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Texas-based Apache Corporation has announced that it is assessing its Egyptian interests as it considers pulling out of the country. The US company has large oil and gas operations...
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Israeli security services are suggesting that Barack Obama could initiate a strike against Syria to punish the regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in Ghoutah last...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has hinted that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may be tried for crimes against humanity. "The priority at the moment, though, is to bring an end...
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Former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross wrote in an opinion article published by the Washington Post on 9 September that the price of cancelling the military...
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A senior official in the US Department of Defence has predicted that a strong response to Syria's use of chemical weapons will help to deter North Korea from using...
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American Congress members have described the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation and even accused them of being behind the 11/9 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the European Union to postpone a planned ban on financial support for Israeli institutions operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. Kerry...
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According to US President Barack Obama, the US is training Syrian opposition fighters in Jordan. In the past, the Jordanian government has refuted several media reports which suggested the...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...
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The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has agreed a draft resolution which authorises President Barack Obama to use military force in Syria. The resolution bars the involvement of ground...
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Israeli officials are expecting that US President Barack Obama will get Congressional approval for a military strike on Syria next week when the Congress reconvenes. Israeli media reports said...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said, on Tuesday, that the use of force was illegal unless it was for self-defence or authorised by the UN Security Council. Analysts said...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that a relatively quick agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue is possible to achieve. During an interview with CBS News on...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has described US President Barack Obama's remarks to the UN General Assembly about Egypt as "positive" and reflective of "an objective treatment of the...
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The US administration has announced that President Barack Obama is planning to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday. Spokesman Ben Rhodes said that the meeting will be...
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White House officials have conducted secret direct talks with Israel over the claim by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani that his country would never develop nuclear weapons under any circumstances....
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The US Secretary of State said on Thursday that it is necessary to implement the US-Russia agreement on Syrian chemical weapons. John Kerry called upon the UN Security Council...
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Eric Trager, an American scholar and fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy specializing in Egyptian politics, said that one thing that may encourage Egypt's Defence Minister...
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The United States said on Tuesday that an Arab lobby to single out Israel over its nuclear arsenal would harm diplomatic efforts to ban weapons of mass destruction (WMD)...
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Barack Obama has revealed that he has exchanged letters with the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. The US president told ABC news that the diplomatic efforts to resolve the...
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Two Republican senators have criticised the US-Russian deal to bring Syria's chemical weapons under the control of the international community. John McCain and Lindsey Graham described the agreement reached...
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Intelligence sources have revealed that the US Corps of Engineers has given a $10 million contract to Raytheon Technologies Company to detect the tunnels underneath the Egypt-Palestine border. The...
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VIDEO Noam Chomsky has insisted that nobody can alienate the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He criticised the military coup which ousted Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi in July, accusing its...
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Iran has proposed a candidate for the position of vice chairmanship of the UN Disarmament Commission, a move that the US describes as "unacceptable in light of Iran's many...
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The World Bank published a report on Tuesday stating that the Palestinian economy could expand by up to a third if Israel were to lift its restrictions on the...
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The American news network CNN said on Tuesday that the White House is planning to cut military aid to Egypt soon because of civil rights violations in the country....
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On Monday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for setting up a "joint mission" consisting of 100 experts to carry out the dangerous operation to destroy Syria's chemical weapons,...
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US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mary Harf has said that the US would be more open to Iran's participation in the Geneva II conference if Tehran supported the Geneva...
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Delegates at the UN General Assembly left the chamber this week when Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy went to the podium. He spoke to a virtually empty floor, with...
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Deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State Marie Harf said on Wednesday that US military aid to Israel might be affected if closures of federal institutions continue. "The...
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The US government has given Egypt $584 million in military aid out of a total expected annual amount of $1.3 billion. The payment has been made by the administration...
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A New York Times editorial has criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before the UN General Assembly and the threats of war he made against Iran. The newspaper...