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Fatah official visits Hamas-ruled Gaza for 1st time since '07 coup
Assad: Israel leading the Middle East to war
Report: UN to submit pacifying response to Israel's Gaza report
Syria: U.S. officially requests to accredit Damascus envoy
Fear of peace will be the death of Israel

Fatah official visits Hamas-ruled Gaza for 1st time since '07 coup

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:33 AM PST

For the first time since Hamas ousted President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction from rule in the Gaza Strip in 2007, an official from the Fatah government in the West Bank visited the coastal enclave on Wednesday. ...

Assad: Israel leading the Middle East to war

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:17 AM PST

Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Wednesday that Israel is not serious about its intentions to make peace with Damascus as evidenced by "its conduct which is leading the region to war." ...

Report: UN to submit pacifying response to Israel's Gaza report

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:15 AM PST

The paper United Nations intends to submit a conciliatory rejoinder to Israel's report responding to allegations of war crimes during its war with Gaza spelled out in the report composed by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, U.S. sources said on Wednesday. ...

Syria: U.S. officially requests to accredit Damascus envoy

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 05:54 AM PST

The United States has issued a formal request to accredit a new American ambassador to Damascus, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem told reporters on Wednesday. ...