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Insight: As powers push for talks, Syria balance tilts towards Assad
More than two and a half years into the civil war devastating Syria, the United States and Russia are pushing the combatants to the negotiating table in Geneva, but on terms that mark a shift in favour of Bashar al-Assad against the increasingly (...)

15 - 11 - 2013
INTERVIEW: Violence turning Arab Spring into winter
BKIRKI, Lebanon: Violence and bloodshed is turning the "Arab Spring" into winter, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Church said, threatening Christians and Muslims alike across the Middle East. Patriarch Beshara Al-Rai, whose Maronite Church also (...)

04 - 03 - 2012
Red Cross convoy arrives to shattered Syria rebel area
BEIRUT: A Red Cross convoy carrying life-saving aid has reached the Syrian city of Homs and is about to enter the shattered district of Baba Amro, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Reuters on Friday. "We are in Homs (...)

02 - 03 - 2012
Salafi sees army taking time to cede power
CAIRO: The head of Egypt's leading ultra-conservative Islamist party believes it will take time for the ruling military to hand power to civilians but says the army cannot enjoy a privileged status "above the constitution." In an interview with (...)

09 - 02 - 2012
Egypt's Moussa fears anarchy if transition drags
CAIRO: Presidential candidate Amr Moussa said on Wednesday he feared a prolonged transition to civilian rule could plunge Egypt into anarchy caused by spiraling violence and economic hardship. An uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February (...)

20 - 10 - 2011
Tripoli prays for peace as rebels hunt Qaddafi
TRIPOLI: The people of Tripoli ventured out to mosques on Friday, praying for peace and offering thanks for the fall of Moammar Qaddafi, though the Libyan capital remained locked down and dangerous as rebel fighters hunted the fugitive (...)

26 - 08 - 2011
Qaddafi collapse will embolden Arab rebels
BEIRUT: The implosion of Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi's 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the Arab revolutions and demonstrate once again that these entrenched autocratic governments are not invincible. From the Atlantic (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Syria's crisis begins to go international
DUBAI: The increasingly bloody crisis engulfing Syria has started to go international. A French initiative in the UN Security Council to secure condemnation of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's repression of protesters is just one symptom of (...)

08 - 06 - 2011
Yemen conflict costs state $4-5b
SANAA, Yemen (Reuters) - The political crisis that has pushed Yemen to the brink of civil war has cost the economy as much as $5 billion and immediate aid is needed to prevent a meltdown, the country's trade minister said on Saturday. Three (...)

29 - 05 - 2011
Tide turns in favor of Egypt's Brotherhood
CAIRO: The first time Essam El-Erian went to jail, he was 27. Last Sunday, he left prison for the eighth time at the age of 57. The medical doctor's crime for each incarceration was belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most influential (...)

07 - 02 - 2011
Egypt can deal with crisis, growth hit: Central Bank
CAIRO: The central bank said on Saturday that growth which had been forecast at 6 percent would be hit by Egypt's political crisis and outflows could hit $8 billion in two weeks but Egypt had reserves and experience to deal with it. Speaking on (...)

06 - 02 - 2011
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