Press Releases on Near Eastern Affairs
2009
-11/20/09 UN Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations; Deputy Department Spokesman Robert Wood; Washington, DC
-11/19/09 Guantanamo: Transfer of Yemen Detainees; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-11/08/09 New Election Law in Iraq; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Berlin, Germany
-11/03/09 Secretary Clinton Announces Global Partnerships to Advance Cairo's "New Beginning"; Marrakesh, Morocco
-11/03/09 Forum for the Future and Examples of U.S. Support for Civil Society; Marrakech, Morocco
-11/03/09 Secretary Clinton Announces Civil Society 2.0 Initiative to Build Capacity of Grassroots Organizations; Marrakech, Morocco
-11/02/09 Secretary Clinton To Deliver Speech at the Forum for the Future on Tuesday November 3, 2009; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/28/09 The United States is Concerned about Northern Yemen Humanitarian Situation; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-10/27/09 The Re-Designation of Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-10/23/09 Anniversary of Attack on U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/21/09 Secretary Clinton to Travel to Morocco; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-10/20/09 WNBA President Donna Orender to Visit Lebanon; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/19/09 Iraq Investment and Business Conference; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/01/09 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference Set for October 20 & 21 in Washington, D.C.; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/01/09 Contract Awarded for the Construction of the New Office Annex in Sana'a, Yemen; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/30/09 Iran Participation at P5+1 Meeting; Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/25/09 Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Cannon Express Concern over Continued Detention of U.S. and Canadian Nationals in Iran; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/26/09 Meeting of the United States, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq Concluding Statement by the Participating Foreign Ministers; Office of the Spokesman; New York, NY
-08/26/09 Joint Statement by U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Israeli Prime Minister ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/18/09 Israel's Travel Requirements; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/17/09 Iraq Bombings; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/24/09 Direct Budget Assistance to the Palestinian Authority; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/27/09 U.S. Department of State and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to Present Hip-Hop Artists from Argentina, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, the Philippines, and Vietnam on the Millennium Stage; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/15/09 Plane Crash in Iran; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/06/09 Joint Statement by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/02/09 Designation of Kata'ib Hizballah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/02/09 U.S. Delivers Police Vehicles to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/18/09 Former President Carter's Trip to Gaza; Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/17/09 Secretary Clinton Meeting with Foreign Minister Lieberman; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/17/09 Special Briefing by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/16/09 Special Press Briefing by Special Envoy George Mitchell; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/08/09 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Awards for 2009 Support Cultural Preservation in 58 Countries and the West Bank; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/08/09 Special Background Press Briefing on Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/08/09 Lebanese Elections; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/08/09 Jordan: Tenth Anniversary of King Abdullah II's Ascension to the Throne; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-06/05/09 Iraqi Girls Seek to Expand Basketball Skills Through Sports Visitor Program; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/02/09 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel to Cairo, Egypt; Deputy Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/29/09 Palestinians: Unity Government ; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/29/09 Egypt: Under Secretary Burns Travel to Egypt; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/26/09 U.S. Department of State Employee Terrence Barnich ; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/24/09 Israel: Comments on Jerusalem (Taken Question); Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/19/09 Egypt's Role Against Global Terrorism; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/06/09 Update on Silva Harotonian; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/05/09 Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman Travel; Acting Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/22/09 Secretary Clinton With Vice President Joe Biden Announce Appointment of Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State; Announcement of appointment; Washington, DC
-04/20/09 First State Department "New Media Technology" Delegation Travels to Iraq ; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/09 New Media Technology Delegation to Iraq; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/16/09 Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell's Visit to Israel; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/08/09 Israeli Home Demolitions; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/09 Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell Travel - Revised; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/20/09 U.S. Contributes More Than $150 Million to Help Displaced Iraqis; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/17/09 Palestinian Security Forces Training Center Opens; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/16/09 U.S. Welcomes Agreement on Gaza Weapons Smuggling; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/08/09 Case of Missing American Citizen Robert Levinson; Acting Spokesman Robert Wood, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/05/09 Resettlement Benefits for Iraqi Refugees (Taken Question); Washington, DC
-03/03/09 Yemen Parliamentary Elections Postponement; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/01/09 Opening of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/25/09 Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman's Meeting With Syrian Ambassador Imad Mustafa (Taken Question); Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/24/09 Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell Travel; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood; Washington, DC
-02/19/09 Iran--IAEA Director General's Report (Corrected); Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/19/09 Syria--IAEA Director General's Report; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/13/09 Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iran; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood; Washington, DC
-02/12/09 Gaza Humanitarian Relief; Acting Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/11/09 Cairo Conference; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/03/09 Iranian Launch of Satellite; Acting Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/02/09 USA Women's Badminton Team to Visit Iran; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/30/09 United States Humanitarian Support to Palestinians
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