Palestinian youths want to open new war front on borderIt was only a matter of time before unbridled Palestinian anger precipitated a conventional Israeli military assault on the self…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Hizbullah takes hard line on prisoner releaseHizbullah is not prepared to discuss the details of negotiations over the fate of three Israeli soldiers captured by the movement…Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Arab world united by events in TerritoriesThe divided Arab world has been reunified by the events in the Palestinian territories and southern LebanonMon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Arab leaders blaming Israel for provoking four days of clashesIsrael has been widely condemned in the Arab and Muslim worlds for the violent clashes with Palestinians in the occupied territories…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Kingdom poised between tradition and modernityJordan lies betwixt desert and town, tradition and modernity, monarchy and democracy, native Jordanians and Palestinian refugees…Mon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Peace talks are expected to resume today after Palestine defers statehood declarationThe PEACE talks between the Palestinians and Israelis are expected to resume today following a weekend decision by the Palestinian…Tue Sept 12 2000 - 01:00
Arafat likely to be given time by councilThe 129-member Palestine Central Council is to meet in Gaza today to debate whether to declare a Palestinian state on September…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Lebanon poll changes faces but not policiesSunday's parliamentary election in Lebanon transformed the political landscape, but the new order is unlikely to make the changes…Tue Sept 05 2000 - 01:00
PM ousted in Lebanese pollLebanon seemed headed for a major political upheaval yesterday as opposition candidates scored a stunning success in the second…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Iranian parliament passes reformist investment billThe Iranian parliament yesterday approved a draft bill which challenges the Islamic Republic's revolutionary ideology and policy…Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Arafat to `reassess' declaration of statehoodThe Palestinian leadership is likely to scrap its plan to declare an independent state on September 13thFri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Iraq claims oil-for-food supplies were hit in US-British raid that killed twoAnglo-US air strikes over the weekend aimed at the Iraqi city of Samawa, 270 km south of Baghdad, hit a regional ration distribution…Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Chavez angers US with visit to BaghdadThe Venezuelan President, Mr Hugo Chavez, yesterday became the first foreign head of state to visit Iraq since the end of the…Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
Lebanese forces enter the former Israeli zoneLebanese security forces moved before dawn yesterday into Israel's former occupation zone along the borderThu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Spirit of Othello haunts old Famagusta and gives it celebrityThe road from Nicosia to Famagusta crosses the stiffling, flat Mesaoria plain, bleached beige by the unrelenting summer sunFri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Clinton remarks anger Arab statesQuestions have been raised in the Arab world about Washington's credibility as "honest broker" in negotiations between Palestinians…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Irish troops camp on Lebanese borderIrish and Ghanaian soldiers were the first UN peacekeepers to carry out the 22-year-old mandate of the Security Council by taking…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
UNIFIL move to south delayedThe deployment of UN peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon has been indefinitely postponed because of new Israeli encroachments…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Clerides presses for UN federal formula for CyprusThe third round of UN-brokered proximity talks on a Cyprus settlement resumed yesterday in Geneva with the two sides responding…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Turkish Cypriots protest over dominant role of the militaryThe streets and squares of the Turkish Cypriot sector of Nicosia were filled with protesters last night as preparations continued…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Palestinians see little hope of breakthroughThe Palestinians reluctantly agreed to attend next week's Camp David summit because they could not refuse to do soFri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Price of crude oil dips under $30 after Saudi pledge to raise outputCrude oil fell below $30 in London yesterday after the world's largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia's announcement on Monday that…Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
1,000 Ba'ath delegates ensure smooth handover from Assad to BasharOne thousand delegates attending the ninth congress of the Syrian Ba'ath Party unanimously elected Dr Bashar al-Assad, son of…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Radical-turned-moderate becomes new speaker in Iran's reformist parliamentA veteran radical-turned-moderate, Mr Mehdi Karroubi, was elected yesterday to the influential post of speaker of Iran's first…Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Hizbullah moves to consolidate its political gains in LebanonNow that the "Lesser Jihad", the battle against Israel, has been won, Hizbullah is focusing on the "Greater Jihad", the struggle…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Music of children laughing fills hills of LebanonThe gates of Kafr Tibnit stand wide openFri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Beirut empties in joyous return southBeirut emptied itself into the liberated south yesterdayThu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Reformists finally take control in IranIran's Guardian Council validated on Saturday the long-awaited parliamentary results of the 30-member Tehran constituency, giving…Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
New Miss Universe is trumpeted on Aphrodite's IsleThis millennium's first Miss Universe was crowned at first light this morning on Aphrodite's Isle, mocking the choice of the …Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Lebanon rejects amnesty for SLA militiaBeirut yesterday rejected a blanket amnesty for collaborators once Israel's forces withdraw from the occupation zone in south…Wed May 10 2000 - 01:00
Iranians vote for reforms for second time in yearFor the second time this year Iranians have voted for changeMon May 08 2000 - 01:00
Iranian turnout high in second roundIranians flocked to the polls yesterday to choose between 132 candidates standing for 66 seats in the 290-seat parliament.Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Three more SLA men killedAt least three pro-Israeli militiamen were killed and four wounded yesterday, when Hizbullah guerrillas detonated an explosive…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Saddam's eldest son tipped as new speaker after his election successIraq's ruling Ba'ath party won 165 seats in the 250-seat National Assembly in Monday's pollThu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
Clinton to discuss peace plan with Syrian leaderThe summit in Geneva tomorrow between the US and Syrian Presidents is seen by Arabs and Israelis alike as the "last chance" to…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Cafes give flavour of old BeirutDuring the golden days before the wars Beirutis could ski down a mountain in the morning, swim in the Mediterranean in the afternoon…Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
Arab League to meet in BeirutThe biannual meeting of the Arab League's ministerial council will be held in mid-March in Beirut rather than Cairo.Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
Barak vows retaliation after Hizbullah kills soldierThe Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ehud Barak, vowed yesterday to retaliate against Hizbullah in south Lebanon after an Israeli soldier…Mon Feb 07 2000 - 00:00
Lebanon confident of Arab-Israeli peace agreementPeace between the Arabs and Israel will be achieved before the November elections in the USSat Feb 05 2000 - 00:00
UN warns factions in Lebanon following attack on Irish troopsIn the aftermath of an attack on Irish troops in south Lebanon, a UN spokesman warned yesterday that exposed UN positions could…Fri Feb 04 2000 - 00:00
Hopes rise as both sides meet in Geneva for talks on CyprusProspects are positive for proximity talks opening today in Geneva on CyprusMon Jan 31 2000 - 00:00
Christians learn to stick togetherAt the dawn of the second millennium, the Christians of Jerusalem were massacred alongside the Muslims and Jews by Crusaders, …Wed Dec 22 1999 - 00:00
Beirut prepares its list for Israeli peace talksThe Syrian Foreign Minister, Mr Faruq al-Shara, is due in the Lebanese capital today, to co-ordinate policy with Beirut before…Mon Dec 20 1999 - 00:00
Christian churches close doors over Israeli permit to build a mosqueChristian churches in Israel and the Palestinian self-rule areas have closed their doors for two days to protest at the decision…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
Secret talks raise hopes of Syrian dealSecret indirect talks between Syria and Israel could lead to a return to negotiations within the next few weeksSat Nov 20 1999 - 00:00
Palestinians fear they may be sold shortPalestinian and Israeli teams opened long-delayed negotiations on a "permanent settlement" this weekSat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00
US aid-funded scheme for Palestinian health service inauguratedMrs Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mrs Suha Arafat yesterday inaugurated a $3Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Musical magic from the universal idiomThe night's music was to begin in the leafy garden just after nineTue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Pilgrims' odyssey due to end tomorrowThe unusual odyssey of 25 members of the Pilgrim House Community will end at 7 a.mWed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
