Mixed reaction appears in Mideast to Obama´s win in U.S. presidential election

The Mideast is waiting for "a new era to end the policies of George W. Bush that the whole world and not only the American people has been paying the price in the past eight years," el-Reidi said in a statement on Wednesday.

"We do hope the power-driven policy would be replaced by dialogue," said el-Reidi, adding that Obama "would have the power to change."

The Cairo-based Arab League also welcomes Obama's win with the hope that the United States would change its way of superpower in dealing with the Mideast issues.

Addressing the European parliament foreign relations committee in Brussels, AL Secretary General Amr Moussa urged the United States to change its Mideast policy.

"The superpower's policy must be changed, especially as regards the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian issue," Moussa was quoted by MENA as saying.

Noting that the Arab-Israeli conflict needs a U.S. policy of "good-intention," the pan-Arab body chief said he hopes the U.S. administration to play an important role to resolve the Mideast conflict, which is among Obama's priorities.

In war-torn Iraq, the government hailed on Wednesday the triumph of Obama in the U.S. presidential election.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh asserted the "true desire of his government in cooperation with the elected president in a way that would achieve the common interests of the two peoples."