Middle East

  • Aug 13, 2007
  • 2 min read

UK/MIDDLE EAST: Constraints limit report impact

The parliamentary Foreign Affairs Select Committee yesterday issued a report sharply critical of...

Middle East
  • Aug 1, 2007
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US/MIDDLE EAST: Regional talks aim to boost alliances

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for Israel and the West Bank today following...

Middle East
  • Jul 4, 2007
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MIDDLE EAST:Hamas seeks dividend from Johnston release

The Hamas-controlled administration of Gaza today secured the release of prominent BBC journalist...

Middle East
  • Jun 28, 2007
  • 7 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Investment overtakes trade in importance

The Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) was supposed to come into full effect this year, but...

Middle East
  • Jun 21, 2007
  • 13 min read

US/IRAQ: Troop pullout will broadly destabilise region

US Army Brigadier General Mick Bednarek yesterday said that coalition forces had killed over 30...

United States
  • Jun 7, 2007
  • 14 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Regimes resist Muslim Brotherhood advance

The MB has taken power in Sudan and won elections in Palestine. It once saw itself as a party...

Middle East
  • Apr 30, 2007
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JAPAN/MIDDLE EAST: Tokyo makes moves to secure oil

Tokyo made two important moves over the weekend to secure oil from the Middle East.

Middle East
  • Apr 2, 2007
  • 7 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Riyadh seeks leadership at Arab summit

The March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh relaunched the 'Arab Peace Initiative'. Saudi Arabia...

Middle East