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Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating" Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri voiced concern about Israeli threats and escalating military activity in a BBC interview broadcast Wednesday.
Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.
Taher al-Mazlum is desperate to join the Hamas-run police in the Gaza Strip, not because he agrees with the Islamist group's hardline ideology, but because he needs money to get married.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, on Monday urged Egypt and the Arab League to press Israel to allow reconstruction equipment into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Syria will support Lebanon in the event of any attack from Israel, President Bashar al-Assad told the speaker of Beirut's parliament on on Sunday, the official SANA news agency reported.
MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Khaled Meshaal, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, says there's no prospect of successful peace talks with Israel.
The leader of Hamas said Monday he sees "no prospects' for a Mideast peace settlement, a stand that could reduce Russia's chances of holding a Middle East peace conference that includes the Palestinian militant group.
Outages may grow as West Bank officials pressure the electric company over debts. The Gaza Strip's beleaguered residents face worsening power outages, even as winter temperatures drop, because of a financial dispute between the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza's electricity distributor.
Israeli warplanes bombed several sites in southern Gaza overnight in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, the army and Palestinian medics said on Wednesday.
The leader of Hamas said Israeli leaders bring "war and occupation" and may hinder any chances at a lasting Mideast peace settlement.
Gaza/Tel Aviv - Israeli jets early Wednesday fired missiles at targets in the southern Gaza Strip, responding to rockets fired from the coastal salient by Palestinian militants, Israel's military said. A spokesman in Tel Aviv would not specify which ...
Cairo - A Syria-based Hamas leader on Wednesday warned there could be war at any time, as the row between Damascus and Jersualem continued to escalate. Israel is an aggressive country that cannot be trusted, Moussa Abu Marzouq, deputy head of Ham...
The leader of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas met here Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks on efforts to reunify the two main Palestinian independence movements.
JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister attempted to end a war of words with Syria on Sunday, saying his country is open to peace talks with its longtime enemy. Israel desires peace agreements with "all of its neighbors," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his weekly Cabinet meeting. "We did it with Egypt and Jordan, and we want to achieve similar agreements with the Palestinians and the ...
Gaza - Gaza Strip ruling Islamic Hamas movement rejected on Monday the Palestinian Authority government's decision to hold municipal elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on July 18. The illegal government of Fayyad has no right to call for loca...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report to the General Assembly “reflected accurately” Israel’s response to the Goldstone report, the Foreign Ministry said.
The leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas is visiting Moscow as Russia seeks to expand its role in Middle East peacemaking.
Jerusalem - Israel's parliament, in a preliminary reading, passed a bill which if it becomes law will grant tax benefits to Israeli settlements on the occupied Golan Heights. Some 67 of the 120 lawmakers in the Knesset voted for the bill, while 13 vo...
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Sunday denied apologising to a senior Saudi diplomat before a rare public handshake between officials of the two states.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia next week for talks that a U.S. official said on Tuesday would likely focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
