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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is scheduled to deliver opening remark CEAPAD II in Jakarta on March, 1, 2014.

Kamis , 20 Feb 2014, 20:42 WIB

CEAPAD II to bring together businessmen from East Asia and Palestine

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia has initiated private sector participation in strengthening Palestinian state-building efforts through the Second Conference on Cooperation Among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD II)...

An Israeli soldier walks near the launcher of an Iron Dome missile interceptor battery deployed in Ashkelon January 16, 2014.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 23:56 WIB

Israel's Star Wars style technology to become reality

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SINGAPORE - An Israeli state-owned arms company developing a laser-based missile shield that evokes "Star Wars" style technology says its deployment over the country is closer to becoming a reality. The laser technology behind the missile shield called Iron Beam is not that far removed from fiction. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said development of the system was advanced enough...

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 22:16 WIB

Brahimi: I apologize to the Syrian people

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GENEVA - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to...

Kamis , 13 Feb 2014, 21:06 WIB

Putin tells Sisi: I wish you luck

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday...

Kamis , 13 Feb 2014, 15:56 WIB

Russia: Syrian aid draft could lead to military action

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MOSCOW - Russia denounced on Wednesday a Western-Arab...

Free Syrian Army fighters pull carpets along a rubble-filled street as they prepare to use them as curtains to provide cover from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 11, 2014.

Rabu , 12 Feb 2014, 17:03 WIB

Russia says will veto current resolution on Syria

A man walks along a street lined with damaged buildings in the besieged area of Homs February 5, 2014.

Jumat , 07 Feb 2014, 23:59 WIB

Syria starts evacuating civilians from Homs

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah sits (file photo)

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 20:30 WIB

Saudi's top cleric warns against fighting abroad

Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 20:19 WIB

Egypt's Sisi will run for president

Syrian refugees, fleeing the violence in Syria, wait to enter Turkey on the Syrian-Turkish border in Shamm Alqrain village, northern countryside of Aleppo February 5, 2014.

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 13:40 WIB

Russia: It is not the time for UN resolution on aid to Syria

UN chemical weapons experts prepare before collecting samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburb of Zamalka August 29, 2013.

Selasa , 04 Feb 2014, 18:15 WIB

Russia says Syria to ship more chemical arms

One of two cargo ships intended to take part in a Danish-Norwegian mission to transport chemical agents out of Syria docks in Limassol, December 14, 2013. (File photo)

Kamis , 30 Jan 2014, 16:00 WIB

Syria ships out only 4.1 percent of its chemical weapons

Egyptian security officers stand guard at the entrance of the Museum of Islamic Art after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.

Ahad , 26 Jan 2014, 19:42 WIB

Egypt: UNESCO to help museum recover from blast

President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (file photo)

Sabtu , 25 Jan 2014, 21:29 WIB

UAE president suffers stroke, has surgery

This undated activist photo provided by the group Palestinians of Syria shows Israa al-Masri, a baby who later died of hunger-related illness on Jan. 11, 2014 in the Palestinian neighborhood of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria.

Jumat , 24 Jan 2014, 23:02 WIB

Activists: 63 people die in Syria refugee camp

Free Syrian Army fighters inspect a crater caused by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by government forces at the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province January 23, 2014.

Jumat , 24 Jan 2014, 18:13 WIB

Syria opposition refuses to meet government at Geneva's meeting

A general view shows Tunisia's Constituent Assembly during a vote over the composition of an election commission to oversee a vote later this year in Tunis January 8 , 2014.

Jumat , 24 Jan 2014, 08:10 WIB

Tunisia finishes new constitution, an Islamist and secular compromise

A grab from a page of a report shows an undated photograph, taken by a former Syrian military police photographer who has since defected.

Report details 'industrial' killing of 11,000 in Assad jails

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON - A Syrian military police photographer has supplied "clear evidence" showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees in circumstances that evoked Nazi death camps, former war crimes prosecutors said. Syrian officials could face war crimes charges as a result of the evidence provided by the photographer, who has defected, the three prosecutors said. One of...

Jordanian Foreign Minister and President of the United Nations Security Council Nasser Judeh (right) has a conversation with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the Security Council meeting began at UN headquarters, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.

Selasa , 21 Jan 2014, 06:36 WIB

UN withdraws invitation to Iran to attend Syria talks

The Field Deployable Hydrolysis System used to destroy and neutralize chemical weapons is watched by US Navy Commander Bill Speaks as it sits aboard the MV Cape Ray before its deployment from the NASSC0-Earl Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, January 2, 201

Kamis , 16 Jan 2014, 22:53 WIB

Final destruction of Syrian chemicals slides to end June

Officials count ballots after polls closed in Cairo, January 15, 2014.

Kamis , 16 Jan 2014, 16:33 WIB

Official: Most Egyptian voters favor constitution

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah (center), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah (right) attend during the opening session of the Syrian Donors Conference at Bayan Palace Liber

Rabu , 15 Jan 2014, 20:58 WIB

Western, Arab states pledge 1.4 billion USD in fresh Syria aid

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon walks out to prepare to greet US Secretary of State John Kerry (not pictured) before the start of their meeting at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, January 15, 2014.

Rabu , 15 Jan 2014, 15:42 WIB

Kuwait pledges 500 million USD in Syria aid

A soldier stands guard as women queue outside a polling center to vote in a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Cairo January 14, 2014.

Selasa , 14 Jan 2014, 23:59 WIB

Egyptians vote constitution

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (center) walks next to Israel's armed forces chief Major-General Benny Gantz (right) during a visit to a military base near Kibbutz Kissufim outside the central Gaza Strip May 7, 2013.

Selasa , 14 Jan 2014, 23:40 WIB

US calls Israeli minister's reported comments 'offensive'

A Free Syrian Fighter holds his weapon inside a damaged building in the besieged area of Homs, January 4, 2014.

Jumat , 10 Jan 2014, 16:27 WIB

Assad's forces kill dozens of opposition members

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen (center) takes part in a medical training for CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on a dummy as she visits the field hospital at the ISAF camp in Mazar-i-Sharif, December 23, 2013.

Kamis , 09 Jan 2014, 20:40 WIB

Germany to help dispose of Syrian chemical weapons

Egyptian security forces stand guard outside a court ahead of the trial of ousted President Mohammed Mursi in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014.

Rabu , 08 Jan 2014, 18:18 WIB

Mursi's trial adjourned until Feb. 1, due to bad weather

People inspect a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus January 7, 2014.

Rabu , 08 Jan 2014, 17:51 WIB

Syria starts shipping out its chemical weapons materials

An Egyptian holds an image of Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a protest outside the Qatari Embassy in Cairo December 6, 2013.

Selasa , 07 Jan 2014, 18:52 WIB

Egypt's army chief Sisi closer to presidential bid

Heavy smoke billows the air due to clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and security forces in Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.

Sabtu , 04 Jan 2014, 21:00 WIB

Death toll in latest Egypt clashes rises to 17

An Israeli army vehicle patrols the Israeli Jordanian border at the Israeli side of the Jordan valley January 1, 2014.

Kamis , 02 Jan 2014, 20:13 WIB

NGO: Israel govt 'tortures' Palestinian children by keeping them in cages

Cairo University students supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans at the university's campus in Cairo December 29, 2013.

Senin , 30 Dec 2013, 20:27 WIB

Sources: Egypt likely to call presidential poll first

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (right) speaks with French President Francois Hollande during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.

Senin , 30 Dec 2013, 18:42 WIB

Feeling US snub, Saudis strengthen ties elsewhere

People inspect a damaged site after what activists said was an air raid by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, in Aleppo's district of Al Sukari December 24, 2013. (File photo)

Activists: Syrian forces kill 25 in Aleppo barrel-bomb attack

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIRUT - A Syrian army air strike on a vegetable market in the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 25 people on Saturday, a monitoring group said, continuing a campaign of improvised "barrel bombs" that has drawn international condemnation. On Saturday, the Observatory said 25 people, at least four of them children, were killed by barrel bombing that...

A student of Al Azhar University throws stones as another takes pictures during clashes with riot police and residents of the area at the Al-Azhar University campus in Cairo, on Friday.

Sabtu , 28 Dec 2013, 19:20 WIB