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Why Netanyahu’s Afraid of Diplomacy by Trita Parsi Apr 17, 2012 2:00 PM EDT

April 19, 2012
Why Netanyahu’s Afraid of Diplomacy  by Trita Parsi Apr 17, 2012 2:00 PM EDT

      Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalili gives a press conference on April 14, 2012 as Iran and six world powers open talks on Tehran‘s disputed nuclear program in Istanbul, Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images   Why Netanyahu’s Afraid of Diplomacy by Trita Parsi Apr 17, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Netanyahu and Obama [...]

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Iran raises hopes of nuclear trade off to halt oil sanctions Tehran signals willingness to trade uranium enrichment limits on eve of first negotiations on nuclear programme in 15 months

April 13, 2012
Iran raises hopes of nuclear trade off to halt oil sanctions  Tehran signals willingness to trade uranium enrichment limits on eve of first negotiations on nuclear programme in 15 months

Iran‘s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has told Russian and Chinese diplomats he has come prepared for substantive negotiation. Photograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters The first international negotiations on Iran‘s nuclear programme for 15 months will get under way on Saturday in Istanbul amid increasing signs that Tehran is prepared to trade limits on its enrichment of uranium [...]

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Gulf states warned against arming Syria rebels Saudi Arabia and Qatar urged not to supply weapons to rebels for fear of undermining UN efforts to end crisis

April 5, 2012
Gulf states warned against arming Syria rebels  Saudi Arabia and Qatar urged not to supply weapons to rebels for fear of undermining UN efforts to end crisis

Demonstrators protest against Syria‘s President Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Handout/REUTERS Gulf states warned against arming Syria rebels Saudi Arabia and Qatar urged not to supply weapons to rebels for fear of undermining UN efforts to end crisis Ian Black and Julian Borger guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 April 2012 19.18 BST Article history Saudi Arabia and Qatar are being urged not to supply weapons [...]

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Istanbul restaurants change tune – and language – to woo big-spending Arabs

January 29, 2012
Istanbul restaurants change tune – and language – to woo big-spending Arabs

Restaurants in Istanbul are translating their menus into Arabic to entice Arab diners. Photograph: Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis In the Turkish restaurants around Taksim Square in Istanbul, the menus are getting a new look. It’s not so much the food that is changing but the languages, as more and more restaurateurs choose to include Arabic. Erkan Ali Karabulut, manager of [...]

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Istanbul and the US ‘Peace Process’ for Kabul Only through a full US pull-out from Afghanistan can a political solution be found, author says.

November 16, 2011
Istanbul and the US ‘Peace Process’ for Kabul Only through a full US pull-out from Afghanistan can a political solution be found, author says.

The US administration has planned on a full pullout from Afghanistan by 2014 – with some exceptions [EPA] WASHINGTON DC – It is one of the hallmarks of US diplomacy, discerned over many years of close observation, that when problems become seriously intractable, when there is no clear or acceptable solution in prospect, when the [...]

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Assad article and video

August 21, 2011
Assad article and video

You can watch the video at: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/2011821161511993134.html   President Bashar al-Assad has warned against foreign military intervention in his country, in an appearance on Syrian television. In an interview broadcast live on Sunday, Assad said: “Any action against Syria will have greater consequences [on those who carry it out], greater than they can tolerate”. “First, because [...]

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