Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today (March 31, 2010) that the G8 was not the right forum to discuss the next steps to be taken vis-à-vis Iran's nuclear program,

In a March 29, 2010 address on behalf of the Saudi Foreign Ministry, former Saudi ambassador in Washington Prince Turki Al-Faisal said that Israel had the U.S. in its pocket, and that President Obama was acting under its influence.

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt met today (March 31, 2010) in Syria with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The two discussed the tightening of Lebanese-Syrian relations and the importance of the resistance against Israel.

Hizbullah deputy secretary-general Na'im Qassem said that his organization does not ask the Arab states to take an active part in the resistance, but does expect them to refrain from placing obstacles in the way of the resistance organizations.

Prominent Lebanese Shi'ite cleric Muhammad Hussein Fadhlallah condemned the recent terror attacks in Moscow, saying that the targeting of innocent civilians is forbidden in Islam, whether it takes place in New York, Moscow, London, Madrid, Casablanca, Iraq, Pakistan or Afghanistan.

Cartoonist: Kamal Sharaf

Source: Al-Gumhouriyya (Yemen), March 30, 2010

At a joint press conference with former Palestinian Mufti 'Ikrima Sabri, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb, evaded requests by journalists to address the issue of Israel's actions in Jerusalem,

In an article on the occasion of Palestinian Land Day, the Egyptian daily Al-Gumhouriyya stated that the Palestinian people would not lower the banner of struggle and would not put down its arms until its goals were achieved.

Saudi Foreign Ministry official Sa'id Al-Bishi said that his country has invested nearly 98 million dollars in the war on terror.

The Palestinian Monetary Authority and the Palestinian Bank Association have closed the banks in Gaza in protest of Hamas' seizing USD 400,000 from the Bank of Palestine.