Bush distances himself from US media criticism of Saudi ArabiaPresident Bush has phoned the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah to thank him for Saudi Arabia's co-operation in the anti-terror campaign…Sat Oct 27 2001 - 01:00
Britain's plan for Islamic peace force is given a cool receptionThe British proposal for deploying an "Islamic peacekeeping force" in post-war Afghanistan has been received coolly by potential…Wed Oct 24 2001 - 01:00
Gulf War allies appear to have swopped places with objectorsIt is ironic that the Arabs who supported the US-led 1991 Gulf war coalition have distanced themselves from Washington's current…Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
PFLP claims killing of Israeli ministerThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine promptly claimed responsibility for yesterday's shooting of the Israeli Tourism…Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
Riyadh complains about treatment of Saudi nationals by US security agenciesSaudi Arabia has made unprecedented criticisms of the US for its sustained bombing campaign in Afghanistan, treatment of detained…Tue Oct 16 2001 - 01:00
Dissidents appear to be winning the battle of the fatwasAn Islamic religious ruling promulgated at a news conference in Washington says that it is the "duty" of Muslims to take part…Sat Oct 13 2001 - 01:00
Islamic ministers express concern but do not condemn air strikesThe 56-member ministerial meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) convening in emergency session in Qatar…Thu Oct 11 2001 - 01:00
Syria to have Security Council seatFor the first time in more than 30 years Syria has been elected to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security CouncilWed Oct 10 2001 - 01:00
How region lines up behind US campaignThe countries of the Middle East have reacted cautiously to the US-led anti-terror campaign and with one exception have tried…Mon Oct 08 2001 - 01:00
Saudi refusal causes deep unease in Arab Gulf statesThe US is courting leading Arab states in order to extract Arab legitimacy for an US anti-terrorist campaign seen by many non…Thu Oct 04 2001 - 01:00
Money traced to bin Laden circleThe first piece of evidence linking the suspects in the US terrorist attacks to the man Washington says is the mastermind emerged…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
Saudis to give airspace, but not basesSaudi Arabia yesterday dealt a definitive blow to US efforts to secure the use of the kingdom's military bases in the expected…Mon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
Iran marks intifada anniversaryThousands of Iranians poured out of mosques in central Tehran yesterday to demonstrate their support for the Palestinian intifada…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Saudi refusal on bases may slow US campaignRiyadh's refusal to allow the United States to use Saudi air bases as springboards for the expected air offensive against Afghanistan…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Suspects turn up aliveAt least four of the men initially named as suspects in the US hijackings and three who remain on the list of 19 deceased hijackers…Thu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
Saudis face dilemma on co-operation callsToday's encounter between the veteran Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saudi al-Faisal, and the US Secretary of State, Mr Colin…Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Arabs give support - on conditionWhile condemning "all acts of terrorism everywhere", an Arab elder statesman has said regional support for the campaign against…Tue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
US may need to leave Israel outSince the US must recruit Arab and Muslim countries if its crusade against terrorism is to succeed, Washington may have to exclude…Mon Sept 17 2001 - 01:00
'Anti-Islamic' assault on US condemned by sheikhsMuslim prelates and scholars have strongly condemned as "anti-Islamic" Tuesday's assault on the World Trade Centre in New York…Sat Sept 15 2001 - 01:00
All Middle East governments, except Iraq, denounce atrocity in USAll but one of the governments in the Middle East denounced Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.Thu Sept 13 2001 - 01:00
EU takes on Middle East conflictIn the absence of the US as a peace broker in the Palestinian-Israeli crisis, Europe seems to be inching towards greater political…Thu Sept 06 2001 - 01:00
Conflict makes life slow for those at borderThe ar-Ram checkpoint on the border between Greater Jerusalem and the West Bank was clearWed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
Using the Beit Jala raid as decoy, Israelis stripped Palestinian officeOrient House is in solitary confinementTue Sept 04 2001 - 01:00
Hizbullah putting Israel under pressureThe helicopter lifted off from UN headquarters and swung over the rugged hills of south LebanonTue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Seizing base was the most provocative Israeli optionFrom the Palestinian point of view, closing down Orient House, the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, was…Sat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
13 Arab League members call for revival of Israel boycottRepresentatives of 13 of the 22 members of the Arab League have called for revival of the Arab boycott against Israel "as a legitimate…Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Palestine officials withdraw from CIA-backed talksPalestinian security officials have suspended participation in co-ordination meetings with Israeli and United States representatives…Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Arafat ends Arab tour with aid, summit agreedThe Palestinian Authority President, Mr Yasser Arafat, yesterday wound up a tour of three Arab countries after securing support…Wed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Greek Cypriot villagers stage protest at British baseGreek Cypriot villagers staged a peaceful protest yesterday near a communications facility at the sovereign British army base…Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Arab foreign ministers want Israeli links cutAt an emergency meeting in Cairo, Arab foreign ministers have called upon Arab governments to cut all political contacts with…Mon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Arafat seen as powerless to curb intifadaThe Palestinian uprising, the intifada, seems to have taken on a momentum of its own which the Palestinian President, Mr Yasser…Wed May 09 2001 - 01:00
US condemns Israeli tank raid on GazaIsraeli tanks and bulldozers crashed through the fence marking the border with the Palestinian self-rule area in Gaza early yesterday…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
Hamas says car-bomb was planted by IsraelThe Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, yesterday buried two young men killed by a car-bomb in central Gaza City …Wed May 02 2001 - 01:00
A deadly blast 50 metres ahead signalled a typical day in the life of the Gaza StripThe explosion blasted my eardrums and threw up a cloud of fine beige sand 50 metres ahead of my taxiTue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Tensions rise as war planes overfly GazaIsraeli war planes increased tensions in the Gaza Strip yesterday by overflying the area throughout the dayMon Apr 30 2001 - 01:00
Arrests seen as attempt to stop reformsIran's progressive Islamic Participation Front yesterday condemned the detention on Saturday of 40 members of the Freedom Movement…Mon Apr 09 2001 - 01:00
Iraq and Kuwait issue unresolved at Arab summitThe Arab summit concluded yesterday by pledging financial and political support for the Palestinians but failed to reconcile …Thu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
Arafat and Assad meet at summitThis capital city's patient inhabitants will be the most bitterly disappointed citizens of the Arab world if the summit here …Wed Mar 28 2001 - 01:00
Arab summit opens to dissentThe two-day Arab summit of "accord and agreement" opening here today became a summit of discord and disagreement as soon as foreign…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
The best of carpets, the warmest of hospitalityAtaturk has had his revenge on Aleppo and the Syrians. Whole neighbourhoods of the city seem more Anatolian than ArabTue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
The `Damascus Spring' of political change is well under waySatellite dishes blossom like daisies on apartment blocks, mobile phones pop up everywhere like weeds and an Internet restaurant…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Powell discusses Iraq pipeline with SyriaThe US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, made a two-hour visit to Damascus last night during his four-day tour of the Middle…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Palestinians doomed to crisis as authority approaches collapseThe US, the UN and Israel agree that the Palestine National Authority is approaching collapseSat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Arab ministers press for talks resumptionArab foreign ministers ended a two-day meeting in Amman yesterday by urging Israel to resume negotiations with the Palestinians…Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Arafat's authority hurt by Sharon winThe Palestine Authority faces its most serious challenge ever due to the victory of the Likud candidate in Israel's prime ministerial…Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
Lebanon says Sharon will take revenge for resistanceThe reaction of Arab governments to the election in Israel was generally cautious while official media expressed deep apprehension…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Annan to scale down UN force in LebanonThe beginning of the end for the UN's 23-year-old peacekeeping force in Lebanon came late on Tuesday with a recommendation that…Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
Iranians jailed over Berlin meetingA revolutionary court in Tehran on Saturday sentenced seven dissidents to terms of imprisonment for undermining state security…Mon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
Libya denies oil negotiations with BulaLibya's National Oil Company (NOC) has categorically denied reports of negotiations on oil permits with Ireland's Bula Resource…Mon Jan 08 2001 - 00:00
US peace proposal details to be soughtThe Palestinian Authority was expected to neither accept nor reject the US peace proposal but to ask for clarifications, details…Thu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
