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Saudi, Syria agree to 'remove obstacles' to closer ties
8 Oct '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... "Good relations" between Saudi Arabia and Syria "will help ease other tensions within the Arab world."An indication that Syria has changed was this year's Lebanese election, he said. "They didn't interfere in the election. I think that is a good indicator Syria wants a good relationship with Arabs."
Iran's Khamenei praises Syria's 'resistance'
20 Aug '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... said.Assad also insisted that relations between regional allies Syria and Iran and their positions on Middle East issues should remain unchanged ... two were detained for their alleged role in the riots that broke out after Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election.Assad last visited Iran in August 2008.
Iran, on deadline day, vows no nuclear retreat
3 Aug '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... Ahmadinejad told his visiting Syrian counterpart on Saturday that although Iran welcomes talks on its controversial nuclear programme it will not budge ... has to do it," he said, alluding to November's presidential election there.Local media reported that Al-Assad would also meet Iran's Supreme Leader ...
Arab League calls for 'immediate' Lebanon election
6 Jan '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... with Lebanon's political crisis."The ministers welcome favourably the consensus around Michel Sleiman as a candidate for the presidency and call for his immediate election in accordance with the constitution," Mussa said, reading from a statement.He said Syria, represented at the meeting by foreign ...
Syria, Afghanistan battle for seat on IAEA board
2 Oct '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... the West and the United States in particular, Syria appears determined to pursue its bid for a seat on the UN atomic watchdog's board, now that Iran is officially out of the running.But in a looming clash at the International Atomic Energy Agency's general conference here this week, Afghanistan - a ...
Obama vows to forge Israeli bond
24 Jul '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... lacks experience on the global stage.The senator reiterated his vow to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon, but defended his offer of talks with ... solid Democratic bloc of American Jewish voters, just over three months before the US election.On a day rich in imagery, he paid his respects to veteran ...
US reviews policy stance towards Syria
22 Feb '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... administration regarded as hostile.Kerry, who lost the 2004 presidential election to George W. Bush and now chairs the Senate's powerful foreign ... , its relations with Hamas and (Islamic) Jihad, and a troubled relationship with Iran," Cardin said.Assad returned to the international fold last year ...
AB.com's most popular stories of 2008
31 Dec '08 | Media & Marketing / News
... high-rise towers across Dubai after an earthquake tremor hit the UAE. The quake’s epicentre, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, was in southern Iran about 316km from Abu Dhabi, but strong tremors were felt in the UAE. The tremors were felt most strongly in the Northern Emirates with the aftershock ...
Oil rallies to top $53 on OPEC, stocks support
24 Nov '08 | Energy / News
... supply by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) at the emergency meeting in Cairo and make the cut take effect before the end of the year. The comments were echoed by Iran's OPEC governor, who said in remarks published on Monday that OPEC needed to reduce output further.OPEC has not called a full-blown ...
Hezbollah chief denies report he was poisoned
26 Oct '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... Nasrallah said the report could have been "part of the psychological war" against Hezbollah aimed at alleging that there are internal divisions within the Syria- and Iran-backed group.On Wednesday, the Iraqi Internet website Al-Malaf reported that Nasrallah had survived an assassination bid in which ...
Syria and Lebanon agree to start diplomatic ties
13 Aug '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... a day after Beirut's Western-backed government won a vote of confidence in parliament, after stormy debates on the thorny issue of weapons held by the Syria- and Iran-backed Hezbollah Shi'ite militant group.The vote allows the 30-member cabinet formed a month ago by Prime Minister Fuad Siniora to ...
Thousands lose battle to become Comorans
27 Jul '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... .Known locally as "ayatollah", the turban-wearing Sambi studied Islam in Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Iran and often leads Friday prayers."I believe in an Islamic regime," Sambi said after his election, adding however that the union's economic situation -- it is ...
Sectarian violence flares in Lebanon
9 Jun '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... factions reached a deal in Doha on May 21 that led to the election of army chief Michel Sleiman as president after a six-month ... , backed by the West and most Arab states, and the opposition, which is supported by Iran and Syria, continue to squabble over the formation of a new government.The Bekaa ...
Arab ministers divided over Lebanon
11 May '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... "exercise restraint and cooperate with Arab endeavours," stressing that the "Arab initiative for Lebanon is the only initiative on the table."That initiative calls for the election of Lebanese army chief General Michel Sleiman as president, the establishment of a national unity government and the ...
Kuwait to mediate between Saudi, Syria
3 Apr '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... -backed opposition in Beirut for blocking an Arab League plan that provides for the election of Lebanese army chief General Michel Sleiman as ... meddling in its smaller neighbour's affairs or blocking the election of a head of state.Syria and Iran back the Lebanese opposition led by the Shiite militant ...
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