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  • Israel approves Palestinian prisoner release

    The Israeli government has approved the release of 104 long-serving Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners, to coincide with the resumption of peace talks, public radio said. It reported that the 22-member cabinet on Sunday approved Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal by 13 votes to seven with two abstentions. Two ministers of Netanyahu's.. More

  • Israel to release 104 Palestinian prisoners

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will free 104 Palestinian prisoners to coincide with the resumption of long-stalled peace talks. "I agreed to free 104 Palestinians in stages, after the start of negotiations and according to progress," he wrote on his official Facebook page on Saturday evening. Israel's cabinet is expected.. More

  • Death toll in Egypt massacre reaches 200

    According to the latest numbers, 200 people were killed and 4,500 injured on Saturday when security forces opened fire on a protest by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo. "They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill," Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said. "The bullet wounds are in the head.. More

  • Red Cross: Syria regime blocking aid to Homs

    Syrian authorities are blocking access to the old city of Homs, where trapped civilians are in dire need of food and medical supplies, the Red Cross said. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in a statement issued on Wednesday, warned of possible "tragic" consequences if aid does not arrive in Homs soon. The agency revealed.. More

  • Egypt protests defy army chief's call

    Supporters of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi continued to rally after an apparent call by Egypt's army chief to crack down on dissenters. Military helicopters circled above Cairo early on Thursday morning following a "state of alert" declaration by the army. One photo posted on social media showed a helicopter above a pro-Morsi rally.. More

  • Syrian opposition forces claim control of western Aleppo

    Syrian opposition forces claim they have captured the entire western area of Aleppo, a northern province that has seen harsh clashes between the forces of Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters for months. “We managed to liberate the western entry point to Aleppo. We achieved this victory against the Assad forces and Iranian Revolutionary Guards,.. More

  • Bomb attacks hit outskirts of Baghdad

    At least six people killed in fresh attacks a day after bombings claimed 46 lives in Iraq's capital. Two morning bomb attacks on the outskirts of Baghdad have killed six people as violence escalates during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Iraqi authorities said. Police and hospital officials said Sunday's attacks included a blast in a market in.. More

  • Egypt to "re-evaluate" relations with Syria

    Egypt's new foreign minister has said that Cairo is re-evaluating its relationship with Syria following the military's toppling of president Mohamed Morsi. In his first public comments since becoming Egypt's top diplomat, Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday that the country continues to support the Syrian uprising but that Cairo has no intention of waging.. More

  • Egypt's Brotherhood rejects PM dialogue call

    The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has rejected an appeal for a return to dialogue between the country's political factions made by the interim prime minister, according to a spokesperson. "Now I see we have to return to harmony. Divisions cannot last," Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in an interview with state television on Saturday,.. More

  • Syrian opposition forces move on northern army-held town

    Syrian opposition forces advanced on the northern town of Khan al-Assal on Saturday, and appeared close to seizing one of the last towns in western part of Aleppo province still held by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The regime army has been attempting a slow build-up of troops around the province in order to retake Aleppo city, once Syria's biggest.. More

  • Erdogan refuses to speak with Baradei

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to speak to Egypt’s new Vice-President Mohamed Al Baradei, the latest broadside in a spat that erupted after the military coup in the Arab world’s most populous country. Erdogan infuriated Egypt’s interim leaders after he voiced support for ousted president Mohamed Mursi. “How.. More

  • Brotherhood tells Ashton 'Morsi should be reinstated'

    Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed al-Beltagi said his group had insisted, at a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, on the reinstatement of ousted president Mohamed Morsi as a precondition for national dialogue and reconciliation. Earlier on Wednesday, Ashton had met with former international cooperation minister Amr Darrag and former.. More

  • UN nominee calls Syria inaction a 'disgrace'

    A US ambassador nominee to the United Nations has called the UN Security Council's response to Syria's war a "disgrace" at her confirmation hearing. Samantha Power, who was President Barack Obama's nominee for the position made the statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. "We see the failure of the UN Security.. More

  • EU calls for Morsi release amid protests

    Protests in Egypt continued unabated as international pressure grew on the interim government to free the toppled president, Mohamed Morsi, and return Egypt to democracy. Tens of thousands of people again took to the streets in the early hours of Thursday, with opponents and supporters of Morsi holding rival demonstrations in separate parts of Cairo. They.. More

  • EU bans funding groups in Jewish settlements

    The EU has said it will bar financial assistance to Israeli groups operating in the occupied territories, underlining its concern that Israeli settlement-building harms prospects for peace with the Palestinians. Guidelines revealed on Tuesday make clear that, from next year, Israeli "entities" operating in the territories will not be eligible.. More