TurkishWeekly.net Middleeast News (20) http://www.turkishweekly.netNews, Comments and Articles from Turkey and the Regionen© 2006 USAK.org.tr / ISRO.org.ukFri, 16 May 2008 09:29:28 +0200Fri, 16 May 2008 09:29:28 +0200NewspapersFri, 16 May 2008 09:29:28 +0200Arab League in Bid to Resolve Lebanon Crisishttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55356 Arab League in Bid to Resolve Lebanon Crisis
Friday , 16 May 2008
BEIRUT (AFP) -- An Arab League delegation was meeting with rival leaders in Beirut on Wednesday in a bid to mediate a settlement to crisis that driven Lebanon close to civil war. The Arab team .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55356 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:28:22 +0200Better Roads to Improve Trade with Iran and Pakistanhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55355 Better Roads to Improve Trade with Iran and Pakistan
Friday , 16 May 2008
Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Rauf Engin Soysal has underlined the need for expediting work on Pakistan-Iran-Turkey road links to boost trade activities among these countries in the current globali .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55355 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:27:01 +0200Iran Presents Package of Proposals to UN, EUhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55352 Iran Presents Package of Proposals to UN, EU
Friday , 16 May 2008
TEHRAN -– Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini announced on Wednesday that Iran's package of proposals was presented to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by Iran's .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55352 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:01:28 +0200Israel's "Independence" (By Ramzy Baroud)http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55325 Israel's "Independence" (By Ramzy Baroud)
Wednesday , 14 May 2008
"Don't ask for what you never had," is the underlying message made by supporters of Israel when they claim Palestine was never a state to begin with. The contention is, of course, easily refutable. .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55325 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:54:04 +0200Shas announces settlement expansionhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55324 Shas announces settlement expansion
Wednesday , 14 May 2008
Just hours before US President George W. Bush's arrival Wednesday in Israel, Shas Chairman Eli Yishai made a point of announcing that building beyond the Green Line would continue. During an inter .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55324 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:31:06 +0200Lebanon's Hariri Vows to Never Surrender to Hezbollah http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55319 Lebanon's Hariri Vows to Never Surrender to Hezbollah
Wednesday , 14 May 2008
Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader has vowed never to surrender to Hezbollah, as the army prepared to intervene in fighting between the militant group and pro-government militias. Saad al-Hari .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55319 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:27:17 +0200Bush Begins Mideast Trip http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55318 Bush Begins Mideast Trip
Wednesday , 14 May 2008
President Bush has departed on a five-day trip to the Middle East, his second visit to the region this year, with stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. VOA's Michael Bowman reports form the White .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55318 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:40:16 +0200Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Iraqhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55303 Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Iraq
Tuesday , 13 May 2008
The Iraqi government, with support from Coalition Forces, made significant progress in combating al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) and affiliated terrorist organizations. There was a significant reduction in th .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55303 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:39:10 +0200Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Lebanonhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55302 Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Lebanon
Tuesday , 13 May 2008
Political violence continued throughout 2007. Most notable were the June 13, September 19, and December 12 car bombing assassinations of MP Walid Eido, MP Antoine Ghanem, and General Francois al-Hajj, .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55302 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:17:42 +0200Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopeshttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55293 Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes
Tuesday , 13 May 2008
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad scepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal be .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55293 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:19:14 +0200Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Israelhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55290 Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Israel
Monday , 12 May 2008
Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Israeli civilians were killed in six separate terrorist attacks during the year, the lowest number since the first Intifada broke out. While the lethality of indiv .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55290 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:47:23 +0200Israel resumes fuel supplies to Gaza power planthttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55283 Israel resumes fuel supplies to Gaza power plant
Monday , 12 May 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel resumed fuel shipments to Gaza's main power station on Monday, a senior generating plant official said. The power station shut down on Saturday, leaving about half of the H .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55283 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:04:38 +0200Israel Considers Truce Offer From Hamas http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55280 Israel Considers Truce Offer From Hamas
Monday , 12 May 2008
A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy. But Israel has mixed feelings, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Israel is considering a .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55280 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:59:02 +0200'As head of Kadima, Tzipi Livni would beat Netanyahu, Barak'http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55275 'As head of Kadima, Tzipi Livni would beat Netanyahu, Barak'
Monday , 12 May 2008
If Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni were to replace Prime Minsiter Ehud Olmert as Kadima's leader she would win a future election against Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud and Defense Minister Ehud Barak's Labor .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55275 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:47:24 +0200Marwan Barghouthi calls for Palestinian unity governmenthttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55274 Marwan Barghouthi calls for Palestinian unity government
Monday , 12 May 2008
Bethlehem – Ma'an – Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi sent a message from his Israeli prison cell on Sunday calling for the formation of a Palestinian unity government, early elections, and the re .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55274 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:45:05 +0200UN Says People Smuggling Across Gulf of Aden Doubles, Deaths Go Down http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55273 UN Says People Smuggling Across Gulf of Aden Doubles, Deaths Go Down
Monday , 12 May 2008
The U.N. refugee agency reports the number of people arriving on the coast of Yemen after being smuggled across the treacherous Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa has more than doubled this year. .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55273 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:31:50 +0200Iraqi Official Says US Reconstruction Aid Still Needed http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55267 Iraqi Official Says US Reconstruction Aid Still Needed
Monday , 12 May 2008
Iraq's ambassador to the United States says his country still needs U.S. reconstruction assistance, despite large Iraqi fiscal surpluses driven by record-high oil prices. VOA's Michael Bowman report .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55267 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:26:27 +0200'Rapping' Iranian Men http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55259 'Rapping' Iranian Men
Monday , 12 May 2008
Not allowed to sing in Iran about the harsh treatment of women in society, the Iranian rap group Tapesh 2012 (Pulse 2012) is doing just that -- from its base in Germany. The group's latest song, "Ma M .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55259 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:25:05 +0200Iraqi Official Thanks Iran for Brokering Accord Between Iraqi govt., Mahdi Armyhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55258 Iraqi Official Thanks Iran for Brokering Accord Between Iraqi govt., Mahdi Army
Monday , 12 May 2008
TEHRAN -- Mohsen Hakim, the political advisor to the leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, has thanked Iran for the 'sensitive and vital role' it played in brokering the accord between Moqtad .....
]]> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55258 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23:49 +0200Iran's Reserves in Foreign Banks Hit $81bhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55257 Iran's Reserves in Foreign Banks Hit $81b
Monday , 12 May 2008
TEHRAN -- Iranian reserves in foreign banks in mid-February 2008 reached over $81 billion, Iran's central bank announced on Sunday. According to a report released by Iran's central bank this n .....
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