President Mahmoud Abbas faced criticism from allies and foes alike on Tuesday over a decree overhauling payments to families ...

This was the preamble to the secret negotiations held in Oslo, which Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas joined behind the backs of other members of the Palestinian leadership, and which led to the ...

On the other hand, Mr Abbas’s government ... to an affluent family that included members who opposed Zionism, Mr Arafat became the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in 1969 ...

NOV. 2004 – JAN 2005 After spending almost three years confined to his compound, Arafat dies on Nov. 11, 2004. Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Arafat in a Jan. 9, 2005, election, becoming ...

A senior Palestinian official said it was Sharon's "incitement" against Arafat - who is waging something of a power struggle against his moderate, US-backed prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas - that ...

Al-Sabah expects that Rawhi Fattouh, who assumed the position of interim president after the death of Yasser Arafat, will be one of the potential candidates to succeed Abbas, while Dahlan will be ...

Neither Arafat nor Jibril attended the meeting ... Bashar Assad urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to declare war on Israel and promised support. According to sources who attended the ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas made these remarks during a prayer session on Friday. This prayer session was organized by BNP at the central office in Naya Paltan to mark the 10th death ...