Arabs divided on Saudi initiativeTHE MIDDLE EAST: Arab foreign ministers met yesterday in the refurbished Phoenicia Hotel at the heart of the Lebanese capital…Tue Mar 26 2002 - 00:00
Arab summit to run with Saudi proposalLEBANON: Arab foreign ministers begin consultations today on the resolutions and final declaration of the Arab League summit…Mon Mar 25 2002 - 00:00
Arafat must attend summit - SaudisMIDDLE EAST: The Saudi peace proposal will not be presented to the Arab summit at the end of this month if Israel refuses to…Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
New peace proposal gives Saudis a leadership role in Arab worldThe Saudi peace initiative has, for the first time since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, projected the normally ultra-cautious kingdom…Fri Mar 01 2002 - 00:00
Palestinian attacks show new level of accuracyMIDDLE EAST: Over the past 10 days there has been a steady escalation in the conflict between Palestinians and IsraelisThu Feb 21 2002 - 00:00
2.5 million Muslims visit Mecca for hajToday 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims are expected to gather in the Saudi city of Mecca to perform the initial rites of the annual…Wed Feb 20 2002 - 00:00
Britain backs US plans against Iraq, says HoonTHE MIDDLE EAST: Concern in the Middle East over a new military campaign against Iraq was heightened yesterday when Britain …Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:00
Fundamentalists fail to cool ardour of Asia's enthusiastic ValentinesINDIA: Hindu and Muslim purists in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East agree on one thing: that Valentine's Day is an…Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:00
Mother in appeal for sons' returnA woman from Cork has appealed for the return of her two sons, abducted last week for a second time by their Greek Cypriot father…Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00
Saudi prince reiterates warning to the USSAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah said yesterday that, while Riyadh remains a loyal friend of the US, the kingdom cannot…Wed Jan 30 2002 - 00:00
Legacy of brutal civil warTHE MIDDLE EAST: The assassination yesterday of the former Christian warlord, Mr Elie Hobeika (45), brutally reminded the shocked…Fri Jan 25 2002 - 00:00
Saudi Arabia to ask US to withdraw troopsSAUDI ARABIA: Facing rising anti-US feeling among its citizens, Saudi Arabia is expected to ask the US to withdraw its troops…Sat Jan 19 2002 - 00:00
Cypriots to continue talking until they can agreeCYPRUS: The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed yesterday to negotiate three times a week under UN auspices until…Thu Jan 17 2002 - 00:00
Cypriots brave winds in search for peaceCYPRUS: About 350 Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot party leaders and peace activists met at the old Ledra Palace Hotel to usher…Mon Jan 07 2002 - 00:00
Cypriot party leaders meetCYPRUS: A New Year reception for Greek and Turkish Cypriot party leaders is to take place this afternoon at the Ledra Palace…Sat Jan 05 2002 - 00:00
Arabs find Sharon worstA Pan-Arab on-line survey conducted by the official Saudi daily Okaz chose the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ariel Sharon, as 2001…Wed Jan 02 2002 - 00:00
Gulf council lowers import tariffsThe rulers of the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council agreed yesterday to speed economic integration among their countries, …Wed Jan 02 2002 - 00:00
Israeli checkpoints reinforced as Palestinians face new controlsOn Christmas Eve the south-bound road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem was open.Fri Dec 28 2001 - 00:00
Jordan will close borders to Arab refugeesJordan has stated repeatedly that it will close its borders to prevent a mass exodus of Palestinians from the West Bank into …Fri Dec 28 2001 - 00:00
Israeli ban on Arafat visit to Bethlehem widens riftISRAEL'S refusal to allow the Palestinian President, Mr Yasser Arafat, attend Midnight Mass in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve has…Thu Dec 27 2001 - 00:00
Tanks bring sleepless nights to RamallahOne of the Israeli tanks deployed in the prosperous Tira neighbourhood of this West Bank town had been parked for a month beside…Sat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
Territories facing economic ruinThe socio-economic crisis in the Palestinian Territories has "reached critical levels", a United Nations official has observed…Fri Dec 21 2001 - 00:00
Israelis reluctantly resume peace talksThe Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ariel Sharon, yesterday instructed his security chief to resume talks with their counterparts …Thu Dec 20 2001 - 00:00
Sharon says Arafat must back up words with deedsThe Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ariel Sharon, in his first public reaction to Mr Yasser Arafat's call for an end to armed attacks…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Video tape fails to convince many ArabsThe video tape released to the media by the US on Thursday did not convince many in the Arab world of Osama bin Laden's complicity…Sat Dec 15 2001 - 00:00
End to attacks soughtEgypt and Syria yesterday urged the international community to halt Israel's attacks on the Palestinians.Mon Dec 10 2001 - 00:00
Muslim savants at odds over HamasA war of words has erupted between three of the Arab world's top Muslim scholars over the Hamas and Islamic Jihad suicide bombings…Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
Green Line is breached as Clerides has 'excellent' dinner with DenktashLast night the President of Cyprus, Mr Glafkos Clerides, crossed the Green Line which bisects the island to dine at the home …Thu Dec 06 2001 - 00:00
Meeting breaks impasse between Greek and Turkish CypriotsThe Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot leaders, meeting during a rainstorm which ended seven years of drought, yesterday broke…Wed Dec 05 2001 - 00:00
Cypriot leaders to end 4-year stand-offThe auguries for today's Cypriot summit are mixedTue Dec 04 2001 - 00:00
Saudis fear 'Arab-Afghan' prisoners will be massacredFearing that foreign captives fighting with the Taliban face massacre or detention and interrogation by the US, Saudi Arabia …Tue Nov 27 2001 - 00:00
Rising concerns about prisonersThe rout of the Taliban has produced apprehension in countries whose citizens either joined fundamentalist armed forces or settled…Sat Nov 24 2001 - 00:00
PA could face unrest if US insists on arrest of militantsThe Palestinian Authority could face serious unrest if the US insists on the arrest, prosecution and jailing of militants engaged…Fri Nov 23 2001 - 00:00
Further attacks by US fearedMore than 75 per cent of Jordanians believe Arab countries will be the next targets in the US anti-terror campaignWed Nov 21 2001 - 00:00
Syria frees 9 convicts in rare gestureSyria has freed nine long-term communist political prisoners under a presidential amnesty marking the 31st anniversary of the…Tue Nov 20 2001 - 00:00
Hizbullah rejects US terrorist tagLebanon and Hizbullah have rejected the inclusion of the latter on the US terrorist list, in spite of the threat that Washington…Mon Nov 19 2001 - 00:00
'Miracle worker' is UN's Afghan envoyAn Algerian diplomat, Mr Lakhdar Brahimi, is the UN secretary general's miracle worker in AfghanistanWed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
Lebanon defies US over HizbullahThe Lebanese government yesterday dismissed Washington's inclusion of Hizbullah on its list of "terrorist groups" and rejected…Wed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Prince accuses bin LadenIn a bid to stem the rising popularity of Mr Osama bin Laden in Muslim countries, the former director of Saudi intelligence said…Mon Nov 05 2001 - 00:00
Turkey to send commandos to train Northern AllianceAnkara has responded to a US request for military assistance in the Afghan campaign by offering to dispatch five 12-man teams…Sat Nov 03 2001 - 00:00
America's Arab allies crack down on dissidents in wake of US attacksSince the September 11th attacks in the US, the three Arab governments most closely allied with Washington have cracked down …Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
Bush distances himself from US media criticism of Saudi ArabiaPresident Bush has phoned the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah to thank him for Saudi Arabia's co-operation in the anti-terror campaign…Sat Oct 27 2001 - 01:00
Britain's plan for Islamic peace force is given a cool receptionThe British proposal for deploying an "Islamic peacekeeping force" in post-war Afghanistan has been received coolly by potential…Wed Oct 24 2001 - 01:00
Gulf War allies appear to have swopped places with objectorsIt is ironic that the Arabs who supported the US-led 1991 Gulf war coalition have distanced themselves from Washington's current…Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
PFLP claims killing of Israeli ministerThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine promptly claimed responsibility for yesterday's shooting of the Israeli Tourism…Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
Riyadh complains about treatment of Saudi nationals by US security agenciesSaudi Arabia has made unprecedented criticisms of the US for its sustained bombing campaign in Afghanistan, treatment of detained…Tue Oct 16 2001 - 01:00
Dissidents appear to be winning the battle of the fatwasAn Islamic religious ruling promulgated at a news conference in Washington says that it is the "duty" of Muslims to take part…Sat Oct 13 2001 - 01:00
Islamic ministers express concern but do not condemn air strikesThe 56-member ministerial meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) convening in emergency session in Qatar…Thu Oct 11 2001 - 01:00
Syria to have Security Council seatFor the first time in more than 30 years Syria has been elected to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security CouncilWed Oct 10 2001 - 01:00
How region lines up behind US campaignThe countries of the Middle East have reacted cautiously to the US-led anti-terror campaign and with one exception have tried…Mon Oct 08 2001 - 01:00
