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The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip on Friday began celebrations marking the Islamist movement's 22nd anniversary with parades and the unveiling of a huge mural depicting rockets targeting Israel.
Israel, chosen last month to oversee global efforts to end the trade in "blood diamonds" that stokes guerrilla wars, was put on the spot Friday when Syria asked the U.N. General Assembly to delete any mention of the Jewish state's leadership role.
Residents of a divided village on Friday protested over rumours that Israeli troops planned to withdraw from half of the community on the borders of the occupied Golan Heights, Syria and Lebanon.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Iranian and Syrian defense ministers pledged during a meeting in Damascus to work in coordination to counter the regional threat they see posed by Israel.
Beirut- Residents of a village of located on the border between Lebanon and Israel staged an all-day demonstration Friday to protest the division of village in the wake of ongoing international efforts to secure the withdrawal of Israeli troops from ...
Syria warned Israel on Thursday it risked closing the door to renewed peace talks, a day after the Israeli parliament agreed to consider a bill that would make it far more difficult to return the occupied Golan.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
Egyptian authorities are installing underground metal sheets along the border area of Rafah in a bid to stem smuggling into Hamas-ruled Gaza, residents and officials said on Friday.
Egypt is installing a series of metal sheets some 60 feet deep along its border with Gaza in an attempt to block tunnels that serve as a key conduit to get weapons into the Palestinian territory, border guards and area residents said Thursday.
Egypt is installing a series of metal sheets about 60 feet deep along its border with the Gaza Strip in an attempt to block tunnels that serve as a key conduit to get weapons into the Palestinian territory, border guards and area residents said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Israel would face dire consequences if it violated Turkish airspace to spy on Iran, the Turkish prime minister said in an interview with an Egyptian journalist.
Egyptian authorities have cracked down on the increasing number of African asylum seekers crossing into Israel -- including, say refugee rights groups, a policy of shooting those along the border. But those who make it to the Promised Land face hardship
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The drive by foreign companies to grab a piece of the action in gas-rich Turkmenistan is reported to be producing some strange bedfellows -- like PetroSaudi, owned by the son of King Abdallah, and Merhav, an Israeli conglomerate run by former intelligence officer Yosef Maiman.
An Arizona man facing prison time for lying to authorities in a terrorism-funding investigation could have been a big help to authorities because of his past involvement with a Muslim charity that aided Hamas, an FBI agent testified Friday.
Egypt has been digging trenches and installing metal sheets underground along its border with Gaza in an apparent attempt to curb smuggling into the Palestinian territory through tunnels, Gaza border guards and area residents said Thursday.
CAIRO, Egypt — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned.
Thousands of Iranian government supporters staged rallies Friday to denounce opposition students who burned photos of the country's supreme leader in protests this week.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon’s new national unity government under Prime Minister Saad Hariri late yesterday won the parliamentary vote of confidence it needs to start work.
Egyptian earth-moving machinery was at work on the Gaza Strip border on Wednesday and an Israeli newspaper said a project was under way to build a subterranean metal wall to block Palestinian smuggling tunnels.
CAIRO -- Egypt has been digging trenches during the day and installing underground metal sheets at night along its Gaza border -- apparently to curb arms smuggling into the Palestinian territory, border guards and residents said yesterday. The crac...
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Arab leaders lashed out at an Israeli decision to weigh a national referendum against decisions regarding withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights.
