SHIR HEVER, ECONOMIST, ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION CENTER: On April 13, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the state of Palestine tendered his resignation. President Mahmoud Abbas, after a brief meeting with ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is likely to keep Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in office for the next few weeks while the United States tries to revive Middle East peace talks, officials said on ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 1 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad have agreed to form a new Cabinet headed by Fayyad, al-Quds al-Arabi reported. The ...

A two-state solution remains the goal of the United States and the West, but many in the region say the devastation in Gaza and the lack of effective Palestinian leadership make it a remote prospect.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced pressure from Western allies on Thursday not to let Prime Minister Salam Fayyad quit at a time when Washington is seeking to resurrect Middle East peace talks ...

21 August 2009 RAMALLAH: The Israeli internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, guards Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on some of their trips around the West Bank, ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad quit on Saturday after months of tension with President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving the administration in disarray just as the United ...

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ain el-Tineh. Abbas had arrived Wednesday in Beirut beginning a three-day visit to Lebanon, his first in seven ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 15 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday appointed independent lawmaker Salam Fayyad to serve as prime minister of an emergency government, Palestinian ...

BEIRUT: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he was ready for reconciliation talks with rivals Hamas, hinting that the Islamist group may be more amenable to compromise after developments ...