Nachrichten zum Nahen Osten aus der englischsprachigen Presse

• Fresh violence kills eight in Iraq
• Father of Assad spokesman kidnapped
• Saudi woman reaches Everest summit
• US criticises Russia over missiles
• British girl dies at Egyptian hotel
• Saudi man in self-immolation protest
• Egypt police seal border with Gaza
• Religious protest over Israel draft
• Iran women barred from presidency
• Bomber targets Iraqi Shia mosque
• US 'saw Syria chemical evidence'
• Israel to authorise new settlements
• Algeria profile
• Bahrain country profile

• Syria’s Assad Says Peace Talks Likely to Fail
• Climber Is First Saudi Woman to Scale Mount Everest
• Kennett Love, Times Correspondent in 1950s, Dies at 88
• Ex-Iran President Seeks Comeback Against Odds
• Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
• World Briefing | Middle East: Angry Egyptian Police Close Gaza Crossing
• At Least 66 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Iraq

• Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative
• Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
• Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers, defectors say
• U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria
• Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria
• Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
• Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say
• Iran delays presidential election lineup

• Yemen Air Force ‘sabotaged’: Crashed jet was downed
• Anti-Sunni bombing toll 76
• Gunmen seize elderly father of Syrian deputy FM
• Enraged by kidnapping, Egypt cops block border
• ‘Al-Qaeda’ kills Yemen intelligence officer
• Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
• Erdogan to sue politician over Assad comparison
• Rain incident: Obama in media storm

• Bashar Assad: A Political Solution In Syria Is 'Unreal'
• U.N. Tries To Get Syria Peace Talks Back On Track
• Doctor: 'We Truly Are Failing The Syrian People'
• Young Gazan Men Get Unwanted Haircuts, Courtesy Of Police
• Reports: Russia Sends More Missiles, Has Ships Near Syria
• Underground Tunnels Feed Gaza's Hankering For KFC
• Women In Combat: Some Lessons From Israel's Military
• Ex-Ambassador To Iraq Weighs In On Talking To 'Monsters'

• Assad: Little chance peace talks would succeed
• 'First create Palestinian state, then peace'
• ‘Time needed for Syria to master the S-300’
• Amos Gilad: S-300 can reach Hezbollah via Syria
• Assad: Israel supporting 'terror groups' in Syria
• PA continues crackdown on journalists in W. Bank
• Egypt keeps Gaza border closed due to kidnapping
• 'Syrian rebels claim Assad chemical weapons use'

• Many killed in string of Iraq attacks
• Nigeria sets curfew in Boko Haram stronghold
• Rival protesters clash in Ukraine
• France legalises same-sex marriage
• Senior Pakistani politician killed in Karachi
• Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision contest
• Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court
• Afghan MPs block divisive women's rights law
• Assad welcomes US-Russian initiative
• Federer and Nadal to face off in Rome final

• Bomb and bullets kill 16 across Iraq
• 8 policemen kidnapped in western Iraq
• Car bombs kill 12 in Baghdad
• 49 killed in Iraq bomb attacks
• Three mass graves uncovered in Iraq
• US gen. visits Iraq for defense ties
• Bomb blast kills 5 in Iraqi Shia district
• Bombings kill 29, injure 70 in Iraq
• Bomb attacks kill 10 in Iraqi capital
• Iraq blasts kill 12, injure 23

• اختطاف والد نائب وزير الخارجية السوري فيصل مقداد في سوريا
• اغتيال مسؤول كبير في جهاز الاستخبارات اليمني
• "أنصار الشريعة" تحشد مؤيديها لتحدى حظر الحكومة التونسية عقد المؤتمر السنوي للحركة
• الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد ينفي استخدام أسلحة كيماوية ضد المعارضة ويستبعد الاستقالة
• العنف في العراق: مقتل 11 شخصا، ودعوة لجلسة طارئة لمجلس النواب
• اختطاف والد فيصل المقداد نائب وزير الخارجية السوري
• أول سعودية تصل إلى قمة جبل ايفرست
• اختطاف الجنود المصريين في سيناء: أجهزة الأمن "تتمكن من تحديد مكان المختطفين"

• State hands Homesh land back to Palestinian owners
• Livni: Russian weapons 'tie-breakers'
• Damascus blast: 3 dead, 5 injured
• Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
• France detains suspect in Toulouse killings investigation

• Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits Damascus
• Little chance peace talks would succeed, Syrian President Assad says in interview to Argentine newspaper
• Suspected US drone in Yemen kills four al-Qaida militants
• Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama
• Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland
• Outraged by kidnapping, Egyptian police block Gaza crossing
• One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt
• US says Russian missiles may embolden Syria's Assad

• Syria conference should be held ‘as soon as possible,' Ban says during visit to Russia
• Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million mark, says UN agency
• Iraq: UN envoy urges political leaders to help end bloodshed following latest bombings
• UN Security Council condemns temporary detention of peacekeepers, looting in Golan
• Iraq: UN envoy welcomes relocation of first group of Iranian exiles to Albania
• Yemen's humanitarian crisis could threaten political gains, warns UN relief official
• Ban stresses need for Israeli, Palestinian leaders to resume meaningful negotiations
• ‘Outraged' by rising death toll in Syria, General Assembly demands halt to all violence

• A Bronx Fire, Rekindled
• The Case for a New Kotel
• An Anguished Choice
• Egypt’s Not So Free Press
• Fashion Forgiveness
• Sex Trade, Then and Now
• Reimagining the Kotel
• Cries From Within
• The Tipping Point?
• The Empathy Rule
• Defining Marriage for the 21st Century
• Welcome, Kitniyot
• Is Israel a Special Case?
• In South Dakota, Putting Guns Where They Don't Belong

• Persian carpets losing prestige
• Energy riches of the Levant basin
• Region's tourism safety concerns
• Lifting the veil on domestic violence
• Region's thriving art scene
• Saddam Hussein's sculptor
• When intervention is just politics
• Give peace talks a chance in Syria
• Saudi Arabia's first female lawyer
• U.S. professor for Iran president?

• Syria's Assad says he won't step down
• Gaza tunnel collapse kills Palestinian
• Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
• Gunmen seize father of Syria's deputy FM
• Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama: activists
• Turkey softens opposition to Syria conference: press
• Activists: Rebel groups kidnap in Syria's Aleppo
• Iraq attacks leave 8 dead

• Iraq on the brink as sectarian strife grows
• After fleeing two wars, Iraqi refugee gets chance to study in peace
• Kerry returns to region after Israelis snub Arab Peace Initiative
• Palestinian activists sue Israel for the return of 6,000 books
• Iraq attacks kill more than 40 people
• Saudi Arabia dedicates more labs to track deadly coronavirus
• Obama tells Turkey: 'US will not attack Assad alone'
• KFC: cooked a secret way, delivered a secret way

• Amr Moussa Considers Election Boycott
• Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18 foreigners
• Egypt protesters fight off police at Cairo sit-in
• Opposition U-Turn on Boycotting Friends of Syria Conference
• Iran media dismiss 'Argo' Oscar as 'political'
• Assad Regime Ready for Unconditional Talks with Rebels
• Return of sectarian threats in Iraq raises alarm
• Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets

• Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat launches reelection campaign
• Dollar rises 2.3% against the Shekel after Bank of Israel rate cut
• Land of West Bank settlement to be returned to original Palestinian owner
• Report: Assad preparing missile strike against Tel Aviv in case attacked again
• Israeli economy unsustainable if Haredim, Arabs don't join workforce, experts warn
• Israel caught in the middle as U.S. and Russia clash over Syria's future
• France detains suspect in Toulouse killings investigation
• Thousands of Israelis protest against austerity measures

• Israeli archive file shows that Israel's founder tried to erase Palestinian Nakba
• 17 Palestinians Injured In The Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
• 25 Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah
• Soldiers Break Into The Negev Detention Camp, Attack Detainees
• Army Kidnapped 28 Children In The first Half Of May, Dozens Injured
• Settler Installs Mobile Home In Palestinian Land near Jerusalem
• Settlers Attack Schoolchildren Near Nablus
• Army Uproots Farmlands Near Nablus
• Soldiers Kidnap 20 Palestinians In Hebron
• Israel To Discuss “Legalization” Of Four Illegal West Bank Outposts

• Egypt swears in first freely elected president
• Egypt swears in first freely elected president
• Bombings, shootings around Iraq kill 22
• Twin bombs explode in Damascus
• Iraq PM threatens early elections
• Jews arrested for Holocaust museum vandalism
• Turkey dubs Syria clear threat; will retaliate
• Turkey dubs Syria clear threat; will retaliate
• Turkey accuses Syria of firing on rescue plane
• Egypt's Morsi to rethink Israel peace pact
• Egypt's Morsi to rethink Israel peace pact
• Syrian general defects to Turkey
• Australia announces new Syria sanctions
• NATO meeting set to discuss downed jet

• Anti-Morsi protestors clash with police in Tahrir Square
• Muslims but not brothers: Chilly relations between Cairo and Riyadh
• Fighting sin with sin, the twisted morals of rapists in the Syrian conflict
• Obama and Erdogan agree: Assad must go
• US brands Al Nusra leader a 'terrorist', blacklists Syrian government officials and institutions
• Deadly serious: prize photo of two dead Palestinian children not a fake
• Yemeni kidnappers release Red Cross hostages
• Seven Egyptian officers abducted in Sinai Peninsula
• Al Nusra fighters execute 11 men in Deir al-Zor, Syria, video shows
• Four arrested over Turkey car bombs near Syrian border

• Joel Rubin: Syria, Iran and the Red Lines Trap
• Katie Beck: How You Doin: Mapping The World Through Pick up Lines
• CIA Chief Makes Surprise Visit To Israel
• 20,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Draft In Jerusalem
• Watchdog: Israel Trying To Legalize Unauthorized Settlements
• Harvey Stein: Rabbi Froman and Hamas -- a Marriage Made in Heaven
• The Surprising Good Smuggled Through Gaza's Tunnels
• Daoud Kuttab: Will Jordan take a bold role in Jerusalem?
• James P. Farwell: The Hard Realities of Syria
• Israel Has Highest Poverty Rate In Developed World
• Alon Ben-Meir: "If You Will It, It Is No Dream"
• Palestinians Mourn 65th Anniversary Of Displacement

• Terrorism in Nigeria: Bigger guns
• Zambia: Sata pack
• Arabs and Jews in high-tech Israel: Bring them together
• Religious politics in Israel: Who’s a Jew?
• Iran’s election: A candidacy conundrum
• Syria’s chemical weapons: The other red line
• Syria’s civil war: The hard men on both sides prevail
• Syria’s civil war: The bloody stalemate persists
• South Africa: Wedding crashers
• Somalia: The centre holds, but only just
• Israel and Palestine: Could the peace dove fly again?
• Palestinians in Israel: Boycotting the boycotters

• CIA chief John Brennan makes surprise Israel visit for Syria talks
• Syria: Obama pins hopes on peace talks
• Letters: Boycott of Israel is a personal choice
• Israel to approve four unauthorised West Bank settler outposts
• Syria condemned in UN vote doubts grow about backing rebels
• Return to Iqrit: how one Palestinian village is being reborn
• Syria will attend peace conference, US says
• Letters: Stephen Hawking, science and boycotts
• Syria video ‘appears to show rebel mutilating corpse’, says Human Rights Watch
• Geza Vermes obituary
• Binyamin Netanyahu's spending under fire again as home expenses near £1m
• Israel jails conscientious objector Natan Blanc for tenth time

• Ultra-orthodox Jews protest over army service
• KFC smuggled into Gaza from Egypt through underground tunnels
• Benjamin Netanyahu spent thousands on shoes, hair and make-up
• Benjamin Netanyahu installed £90,000 double bed on plane for London flight
• Angry clashes at Jerusalem's Western Wall
• Orthodox men hurl stinkbombs at women praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall
• Angry clashes at Jerusalem's Western Wall
• Israel Unveils Plans For 300 Settler Homes
• Backlash against Stephen Hawking as he joins academic boycott of Israel
• Backlash against Stephen Hawking as he pulls out of Israel conference
• Jerusalem's Grand Mufti questioned by police
• Syria is 'capable' of facing Israel, says Assad

• Nearly 40 killed and more than 190 wounded in attacks as political crisis deepens
• First Kuwaiti Flight to Iraq After More Than 20 Years
• Will Top Sunni Official Return?
• It Is Not Our Parliament
• Big Day in My Neighborhood
• Blood River Continues
• The Universal Imam Hussein
• The Fuel of the Political War

• Cold Revenge
• Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?
• Men and Women: Their Contributions to the World
• Democracy - A game of power politics
• Iran: Washington's hardest case or troubled dream?

• Assad Says He Will Not Step Down
• Sectarian Violence Kills 11 in Iraq
• US Criticizes Russian Missile Sale to Syria
• US: Russian Missile Shipments to Syria 'Very Unfortunate'
• Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early
• Dozens Killed in Bombing Outside Baghdad
• Secret Life of Egyptian Pigs
• Bombs Targeting Iraqi Sunnis Kill Scores