2008 Near Eastern Affairs Press Releases

October-December
--10/10/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Participate in Palestinian Business and Investment Forum 
--10/07/08  Trilateral Talks on Combating the PKK (Taken Question)
--10/06/08  Iran: Letters Regarding P5+1 (Taken Question)
--10/06/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Participate in Civil-Military Partnership in Iraq Event
--10/03/08  State Department Makes Record Contribution to Refugees and Victims of Conflict in Fiscal Year 2008

July-September
--09/29/08  Bus Bombing in Tripoli
--09/27/08  Bombing in Damascus, Syria
--09/26/08  Quartet Statement
--09/26/08  United States Contributes Nearly $28 Million to Relief Effort for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
--09/25/08  Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and the United States
--09/22/08  The United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Assistance
--09/18/08  American Citizen Among Fatalities in Terrorist Attack in Yemen (Taken Question)
--09/17/08  Additional U.S. Actions Against Iran’s Proliferation Activities
--09/17/08  Investigative Team to Yemen (Taken Question)
--09/17/08  Yemen at UN General Assembly (Taken Question)
--09/12/08  President Bush to Welcome President Michel Sleiman of Lebanon
--09/12/08  President Bush to Welcome Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait
--09/11/08  Designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and Subsidiaries for Proliferation Activities
--09/11/08  U.S Position on Borders of a Future Palestinian State
--09/10/08  United States Condemns Car Bomb Attack in Lebanon
--09/02/08  Satellite Press Briefing with Governor Ma’amoun Sami Rasheed, Anbar Province, Iraq 
--08/22/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Travel to Israel and the Palestinian Territories
--08/19/08  Terrorist Attack in Algeria
--08/14/08  Libya Claims Settlement
--08/14/08  Special Press Briefing on U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement
--08/14/08  U.S. - Libya Joint Statement - Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement
--08/13/08  Terror Attack In Lebanon
--08/12/08  Treasury Designation of Iranian Entities for Proliferation Activities 
--08/11/08  Department of State Supports Rotary Club Project To Assist Amputees in Basra, Iraq
--08/11/08  Middle East and North African Students Train To Become Active Leaders
--08/04/08  Conviction of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim
--08/01/08  Libya: Passage of Legislation on Compensation for Claims; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/31/08  U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue
--07/29/08  Palestinian Appeal for Emergency Funding (Taken Question)
--07/21/08  Reports on Comments by President Abbas to Families of Released Prisoners (Taken Question)
--07/18/08  MEPI Announces $1.8 Million Program to Support Women Leaders in the Middle East
--07/17/08  Secretary Rice to Travel to the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific 
--07/15/08  Two Students Arrested in Iran
--07/14/08  American Citizen Robert Levinson Still Missing in Iran
--07/08/08  Designation of Iranian Individuals and Entity for Proliferation Activities
--07/02/08  Iran Air Flight 655 (Taken Question)

January-June
--06/24/08  Quartet Statement
--06/20/08  Egyptian Deportation of Eritreans
--06/09/08  Yemeni Journalist Sentenced
--06/03/08  U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue
--05/30/08  Joint Statement by the United States and Libya
--05/30/08  Secretary Rice Addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Annual Policy Conference
--05/27/08  Inauguration of Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (Taken Question)
--05/22/08  Morocco Endorses the Proliferation Security Initiative
--05/16/08  U.S.-Saudi Arabia Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Energy Cooperation
--05/15/08  Arrests of Leadership of Iranian Baha’is
--05/15/08  U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon (Taken Question)
--05/12/08  Friends of Lebanon Statement
--05/12/08  Iran: Incentives Package (Taken Question)
--05/09/08  United States Condemns Violence in Lebanon; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/02/08  Quartet Statement
--05/01/08  Morocco: MINURSO Renewal (Taken Question)
--04/30/08  United States Imposes Import Restrictions to Protect the Cultural Heritage of Iraq
--04/28/08  President Bush to Travel to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt
--04/28/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Meet with U.S. Private Sector Leaders to Discuss the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership and the Palestine Investment Conference
--04/25/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Travel to Europe and the Middle East
--04/23/08  Syria: Political Activist Sentenced
--04/22/08  Friends of Lebanon Declaration
--04/16/08   Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon
--04/15/08  Security for Former President Carter’s Trip (Taken Question)
--04/15/08  U.S. Humanitarian Assistance for Refugees and Internally Displaced Iraqis
--04/11/08  U. S. Humanitarian Assistance for Refugees and Internally Displaced Iraqis
--04/09/08  Iraq's Debt (Taken Question)
--04/09/08  Secretary Rice to Travel to Kuwait and Bahrain
--04/01/08  Message on SeezDeh Bedar
--03/31/08  Release of Libyan Prisoner Fathi El-Jahmi
--03/25/08  Secretary Rice to Travel to the Middle East
--03/24/08  U.S.-Bahraini Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Energy Cooperation
--03/20/08  President Bush to Welcome King Hamad of Bahrain to White House
--03/20/08  U.S. Maintains Pressure on Iran
--03/14/08  Iranian Parliamentary Elections
--03/11/08  Appointment of Ambassador Lawrence Benedict as Coordinator for Anti-Corruption Initiatives at U.S. Embassy Baghdad
--03/07/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Host Reception in Honor of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
--03/06/08  Case of Missing American Citizen Robert Levinson
--03/04/08  The United States Government’s Contribution to UNRWA’s 2008 General Fund and Emergency Appeal
--03/03/08  Iran Sentences Journalist Parnaz Azima
--02/25/08  United States Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Iraqis
--02/14/08  US Contributes More Than $125 Million to International Organizations to Aid Displaced Iraqis
--02/07/08  Iran Silences Women's Magazine (Taken Question)
--02/06/08  Increasing Executions, Death Sentences in Iran
--02/01/08  Senior Advisors to Brief Press on the Latest Developments in Iraqi Refugee and Special Immigrant Visa Issues
--01/31/08  Additional United States Contribution to Refugees and Conflict Victims in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Africa
--01/29/08  Arrest of Syrian Political Activist Riad Seif
--01/23/08  Death of Imprisoned Student in Iran
--01/23/08  Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns Travel
--01/17/08  U.S. Contributes $20 million to the Joint United Nations Appeal for Iraqi Refugee Health Programs
--01/14/08  Special Briefing: Progress in Iraq
--01/07/08  Special Briefing: Iraq Update
--01/03/08  United States and Libya Sign Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement