Archives for February, 2013

Iraqi Sunni Muslims shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad,February 1, 2013. Chanting "No" to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against the Shi'ite premier that are raising the spectre of renewed sectarian unrest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3D8BA

العراق: الفشل في اقرار الموازنة يذكر بالفشل في صرفها

Kurdish Peshmerga troops are deployed on the outskirts of Kirkuk, some 250km (155 miles) north of Baghdad December 3, 2012. Iraq's Kurdish region has sent reinforcements to a disputed area where its troops are involved in a standoff with the Iraqi army, a senior Kurdish military official said, despite calls on both sides for dialogue to calm the situation. Picture taken December 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3B6TV

"العراق : اعادة انتاج "المليشيات

Iraqi Sunni Muslims attend Friday prayers during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad,February 8, 2013. Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against Shi'ite Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, demanding that he steps down. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS) - RTR3DHV6

مخاوف أمنية تدفع "السنة" العراقيين إلى تأجيل اعتصامهم في بغداد

Lebanese policemen stand guard at the entrance of a residential building where former Lebanese government minister Michel Samaha lives, in Beirut August 9, 2012. Samaha, a former Lebanese government minister with close ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was detained in Lebanon on Thursday for questioning over what the Lebanese prime minister described as security-related matters. A security source said Samaha, detained in the early hours, was being questioned about alleged plans to cause instability

القرار الاتهامي بحق سماحة خلال عشرة ايام

A couple are seen walking at Zaytouna Bay in Beirut October 25, 2012. The party capital of the Arab world, Beirut is a freewheeling city where Gulf Arabs, expatriates and Lebanese emigres fly in to enjoy its luxury hotels. But under the veneer of modernity lie sectarian demons coiled to strike. The car-bomb assassination last Friday of intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan - an attack almost universally blamed on Syria and its local allies - brought the merry-go-round to a juddering halt. Gunmen and protester

أغنياء سوريا يملأون مقاهي بيروت الفخمة وسياراتهم الفارهة على كل الطرق

An Iraqi couple ride a motorbike during a biker show on Abu Nawas Street in Baghdad October 19, 2012. Drag-racing in California, you say? No, this is Baghdad, where youthful rebellion and American biker style clash with conservative mores in Iraq, a country where just a few years ago militias imposed their own radical Islamic views at gunpoint. Picture taken October 19, 2012. To match Feature IRAQ-CULTURE/BIKERS REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT MOTORSPORT) - RTR39IOY

!حياة العراقيين مؤمنة.. لكنهم لا يعرفون

A man kisses a woman as they hold up a placard during a protest demanding to legalize civil marriage in Lebanon, at Martyrs' square in downtown Beirut February 4, 2013. Lebanese laws do not recognise civil marriages conducted in Lebanon. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3DCHX

حفل زواج مدني جماعي في ذكرى الحرب اللبنانية

Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets in a private audience with Louis Raphael I Sako (L), the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and the Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, in Vatican February 4, 2013 in this picture provided by Osservatore Romano.
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المسيحيون متفائلون في بطريرك الكلدان الجديد لوقف نزيف الهجرة

Palestinian amateur archaeologist Waleed Al-Aqqad touches a clay jar from his collection of ancient artefacts at his house, which he was turned into a museum, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip April 3, 2011. Five thousand years of fascinating history lie beneath the sands of the Gaza Strip, from blinded biblical hero Samson to British general Allenby. Picture taken April 3, 2011. To match Feature PALESTINIANS-ARCHAEOLOGY REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - RTR2LFVK

قطاع غزة: كنز أثري نصفه منهوب ونصفه الآخر غير مكتشف

Men drink tea and smoke water pipe at a cafe in the old city of Damascus November 8, 2012. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR3A600

دمشق داخل بواباتها السبعة

Palestinians take part in a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in Gaza City January 4, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians joined a rare rally staged by President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group in Gaza on Friday, as tensions ease with rival Hamas Islamists ruling the enclave since 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3C3HD

المصالحة في الجهاز الحكومي هي الفقرة الاولى في حفل المصالحة الشاملة

An Iraqi instructor teaches a widow how to use a blood pressure device at widows training and development center in Baghdad, November 12, 2012. Widows work on sewing machine at a widows training and development center in Baghdad, November 13, 2012. Baghdad's Widows Training and Development Centre offers training to improve employment prospects for widows and help enable them to set up their own businesses to support their families. Established in 2006 and funded by a number of international charities, the c

العراق ينفق نحو 5 مليارات دولار على الصحة سنويا ويناقش مشروعا للضمان

A Palestinian woman holds her son during a protest in Gaza City calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR38CL0

أطفال من نطف مهربة لأسرى فلسطينيين داخل السجون الإسرائيلية .. مقاومة جديدة وشعف بالحياة

Lebanese Christian leaders and members of the ruling majority stand during a minute of silence in memory of slain Lebanese army general Francois El Hajj, at the Kataeb party headquarters in Beirut 12 December 2007. Hajj and his bodyguard were killed today in a car bomb that also injured eight others in a Christian suburb on the outskirts of Beirut. L-R: National Liberal Party's Dory Chamoun, deputy parliament speaker Farid Makari, Lebanese Forces party leader Samir Geagea, former Lebanese president Amine Ge

نائب رئيس محلس النواب اللبناني فريد مكاري لـ "المونيتور" : لا أعتقد أن أوروبا ستصنف "حزب الله" إرهابياً

A bus, that was damaged in a bomb blast on Wednesday is seen outside Burgas Airport, about 400km (248 miles) east of Sofia July 19, 2012. A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the country's interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame. Video surveillance footage showed the bomber was similar in appearance to tourists arriving at the airport, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetano

حزب الله بمواجهة اتهامه بتفجير بورغاس : استراتيجية الدفاع

A woman holds a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally to commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammad in Beirut's suburbs, January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3CY5K

كيف يقرأ حزب الله الاتهام البلغاري له؟