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Arab States Weekly Review 7th – 13th Aug 2010

After talks with George Mitchell (US envoy to the Middle-East), Mahmoud Abbas (president of the Palestine Authority) said that direct talks between his side and Israel will resume after a 2-year hiatus.

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani of Iraq received a letter from Barack Obama, in which Obama urged him to persuade country’s rival parties to forge a coalition before the departure of US combat troops at the end of this month. Iraq’s elections in March remain inconclusive, a new government is yet to be established.