Rebel fighters seize control of a nuclear research center which was reportedly bombed by Israelis in 2007, according to opposition Local Coordination Committees; Syrian National Coalition to name premier for new administration.
Two prominent members of the European Parliament have joined calls from within the assembly for the EU to clarify its position regarding Hezbollah, amid its continued reticence to designate the Lebanese Shiite group as a terrorist organisation. Despite Bulgaria’s announcement of a link between the July 2012 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas and Hezbollah.
Criticism against Danish-Palestinian film director Mahdi Fleifel is growing after he publicly questioned Israel's legitimacy, only days after receiving the Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
EU foreign policy chief revealed her “profound respect” for outgoing Tunisian Premier Hamadi Jebali following his resignation on Tuesday, after his ruling Ennahda party failed to support his plans to dissolve the politically unstable governing coalition and replace them with a new government of technocrats.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised outgoing Pope Benedict XVI for “courageously defending Judeo-Christian values and the roots of our common civilisation” in a letter to the Pontiff following his surprise resignation last week on the grounds of ill health, the Prime Minister’s office confirmed Monday.
EU Foreign Ministers discussed Monday how the EU can contribute to the resumption of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, during their monthly meeting in Brussels.
EU Foreign Ministers on Monday heard a statement by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov on the results of his country’s probe into the bus bombing in Burgas which killed five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian driver in July 2012.
The European Union on Monday decided to renew its sanctions against Syria for three months and said they would amend the measures to provide more non-lethal support and technical assistance for the protection of civilians. civilians.
The US expressed its concern about the likely inclusion of internationally outlawed group Hamas in the next Palestinian government, after Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told a meeting of newly-elected mayors and senior PA officials last week that “an agreement has been reached with Hamas that we form a unity government to be headed by me”.
