Hamas hails US policy change, ready for new unity talks

Aous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:43:51 +0000

Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Thursday welcomed what he said was a change of US policy towards his Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip and said he looked forward to renewed Palestinian unity talks later this week.

“We hail the new line from Barack Obama towards Hamas. It is the first step towards direct talks without preconditions,” Meshaal said from his base in the Syrian capital Damascus.

Meshaal said Hamas would “work swiftly to end the rifts in Palestinian ranks and achieve national reconciliation through talks being brokered by Egypt.

“To this end, a delegation will travel to Cairo in the next two days to tackle the obstacles,” Meshaal added.

Syria protests US attack in UN letter

Aous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:12:34 +0000

In a letter to the UN, Syria has protested the US chopper attack on a border village on Sunday that killed eight Syrian civilians.

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