Middle East - Signs in the News

The European Union could use closer trade ties as leverage to urge Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, the EU's top diplomat said on Saturday ahead of a trip to the region.

Indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority may begin as early as Sunday, Haaretz had learned. U.S.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah told Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a summit in Damascus that "the Zionist regime is not capable of starting a new war, and is only engaging

Iran could make European countries suffer by cutting off energy supplies and can target any adversary with its missiles, a senior Iranian military official said on Sunday.

PARIS: Middle East peace talks must be restarted to avoid a “catastrophe,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Monday, adding that he and visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has dis

A pre-emptive Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be a "disaster of unpredictable consequences", Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in an interview published on Monday.

In an apparent to prod the Greeks toward action on the Iranian issue Netanyahu said that a nuclear Iran would eventually lead to the Nuclearization of Turkey, Greece’s long-time nemesis, as well as

TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Thursday that Iran has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level, saying his country will not be bullied by the West into c

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that Israel will not sit idly by while Iran continues work on its nuclear program, Israel Radio reported Saturday quoting London-based newspaper Al-Hayat.

Syria and Hezbollah have gone on alert anticipating an Israeli attack on Lebanon, the London-based A-Sharq al-Awsat daily reported on Friday.