The European Union member states are discussing possible restrictions on crude oil imports from Iran as sanctions over their nuclear program, with the plan to have an agreement in place by the end of the month. Iran was the fifth…
Ahead of the first face-to-face talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians in more than a year, a spokesman for Israel said they are entering the discussions with “great seriousness.” Meanwhile, the Palestinian chief negotiator told Ynet that Tuesday’s meetings…
Negotiators from the Palestinians and Israelis are set to meet directly with representatives from the Mideast Quartet on Tuesday, the first such interaction since the Palestinians suspended peace talks in the second half of 2010. Despite the significance of the…
The Palestinian application for full membership to the United Nations has apparently stalled for now, but new member nations joining the UN Security Council in January could alter the current vote balance on the matter. As part of the UN’s…
A reconciliation deal between the two main Palestinian factions—Gaza’s Hamas and the Fatah party led by President Mahmoud Abbas—is sputtering yet again, according to the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency. The two rivals first signed a deal in May that would…
The Syrian government has offered to accept with conditions an Arab League proposal to allow observers into the country that aims to end the regime’s bloody crackdown on dissidents, but the United States feels the move is a Syrian attempt…