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The humanitarian situation in Palestine is worrying due to Israel’s continued settlement activity in the West Bank and its adverse effects on economic development and Palestinians’ access to basic services, says UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. The UN official also Read more
Damascus has denounced Qatar’s proposal of sending Arab troops to Syria to help end the 10-months of bloody violence and clashes between government forces and protesters. Syrian Foreign ministry expressed “deep astonishment” over such a proposal which it flatly rejects, Read more
Satellite operator Arabsat has accused Iran of deliberately jamming broadcasts of Al Jazeera news channel because of its coverage of the Syrian regime crackdown on pro-democracy protestors. In a statement released, the Qatar-based channel has launched a new frequency on Read more
A controversial draft law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution has been submitted to the Parliament for approval. The bill, endorsed by the cabinet, pardons Saleh and his aides for any crimes committed during his 33-year rule, while Read more
The Arab league has decided to boost the number of its observers deployed in Syria to see on the ground whether the Syrian regime is complying with an Arab peace plan meant to halt 10-months of deadly crackdown on anti-government Read more
Egyptian prosecutors have called for death penalty for ex-president Hosni Mubarak and other defendants including the former interior minister for their role in the killing of demonstrators in the popular uprising that ousted him from power. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt Read more
Head of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniya, who is visiting Turkey during his first official trip abroad, has met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who reaffirmed Ankara’s support to the Palestinian cause. Mr. Haniya, who has not left Read more
Morocco’s new Prime minister, Abdelilah Benkirane, leader of the moderate islamist Justice & Development Party (PJD), which won most seats in last novembre parliamentary elections, has unveiled his cabinet team after several weeks of laborious political consultations. The 30-member cabinet Read more
Syrian army has pulled its tanks out of cities and released about 3,500 detainees, says the Arab league Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby in a comment on the preliminary findings of an Arab observer mission deployed in Syria. The monitors are supposed Read more
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat will meet Tuesday in Jordan with his Israeli counterpart Yitzhak Molho in a bid to revive the stalled peace talks. The meeting, which would be the first between two sides in a year, will also Read more