Arab Peace Meeting

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  "Only Way To Guarantee Peace In Gaza Is...": Saudi At Arab-Islamic Summit

  Arab leaders and Iran's president meeting Saturday in the Saudi capital roundly condemned Israel's actions in its war against Hamas in Gaza, as fears mount the conflict could draw in other countries.

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  Daily Despatch: Israel's Three-Stage Plan For Hamas And Gaza

  As the first trucks with humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza Saturday morning, Arab and European delegates met in Cairo to discuss the crisis between Israel and Hamas in a one-day meeting called the Cairo Peace Summit.

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  Afghan Taliban Members Meet US Officials As Peace Efforts Intensify

  Afghan Taliban representatives and US officials met in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, the Taliban said, amid diplomatic moves towards establishing the basis for talks to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan.

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  Benjamin Netanyahu Held Secret Arab Peace Meeting: Report

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state John Kerry pitch a regional peace plan, an Israeli newspaper reported Sunday.

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  Syria, Iran Top Agenda As US Secretary Of State John Kerry Meets Wary Arabs In Saudi Arabia

  US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting Gulf Arab officials in Saudi Arabia a bid to ease their fears of warming US-Iranian ties and seek consensus on which Syrian opposition groups should be represented at upcoming peace talks.

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  UN Calls on Israel to Unlock Palestinian Tax Payment

  The council was meeting as Arab foreign ministers gathered in Cairo decided to make another attempt to win approval for a UN resolution on ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.

• Arab League urges Syrian opposition to attend Geneva-II conference

  Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have called on the Syrian opposition to attend the Geneva-II conference on restoring peace in the troubled country and form a delegation as soon as possible.

• Syrians will decide on Geneva peace talks, Assad tells envoy

  President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a meeting Wednesday with visiting UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that Syrians alone will decide on the fate of an initiative for Geneva peace talks.

• Syria peace talks face delay as world powers split over opposition representation

  International powers are unlikely to meet their goal of convening peace talks on Syria in Geneva next month as differences emerge between Washington and Moscow over opposition representation, Arab and Western officials said.

• Syria's Bashar al-Assad deals blow to peace initiative

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has dealt a blow to efforts for a peace conference, saying the time is not ripe, as Western and Arab powers prepared to meet today with the fractured opposition.

• Syria peace conference set for November 23: Arab League chief

  A keenly anticipated peace conference for Syria will convene in Geneva on November 23, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said on Sunday after meeting international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

• Syria crisis: US, Russia pins hope for peace at Geneva talks

  United States and Russia said they hoped talks on dismantling Syria's chemical arsenal would open the door to wider peace efforts, as they entered a second day of high-stakes meetings in Geneva.

• United States, Russia set for surprise Syria meeting

  The top U.S. and Russian diplomats will hold a surprise meeting on Thursday with the United Nations' peace envoy for Syria, signaling fresh hopes of an international breakthrough to end the Arab country's 21-month civil war.

• 'Friends of Syria' tighten screws on Damascus regime

  Western and Arab nations called on Sunday for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to be given a deadline to meet the terms of a peace plan as fresh clashes in a year-long uprising claimed another 40 lives.