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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat make a statement to the press after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
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Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Arab League Secretary General: ISIS threatens us all
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Even before becoming the Arab League’s secretary-general in July 2011, Nabil Elaraby had a distinguished political and legal career. After serving as an adviser to the Egyptian delegation at Camp David—also later advising on a number of other...Caption:
A masked Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl stones toward Israeli soldiers during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, April 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
US presses on with Mideast talks rescue attempt
Jerusalem, Reuters—US efforts to save Middle East peace talks from collapse showed little sign of progress on Monday amid threats from Israel to retaliate for what it saw as unilateral Palestinian moves towards statehood. The US-brokered negotiations plunged into...Caption:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks back before his flight leaving Paris March 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool)
Kerry returns to Middle East to push flailing peace talks
Paris, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry broke from his travel schedule for the second time in a week to rush back to the Middle East on Monday to try to salvage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The US-brokered negotiations faced a crisis at the weekend when...Caption:
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki attends the Arab League Foreign Ministers emergency meeting at the League’s headquarters in Cairo, December 21, 2013. (REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany)