Palestine

November 19, 2002

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According to a study by UNWRA, the United Nations branch, which deals with refugees, 70 percent of the Palestinians in the territories live under the

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Syria on Tuesday rebuffed a U.S. request to close the Damascus office of Islamic Jihad, which claimed responsibility for killing 12 Israelis in a Hebr

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, received in the capital of Riyadh Monday night

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On Monday, Damascus Radio stressed that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s threats to “Judaize” Al-Khalil, to support and increase settlements in t

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Kuwait has donated one million dollars to the al-Quds Palestinian University in east Jerusalem, the emirate's education minister said on Monday.  The

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Israeli forces raided Monday night al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. Palestinian sources said soldiers arrested Fadi Ramadan, a Tanzim activist suspected

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Prominent Egyptian actress Majida Zaki has yet again proven her acting talent in the “Attar Wal Saba’ Banat” (The Spice Dealer and his Seven Girls)

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Egyptian singer Mohammad Foad spends at least two hours daily before and after Iftar (breaking of fast) helping his son to memorize verses from the holy Quran

November 18, 2002

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Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Tahir bin Yahia met in the Yemeni capital on Monday, Charge d’Affairs of the Romanian embassy in Sana'a, accor

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Syrian officials in Damascus on Monday to discuss the situation in Iraq and the Palestinian areas.

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One Israeli settler was killed after Palestinians fired Monday afternoon at an Israeli vehicle near the West bank settlement of Rimonim, east of Ramal

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Damascus Radio on Sunday reported that the next days and months before the Israeli elections are expected to witness “new baths of blood and material

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The Syrian Tisrhin daily on Sunday affirmed that the “heroic operation” which was carried out Friday by the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank to

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Yemen’s Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Abdul-Aziz bin Habtor left Sana'a Sunday for Nigeria to attend sessions of the 2nd periodical meeting on “Edu

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Israeli helicopters and tanks hit Gaza City for several hours early Monday, as gunships fired missiles at the headquarters compound of the Palestinian