Articles tagged with arabs

Tue, May 22, 2012

Sacha Baron Cohen under attack for movie portrayal of Arabs

From WENN.com

The British funnyman, known for his outrageous onscreen personas, has been up to his usual headline-grabbing antics of late as his ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

Arabs urge Russia to back Syria peace plan

By Yasmine Saleh and Edmund Blair

CAIRO (Reuters) - Gulf Arabs told Russia in blunt language on Saturday its failure to take a tough line ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Syrian army must pull back first under Annan plan

By Erika Solomon and Douglas Hamilton

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian artillery hit parts of Homs city and at least 37 people were killed in clashes ...

Sun, February 12, 2012

Arabs end Syrian mission, seek joint UN force

By Yasmine Saleh and Ayman Samir

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states sought to regain momentum to end bloodshed in Syria with a call on Sunday ...

Sat, February 11, 2012

U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Arabs to discuss joint U.N.-Arab mission to Syria

By Edmund Blair and Ayman Samir

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers will discuss a proposal next week to send a joint U.N.-Arab ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Arabs, US urge UN council to act on Syria

By Louis Charbonneau and Patrick Worsnip

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Backed by the United States, the Arab League and Qatar urged the U.N. Security ...

Sat, January 28, 2012

Arabs to decide on Syria monitors early next month

By Ayman Samir and Edmund Blair

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab ministers are expected to meet in early February to decide whether to withdraw a faltering ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Iran warns of consequences if Arabs back oil sanctions

By Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned Gulf Arab neighbors they would suffer consequences if they raised oil output to replace Iranian crude facing ...

Sat, January 07, 2012

Arabs may call on United Nations to help in Syria

By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Pfeiffer

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League foreign ministers meet Sunday to discuss whether to ask the United Nations to help ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Syrian forces kill 33 in attack on rebel town: residents

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have killed at least 33 people in a rebel town near the Lebanese border in the last few days ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Syria opposition wants Arabs to intervene militarily

By Tarek Amara

GAMMARTH, Tunisia (Reuters) - Syria's opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad of trickery in agreeing on Monday to let in Arab League ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Activists say 111 killed in Syria's "bloodiest day"

By Dominic Evans

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed 111 people ahead of the start of a mission to monitor President Bashar al-Assad's implementation ...

Sat, December 10, 2011

Arabs may take Syria peace plan to United Nations

By Dominic Evans

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab states may take their proposals for ending Syria's crackdown on protests to the U.N. Security Council ...

Sat, November 26, 2011

Arabs plan to freeze Syria economic ties: document

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states plan to cut commercial ties with Syria's government and freeze its assets as they step up pressure to end ...

Thu, November 24, 2011

Arabs give Syria one day to avoid sanctions

By Ayman Samir and Dina Zayed

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Thursday it was giving Syria 24 hours to sign a deal ...

Thu, November 24, 2011

At least 23 dead in intensifying Syria violence

By Erika Solomon and Douglas Hamilton

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 23 people were reported killed in Syria Saturday as violence intensified in the eighth ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Arabs, Israel to attend nuclear talks, Iran uncertain

By Fredrik Dahl

VIENNA (Reuters) - Arab states and Israel plan to attend a rare round of talks next week on efforts to free the ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Arab League tells Syria to end bloodshed soon

By Sami Aboudi

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers told Syria on Sunday to work to end months of bloodshed "before it's too late ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Trial of fallen Mubarak grips Egyptians, Arabs

By Marwa Awad and Shaimaa Fayed

CAIRO/SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptians were enthralled on Wednesday by the unprecedented sight of ousted president Hosni ...

Sat, February 05, 2011

Quartet urges Israel, Arabs to heed Egypt risk

By David Brunnstrom and Stephen Brown

MUNICH (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians should recognize the security risk posed by the turmoil in Egypt and ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Obama urges Arabs and Israel to support fragile talks

By Lesley Wroughton and Steve Holland

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israel to extend its partial freeze on settlement-building and ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit

By Yasmine Saleh

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel when the ...

Sun, October 25, 2009

Israeli police, Arabs clash near Jerusalem mosque