Middle East
UK/MIDDLE EAST: Constraints limit report impact
The parliamentary Foreign Affairs Select Committee yesterday issued a report sharply critical of...
Middle EastUS/MIDDLE EAST: Regional talks aim to boost alliances
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for Israel and the West Bank today following...
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST:Hamas seeks dividend from Johnston release
The Hamas-controlled administration of Gaza today secured the release of prominent BBC journalist...
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST: Investment overtakes trade in importance
The Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) was supposed to come into full effect this year, but...
Middle EastUS/IRAQ: Troop pullout will broadly destabilise region
US Army Brigadier General Mick Bednarek yesterday said that coalition forces had killed over 30...
United StatesMIDDLE 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 EastJAPAN/MIDDLE EAST: Tokyo makes moves to secure oil
Tokyo made two important moves over the weekend to secure oil from the Middle East.
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST: Riyadh seeks leadership at Arab summit
The March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh relaunched the 'Arab Peace Initiative'. Saudi Arabia...
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