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  • Qatar power shift beneficial for Tehran-Doha ties: Iran envoy

    Qatar power shift beneficial for Tehran-Doha ties: Iran envoy

    Date: 2013-06-26 13:42:53 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:173728

    TEHRAN (MENA) - Iran’s Ambassador to Qatar Mohammad-Javad Asayesh says power transition in Qatar heralds a positive prospect in bilateral relations between Tehran and Doha, Iran's Press TV reported Wednesday. "It seems that following this ....

  • Jordan adopts evolutionary pluralistic approach to reform, says King

    Jordan adopts evolutionary pluralistic approach to reform, says King

    Date: 2013-06-26 12:51:47 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:173632

    AMMAN (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan said that those who are keen on the future of the region, its stability and the security of its people must put an end to the regional expansion of the Syrian crisis, which is spiraling and mounting. ....

  • Jordanian king heads for Doha to congratulate new Qatari emir

    Jordanian king heads for Doha to congratulate new Qatari emir

    Date: 2013-06-26 10:57:23 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:173369

    DOHA (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdallah II headed Wednesday for Doha to congratulate new Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. On Tuesday, the Jordanian monarch congratulated Sheikh Tamim during a phone call. The Jordanian king also ....

  • Over 100,000 people killed since outbreak of Syrian conflict - Observatory

    Over 100,000 people killed since outbreak of Syrian conflict - Observatory

    Date: 2013-06-26 10:55:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:173365

    DAMASCUS (MENA) - Over 100,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. Syria has been engulfed into violence since mid-March 2011, with deadly clashes ....

  • Two wounded Syrian civilians treated in Israeli hospital for second time this week

    Two wounded Syrian civilians treated in Israeli hospital for second time this week

    Date: 2013-06-26 10:32:46 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:173305

    GAZA CITY (MENA) - Israeli medical teams transferred two wounded Syrian children into Israel late Tuesday night for treatment in Safed's Medical Center, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Wednesday. One of the wounded, a 15-year-old, is ....

  • Qatar set to get new prime minister

    Qatar set to get new prime minister

    Date: 2013-06-26 10:16:52 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:173283

    DOHA (MENA) - New emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is expected to name current interior minister as head of new cabinet, Al Jazeera news channel reported Wednesday. Qatar's current interior minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa ....

  • Israel re-opens Gaza crossings

    Israel re-opens Gaza crossings

    Date: 2013-06-26 10:14:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:173280

    GAZA CITY (MENA) - Israel re-opened Wednesday Gaza's two crossings after a two-day closure. Raed Fattouh, the head of the goods access committee, said Israel allowed 320 trucks into the Gaza Strip, including 20 trucks loaded with pebbles, ....

  • Bomb explodes on highway linking Lebanese and Syrian capitals, no casualties

    Bomb explodes on highway linking Lebanese and Syrian capitals, no casualties

    Date: 2013-06-25 14:14:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:172088

    BEIRUT (MENA) - Lebanese security officials say a roadside bomb has exploded on the highway linking Beirut to the Syrian capital without causing casualties, ABC News reported. The officials say the small bomb went off Tuesday morning near the ....

  • Hamas hopes new Qatar emir follows steps of his father supporting Palestinian issue

    Hamas hopes new Qatar emir follows steps of his father supporting Palestinian issue

    Date: 2013-06-25 13:48:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:172021

    GAZA CITY (MENA) - Palestinian movement Hamas on Tuesday expressed hope that the new Qatari emir would follow suit the steps of his father in supporting the Palestinian issue. A press release issued by the movement voiced hope that Sheikh ....

  • Kerry heads to Saudi Arabia on Syria push

    Kerry heads to Saudi Arabia on Syria push

    Date: 2013-06-25 12:48:15 GMT - India - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:171877

    NEW DELHI (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Saudi Arabia from India in hopes of coordinating support for Syria's rebels, amid fears that a prolonged civil war will embolden extremists, FRANCE 24 TV reported. Kerry will meet ....

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