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Turkey denies reports of arms shipment to Syria

Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)

Turkey denied on Thursday local media reports that its security forces had seized a truck laden with weapons bound for Syria. "The truck was loaded with aid for...

Nordic vessels ready for delayed Syria chemical shipment

Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)

Danish and Norwegian naval vessels are to head for waters off Syria again Friday in readiness to escort a delayed shipment of key chemical weapons for destructi...

Kerry in Israel on new Mideast peace push

Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday as he pushed a framework for Middle East peace talks, amid growing tensi...

Israel, Palestinians talk tough ahead of Kerry visit

Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)

Israel and the Palestinians sharpened their rhetoric as US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the region Wednesday hoping to nudge the two sides towards a ...

Kerry launches 2014 with all-out bid for Mideast peace

Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry hurtles into 2014 with a trip to the Middle East Wednesday, hoping to make this the year Israel and the Palestinians seal a lon...

Switzerland takes over OSCE helm

Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)

Switzerland on Wednesday assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, naming the Western Balkans and South Cau...

Syria must 'intensify' chemical disarmament: mission chief

Dec 31, 2013 (AFP)

Syria must "intensify efforts" to destroy its chemical arsenal in line with a timetable set by the United Nations, its disarmament mission chief told AFP Tuesda...

Syria says peace meet invites unsent, blames opposition: paper

Dec 31, 2013 (AFP)

Invitations to a Syria peace meeting in Switzerland next month have not been issued as planned because of delays in the formation of an opposition delegation, a...

Lebanon army fires on Syria aircraft for 'first time'

Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Lebanese army used its air defence systems against Syrian helicopters on Monday after they carried out a raid inside Lebanese territory, a military source t...

Israel court paves way for Palestinian prisoner release

Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)

Israel is set to release 26 Palestinian prisoners in the early hours of Tuesday as part of US-brokered peace talks, after a court rejected a last-minute appeal ...

Ships return to dock as Syria chemical deadline missed

Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)

Disarmament teams returned Scandinavian escort vessels to port Monday as they accepted an end-of-year deadline for the removal of Syrian chemical weapons could ...

Israel hits back after rockets fired from Lebanon

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

The Israeli military fired a barrage of shells into southern Lebanon in retaliation after five Katyusha-style rockets were launched against the Jewish state on ...

Lebanon in $3 billion Saudi military aid pledge

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

Lebanon announced a Saudi pledge of $3 billion on Sunday to buy military equipment from France, as it buried leading Sunni politician Mohammad Chatah, killed in...

Saudi pledges $3 bn to Lebanese army: Sleiman

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion for the Lebanese army to buy equipment from France, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman announced on Sunday. The kingdom "deci...

Syria committed to Iran attending peace talks: minister

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

Syria is committed to its key regional ally Iran attending a planned peace conference next month to which it has yet to be invited, Foreign Minister Walid Muall...

Israel set for new prisoner release as Kerry heads back to region

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

Israel prepared Sunday to free 26 Palestinian prisoners under peace talks brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is returning to the region to boost ...

517 dead in fortnight of regime strikes in Syria's Aleppo: NGO

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

Regime air strikes on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo have killed at least 517 people since December 15, including 151 children, a monitor said on Sunday...

UN completes first Iraq-Syria aid airlift

Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)

The United Nations said Sunday that it has completed the first aid airlift from Iraq to Syria, providing much-needed supplies to a difficult-to-access region of...

13 killed as Yemen tank blasts funeral tent

Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)

An army tank shelled a funeral tent erected by the Southern Movement at a school in Yemen on Friday, killing 13 people including children, a medic and witnesses...

Israel plans new settler homes while freeing Palestinians

Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)

Israel will reveal plans to build 1,400 settler homes in the West Bank and in east Jerusalem to coincide with the weekend release of Palestinian prisoners, mili...