy moved — Erekat
Feb 07, 2017
Daesh on the defensive — UN report
Feb 06, 2017

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