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Israeli security personnel run next to a synagogue, where a suspected Palestinian attack took place, in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

Jerusalem, West Bank on high alert after synagogue killings

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah and Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Jerusalem and the West Bank were on high alert on Wednesday as clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police broke out in the West Bank following an attack by two Palestinians on a synagogue in Jerusalem on Tuesday which killed...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)

Kerry pushing to restart Israeli–Palestinian negotiations

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | May 24, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—US secretary of state John Kerry is pushing to restart the Palestinian–Israeli peace negotiations as early as next month, a Palestinian source informed Asharq Al-Awsat. Kerry met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah...

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U.S. President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One as he leaves Jordan at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama Wraps Up Largely Symbolic Middle East Tour

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Mar 23, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—US President Barack Obama today wound up his four-day tour of the Middle East with a visit to Petra, after completing his final diplomatic engagements on Friday. During talks held over the past week in Israel, the Palestinian...