by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2010 | Middle East
GAZA, (Reuters) – Israeli troops and tanks left the Gaza Strip on Saturday, witnesses said, after the bloodiest clash in the Hamas-ruled enclave in 14 months killed two soldiers and a Palestinian. The violence underscored the deadlock in U.S.-mediated contacts...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2010 | Middle East
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has left Heidelberg hospital in Germany, his information minister said on Saturday, three weeks after the 81-year-old leader underwent surgery on his gall bladder. “President Mubarak has departed the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2010 | Middle East
SIRTE, Libya, (Reuters) – Arab states should prepare for the possibility that the Palestinian-Israeli peace process may be a total failure and come up with alternatives, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Saturday. The troubled peace process...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2010 | Middle East
London, Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat – Following the victory of the Iraqiya bloc in the recent Iraqi parliamentary elections, Iyad Allawi told Asharq Al-Awsat on the phone from Baghdad, “I congratulate the Iraqi people, and consider this victory a victory for all...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2010 | Middle East
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian ship carrying $4 million worth of Egyptian oranges off the coast of Yemen, Iranian media said on Saturday. Fars news agency quoted Reza Nourani, head of the fresh fruits importers and exporters union,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2010 | Middle East
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says putting sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program is not the optimal path, but cannot be excluded. Russia is a key player in mediations on Iran’s nuclear program, which the United States and other...
