Special to WorldTribune.com Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing supports the creation of a Palestinian state. Xi made the pledge of support on Jan. 21 during a visit to Cairo, according to Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper. The Chinese president said he supported creation of a Palestinian State with eastern Jerusalem as its capital, based on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan. 21 pledged billions of dollars in aid to Egypt as Beijing moved to boost its influence in the Middle East. “China supports Egypt’s efforts to maintain stability, develop the economy and improve livelihoods, and … play an even greater role in international and regional affairs,” Xi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Republican leadership in Congress has pressed President Barack Obama to improve U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia. Leading Republican members of the House and Senate have called on the Obama administration to respond to Saudi concerns over Iran and Syria. They said the U.S. crisis with Riyad reflected the loss […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has maintained pressure on a Gulf-supported Islamist movement. Officials said PA security forces have been ordered to quell protests or rallies by the Hizb Al Tahrir movement. They said Hizb, estimated to have more than 50,000 supporters, sought to expand activities with funding from Gulf Cooperation Council […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has been recruiting Arab states to support a U.S. drive for a Palestinian state in 2014. Officials said the White House and State Department have been lobbying Arab allies of Washington, to support a peace deal with Israel that would enable the establishment of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory Copley, Global Information System Global security concerns continued, in early April 2012, to be geared around the possibility of armed conflict between Iran and Israel, an issue hedged by a range of other conflicts and issues. The actual prospect of such a conflict, however, remained extremely low, for a variety of […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Kofi Annan seems to have clinched a diplomatic deal in Damascus which may stop or at least decompress the debilitating year-long conflict in Syria which has taken 9,000 lives, mostly civilians. The former UN Secretary General in a bout of shuttle diplomacy has received approval from the Bashar Assad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has become the second Arab League state to call for the arming of the Syrian opposition. Qatar has urged the international community to help send weapons to the Sunni rebels in Syria. Doha, deemed a leading supporter of the rebels, said the arms would be used to defend […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have lambasted Russia’s veto of a Security Council resolution on Syria, calling it a “travesty,” but did she really think for a moment that Moscow was going to ditch an old political ally? Did Hillary moreover really believe that Beijing was going to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has shut its embassy in Syria and moved American staffers and their families out of the country. The State Department said it has ordered the suspension of all operations at the U.S. embassy in Damascus. The department, citing deteriorating security, said the regime of Syrian President Bashar […]