A group of relief organizations said in a report that living conditions in Iraq have been worsening drastically since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, leaving nearly one-third of the inhabitants in want of crisis support.
According to the report, 70% of...
Well, the striking development in the Mideast came to the fore when US bribed the six Arab states with $30 billion arms deal, which is intended squarely to outdo the Iranian influence in the region.
The deal will not only change the...
The Lebanese army has speeded up its operation against Fatah al-Islam militants hiding in Palestine refugee camps. After a bloody Sunday offensive that culminated in the killing of eight militants, the army moved its strike forces deep in to the Nahr...
The Israeli-Lebanon border is reaching a flashpoint again. Hezbollah has replenished itself with new rockets and arms from Syria after the hammering Lebanon received last year from Israeli bombardments. .
Hezbollah's defiant posturing last year,...
After the total debacle in Iraq, now the differences have started coming to the fore among the highest US and Iraqi officials who are differing on policies. This became evident when Iraqi Prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, appealed Bush for the removal...
Little has changed ever since Iran called in the IAEA experts as Iran is firm on its stand to continue with uranium enrichment and defies the US efforts to put the third sanctions, which will further deteriorate the relations between the...
Iraq has received an A-300 Airbus jet as a gift from Iran, which the United States accuses of fomenting unrest in the war-torn country.
The bloodshed and atrocities have become the fate of the civilians on either side - be it Israel or Palestine, but now a ray of hope originates with the marvelous offer of Arab league, whereby they are ready to recognize Israeli state if it leaves...
Hopes for a fast removal of the British forces from Iraq seem to have weakened. A British minister said yesterday that the current force level in Iraq was required for the protection of the troops.
Bob Ainsworth, the Armed Forces minister, told the...
Despite US increasing troop numbers, patrolling streets, crackdown on militants - rising violence in Iraq mocks at US claims to quell violence and now US plans to elongate its stay in Iraq until 2009, which makes everyone apprehensive whether US be...
Hamas's victory in Gaza not only alienated two parts of Palestine but also exposed the ideological chasm. Hamas's Gaza coup overwhelmed Israel with an excellent opportunity to settle score with it. Nevertheless, the truce in Palestine is the need of...
The Iraqi is unnerved by the clamour in many quarters in the US for withdrawing from the country. The US House of Representatives recently voted in favour for pulling out US troops by April next year. Calls for a pullout intensified after the release of...
Tony Blair in his new role as the peace envoy to Palestine is set to get a formal briefing by the Middle East Quartet comprising the US, Russia, the UN and the European Union at Lisbon. The meeting assumed considerable importance on the wake of a...
Bulgaria is leading the West in pressurizing Libya to free six jailed medicos after being accused of HIV infection of 400 children in Libya. Out of the six, five nurses are Bulgarian nationals and the sixth; a Palestine doctor is a naturalized...
The violence continues unabated in Iraq and political stability is still alluding. Another gruesome evidence of rising sectarian conflict surfaced with mass massacre of 29 members of a Shiite tribe by Sunni militants near Muqdadiyah, about 20 miles...
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