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February 3, 2014

UN not ready to announce date for Geneva II conference

A United Nations source has said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is not yet ready to announce a date for the Geneva II conference on Syria. Ban’s spokesman Martin Nesirky...

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February 3, 2014

Senator McCain criticises US foreign policy in the Middle East

US Republican Senator John McCain has criticised US Secretary of State John Kerry’s performance in the Middle East, arguing that US influence in the Arab world “has never been...

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February 3, 2014

CIA declassifies Camp David intelligence documents

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified 1,400 pages of intelligence documents surrounding the Camp David Accords, which led to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. The declassified documents cover...

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February 3, 2014

Congress upset by Obama’s push back against new Iran sanctions

A number of senior members of the US Congress have expressed their anger at the Obama Administration’s strong pleas to postpone imposing new sanctions on Iran, highlighting how tough...

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February 3, 2014

World Bank: Trade between Arab states has risen by just 1% in the past 20 years

The World Bank representative in Cairo, Jean-Pierre Chauffour, has revealed that trade between Arab states has risen by just 1 per cent over the past 20 years. This is...

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February 3, 2014

Kerry to brief US committee on negotiations with Iran

Aides in the US Senate say that US lawmakers will postpone debating tougher new sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear programme until after a briefing by US Secretary...

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February 3, 2014

US rejects Assad offer to fight Al-Qaeda in return for staying in power

America has rejected an offer by the Syrian regime to fight Al-Qaeda and jihadists in the country in return for staying in power in Damascus, the prime minister of...

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February 3, 2014

Kerry: Israeli force cannot defeat or defuse the demographic time bomb

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Israel of delaying a political settlement with the Palestinians saying, “Force cannot defeat or defuse the demographic time bomb. The only...

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February 3, 2014

US defence budget includes additional military aid for Israel

Lawmakers in the US Congress reached an agreement on Monday in both the House and the Senate on the proposed federal budget for 2014, which would allocate $520.5 billion...

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February 3, 2014

Carnegie associate researcher expects strong return of Muslim Brotherhood

It has been bought to our attention that the quotes attributed to Dr Yezid Sayigh was inaccurate as it may have been taken from a fake Twitter account. We...

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