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US must try to engage Iraq, Syria: Baker report authors 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 2:53 PM
The lead authors of a sweeping review of US Iraq policy stressed that Washington must engage Iran and Syria to help achieve peace and security in Iraq and the wider Middle East.Israeli official says Syria preparing for war AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 12:59 PM
Israel believes Syria is preparing for war by stepping up missile production and deploying anti-tank rockets along the border, a senior intelligence official was quoted as saying.Israel should hold talks with Syria: Israeli official AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 1:46 AM
Israel should restart peace talks with Syria, a senior military official has been quoted as saying, in comments that are at odds with recent statements by the country's political leaders.US must try to engage Iraq, Syria: report authors Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The lead authors of a sweeping review of US Iraq policy stressed Sunday that Washington must engage Iran and Syria to help achieve peace and security in Iraq and the wider Middle East.Syria preparing for war: Israeli army AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 10 12:03 PM
A top Israeli military official told the Cabinet that Syria is preparing its forces for a military conflict with Israel, a senior government official said.Israeli PM says Bush won't change stance on Syria, Iran People's Daily - Dec 10 4:39 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that he believed U.S. President George W. Bush would not change his stance regarding Syria and Iran, Israel's local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its website.Israeli intelligence chief warns: Syria is expanding its long-range missile manufacture and anti-tank rocket deployment DEBKAfile - Dec 10 1:46 PM
DEBKA file s military sources quote two statements by Israeli generals Sunday, Dec. 10 to the Israeli cabinet: OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen Gadi Eisenkott denounced as irresponsible talk of a war with Syria and Hizballah in the summer of 2007.Syria jails man for membership in Brotherhood The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 10 1:33 PM
Syria's High Security Court on Sunday sentenced a Syrian to 12 years in prison for membership in the banned Muslim Brotherhood, a human rights group said. "Mohammad Thabet Helli has been sentenced by the State High Security Court to 12 years in jail for belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood," said.MI officer: Syria preparing its army for war Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 10 10:32 AM
Syria is preparing its army for a war with Israel, according to the chief of the research department of the IDF's Military Intelligence.Political Project for a Democratic Change in Syria Kurdish Media - Dec 10 4:48 AM
The Syrian opposition aims and supports the idea of regime change and spreading of democracy; the Kurdish National Assembly Syria has contacted various forces and oppositions from various elements of Syrian society including different religions and nationalities in Syria to form a wide coalition in preparation for regime change.Israel should hold talks with Syria: official Khaleej Times - Dec 10 1:35 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel should restart peace talks with Syria, a senior military official was quoted as saying Sunday, in comments that are at odds with recent statements by the country s political leaders.East Timor govt bans exit visas to Syria AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Dec 09 7:42 PM
East Timor's government has banned exit visas to Syria amid concerns a vice syndicate is trafficking women into prostitution in the Middle East.Iran? Syria? U.S. already talking to al-Qaida allies WorldNet Daily - Dec 09 10:10 PM
WASHINGTON With suggestions the U.S. negotiate with Syria and Iran dominating the news, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reports Washington has already been talking quietly to a Syrian dissident group linked directly to the 9/11 hijackers and their sponsors in al-Qaida.Iraq and Syria to reopen embassies TVNZ - Dec 09 1:44 PM
Iraq and Syria will re-open their respective embassies on Monday after decades of diplomatic deep freeze, Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi said on Saturday following talks with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem.Rice wary of seeking Iran, Syria's help AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 2:57 PM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced skepticism on Friday over a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the United States seek Iran and Syria's help to stabilize Iraq, saying they should want to take such steps on their own.Iraq and Syria to reopen embassies on Monday AlertNet - Dec 09 12:25 PM
Source: Reuters DAMASCUS, Dec. 9 (Reuters) - Iraq and Syria will re-open their respective embassies on Monday after decades of diplomatic deep freeze, Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi said on Saturday following talks ... Iraqi official urges Iran, Syria to secure borders AlertNet - Dec 09 10:40 AM
Source: Reuters MANAMA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Iraqi national security adviser on Saturday accused Iran and Syria of deliberately failing to secure their borders with Iraq, saying 90 percent of suicide bombers entered ... Olmert chastises German FM for Syria visit AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 11:24 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert criticized German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for visiting Syria this week, branding Damascus a backer of terrorism and the insurgency in Iraq.U.S. can t count on Iran or Syria Boston Herald - Dec 09 2:53 AM
President Bush yesterday left the door open a tiny crack to one of the most controversial recommendations in the Iraq Study Group report - direct talks with Iran and Syria.Bush tells Iran, Syria how they can join Iraq talks CNN.com - Dec 08 5:00 AM
After talks with his top Iraq war ally President Bush on Thursday indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions.Next battleground will be a familiar one, Israelis say / In Golan Heights, tensions with Syria are on the increase San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 10 3:58 AM
From afar, the only thing that Jamie Ben-David could see moving in the picturesque valley of Kuneitra was a white U.N. jeep racing between the manicured fruit groves. But as he drew nearer, the pastoral view was soon shattered. In the foreground lay... U.S.: Rice Skeptical Of Call To Engage With Iran, Syria Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Dec 09 5:52 AM
December 9, 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reacted skeptically to suggestions that the United States should engage with Iran and Syria to try to stabilize Iraq.Syria and Turkey meet to boost local authority links AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 09 1:00 PM
Syrian and Turkish officials opened a conference in Damascus focused on local authorities and aimed at boosting ties between the two countries.Nelson trip includes Syria visit St. Petersburg Times - Dec 08 10:47 PM
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bill Nelson plans to leave today for a multicountry trip to the Middle East. Included will be a stop in Syria, where he is expected to meet with President Basher Assad.Rice Skeptical Regarding Talks With Iran and Syria Israel National News - Dec 09 10:30 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Following statements from Iran and Syria, expressing a willingness to assist the United States in Iraq, UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan called on the White House to enter into talks with the two.Nelson will visit Syria Gainesville Sun - Dec 09 3:03 AM
WASHINGTON mdash; Sen. Bill Nelson plans to leave today for a multi-country trip to the Middle East, which will include a stop in Syria where he is expected to meet with President Basher Assad.Olmert rejects call to talk with Syria about Palestine Los Angeles Daily News - Dec 08 4:46 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush administration stabilize Iraq.MI officer: Syria preparing its army for war with Israel Haaretz Daily - Dec 10 8:00 AM
The head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, said Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing for a war with Israel.Israel should hold talks with Syria: Israeli official TODAYonline - Dec 10 1:59 AM
Israelis tour a military bunker, a relic from the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war on Bental hill next to the village of Merom Golan in the Golan Heights.Nelson plans to visit Syria on Middle East trip FOX 10 Mobile - Dec 08 4:27 PM
WASHINGTON Senator Bill Nelson is going to the Middle East and plans to meet with President Basher Assad in Syria. A report released this week on Iraq suggests the...Syria lists terms for talks with U.S. / Damascus seeks bigger role for Iraq's Sunnis and a timetable for withdrawal of San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 08 3:43 AM
Syria is ready for dialogue with the United States over curbing sectarian killings in Iraq, officials here say, but not before the formation of a new Baghdad government to give Sunnis more power and a fixed timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal.... Jumblatt appeals to socialist leaders for pressure on Syria to change its ways The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 08 1:36 PM
The head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), MP Walid Jumblatt, called on the leaders of socialist parties Friday to gather efforts to change Syria's policy concerning Lebanon and end Iranian interference in Lebanese affairs. Speaking at the annual Convention of Socialist Parties held in Porto, Portugal, Jumblatt held Syria's allies in Lebanon.Outreach to Iran, Syria on Iraq unlikely UPI - Dec 08 11:23 AM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A proposal for direct talks between the United States and Iran and Syria on helping to bring stability to Iraq has received a presidential scowl in Washington.Bush sets conditions for Iran, Syria talks; Blair to head for Middle East AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:50 AM
President George W. Bush said that Iran and Syria must stop helping extremists and commit to help Iraq's fledgling government before any talks with the two.Hawks bolster skeptical president MSNBC - Dec 10 12:13 AM
Steady condemnation from conservatives for the Iraq Study Group report may be providing some cover to the Bush administration as it completes its own review of strategy in Iraq, apparently with little enthusiasm for the panel's prescription of U.S. troop withdrawal and dialogue with Syria and Iran.[!]UN speaks of arms movements on Syria-Lebanon border AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 6:22 AM
The UN has been informed of "movements of arms" on the Syria-Lebanon border though it says these have not been verified, the French foreign ministry has said.Rice Skeptical on Iran, Syria Washington Post - Dec 08 3:56 PM
Secretary is wary of panel's recommendation that U.S. seek countries' help with stabilizing Iraq.Hundreds of thousands protest in Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 1 minute ago
Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah members and their allies flooded central Beirut on Sunday demanding changes in the government's makeup as soldiers strung more barbed wire around the offices of the Western-backed premier.Syria sees US report on Iraq as 'objective' AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:21 AM
Syria has described as "objective" a report by a high-level US panel which called for a new strategy toward the conflict in Iraq, especially on the role of its neighbours.Brunei Products Promoted At Women Expo In Oman BruDirect.com - Dec 10 3:17 PM
Bandar Seri Begawan - Companies from Brunei Darussalam joined other foreign exhibitors from Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom at the Women Expo 2006 which commenced yesterday in Oman to promote their products towards global recognition and acceptance.East Timor acts on Syrian sex traffickers The Age - Dec 10 5:12 AM
East Timor's Government bans exit visas to Syria amid concerns a vice syndicate is trafficking women into prostitution in the Middle East.Talking with Syria, Iran could benefit Mideast, U.S. St. Petersburg Times - Dec 07 10:14 PM
Early edition: Iran and Syria - Iraq's most difficult neighbors - might play a constructive role if only the Bush administration ever decides to talk to them.Israeli officer: War talk 'irresponsible' UPI - Dec 10 6:52 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Talk about an Israeli war with Syria next summer is "irresponsible," a senior Israeli military officer said Sunday.Israel brushes off Iraq report, no to Syria talks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:36 AM
Israel's prime minister on Thursday said it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with woes in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report urging negotiations.Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria s recommendations on the Baker-Hamilton report for the US Government Kurdish Media - Dec 08 5:48 AM
Security, stability, and peace cannot be established in Iraq or in fact in the Middle East while the same regimes in Syria and Iran continue to pursue their agenda of defeating the US in Iraq, destroying the democracy in Kurdistan of Iraq, meddling in Lebanon s affairs, destroying Israel and supporting terrorist organizations through-out the Middle East. The radicals and the terrorists who are Despite urging by Iraq report, Bush won't talk with Iran, Syria Haaretz Daily - Dec 08 3:45 AM
United States President George W. Bush said on Thursday he has no plans to hold talks with Syria and Iran, despite the recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report.Leaders defend call for new Iraq plan AP via Yahoo! News - 46 minutes ago
Leaders of a bipartisan panel on Iraq defended their call for a new war strategy Sunday, saying it embraces President Bush's goal of an Iraq government that can defend and sustain itself.Don t discount diplomacy Winona Daily News - Dec 10 5:43 AM
This week, the Iraq Study Group released its recommendations. As such, the group concludes, Dealing with Iran and Syria is controversial.Beirut rally squeezes government Reuters via Yahoo! News - 58 minutes ago
Hundreds of thousands of chanting protesters swamped Beirut on Sunday in a Hezbollah-led rally that marked a leap forward in the opposition's drive to unseat Lebanon's Western-backed government.Germany, heading the EU, plans to woo Syria too Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 10 1:47 AM
Not only the United States will look for Syrian assistance in imposing "peace" to end the Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict. Germany, when it heads the EU in 2007, will also look to the terrorist-sponsoring regime of Bashar el-Assad to help bring about a solution.Hezbollah steps up protests against Lebanese government USA Today - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
Hezbollah and its allies stepped up their campaign to oust Lebanon's U.S.-backed government Sunday by flooding downtown Beirut with hundreds of thousands of chanting protesters in a mass show of force.Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected the dangerous recommendations of a top U.S. panel that called for a change of Al Jazeera - Dec 10 6:57 AM
Talabani had previously praised the Iraq Study Group report, led by former secretary of state James Baker and Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton, for recommending that the U.S. hold direct talks with neighboring countries, including Iran and Syria.Canadian Politics: Fallout From Inquiry Into Torture Victim Maher Arar Continues Blogcritics.org - Dec 10 10:35 AM
It's been slightly more then four years since Maher Arar , a Canadian citizen, was arrested by American security forces for suspicion of terrorist activity on the advice of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The American's deported Mr. Arar to Syria, his country of birth, where he spent a year in jail being tortured for information about his non-existent ties with al-Qaeda. This year Iran plays down calls for US talks on Iraq Sharewatch - Dec 10 9:11 AM
Foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said it was too early to react to the Iraq Study Group report compiled by a US panel which advised US President George Bush to talk with Iran and Syria to bring peace to Iraq.Discovery heads to space station, Top headlines from around the world CNN.com - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
December 11, 2006Report: U.S. Talking with Syrian Al Qaeda Cell Israel National News - Dec 10 10:15 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The United States has been talking with an Al Qaeda-sponsored terrorists group in Syria in an all-out effort to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad, WorldNetDaily publisher Joseph Farrah reported Sunday.Israeli officer: War talk 'irresponsible' EARTHtimes.org - Dec 10 6:48 AM
Israel's Northern Command is responsible for the northern front with Syria and Lebanon.Syria hails chance to participate BBC News - Dec 07 6:21 AM
The ISG call to involve Syria on Iraq gives Damascus an opportunity to escape isolation, says the BBC's Jon Leyne.Protesters in Beirut Urge Government?s Ouster New York Times - Dec 10 6:03 PM
The center of Beirut was packed today with hundreds of thousands of pro-Hezbollah and allied demonstrators.Iraqi leader: U.S. report is 'dangerous' USA Today - Dec 10 4:48 PM
The Iraqi president said Sunday the bipartisan U.S. report calling for a new approach to the war offered dangerous recommendations that would undermine his country's sovereignty and were "an insult to the people of Iraq."Iraq Plan Hinges on Uncertain Embrace From Iran, Syria, Shiites Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 9:07 PM
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Iraq Study Group's plan for an orderly U.S. exit from Iraq hinges on the cooperation of some of the most anti-American forces in the region -- Iran, Syria and radical Iraqi Shiite leaders -- as well as President George W. Bush's support.Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of December 4, 2006 ArabicNews.com - Dec 09 6:42 PM
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now!Bush tells Iran,Syria how they can join Iraq talks IranMania.com - Dec 08 12:22 AM
LONDON, December 8 (IranMania) - After talks with his top Iraq war ally US President George W Bush indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions, CNN reported.No Rift With Administration, Baker and Hamilton Say Washington Post - Dec 10 2:29 PM
Former secretary of state James A. Baker III said for the first time yesterday that the Iraq Study Group remains committed to democracy in Iraq, as he and Co-Chairman Lee H. Hamilton offered conciliatory words to a Bush administration that has reacted coolly to the panel's key recommendations.Huge protest pressures Lebanese government CNN.com - Dec 10 2:45 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving protesters flooded central Beirut on Sunday after a call by the Hezbollah-led opposition to step up their 10-day campaign to topple Lebanon's Western-backed government.Iran plays down calls for US talks on Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 12:14 PM
Iran played down calls for talks with the United States to stabilise the situation in Iraq, saying Washington did not need to negotiate with the Islamic republic to withdraw its troops.Iraq Study Group chairs defend report Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 11:47 AM
The chairmen of the Iraq Study Group on Sunday defended their report as a "responsible way" out of the war, while President George W. Bush prepares to unveil his new strategy later this month.Baker and Hamilton Defend Report on Iraq New York Times - Dec 10 12:03 PM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 The lead authors of the report from the bipartisan Iraq Study Group defended their approach today to the United States? war policy as ?a responsible way forward,? amid rising criticism from conservatives and the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, who said the report contained ?some very dangerous articles.?.Protest Crowds Surge as Beirut Braces for Next Step Washington Post - Dec 10 2:10 PM
BEIRUT, Dec. 10 -- Hezbollah and its allies turned out the biggest crowds yet in downtown Beirut, sending hundreds of thousands of followers to the gates of the government headquarters Sunday in a feat of mobilization and discipline described by some leaders as the last mass protest before the...The View from Syria of the Iraq Study Group Report NPR - Dec 07 6:20 AM
Robert Malley, the Middle East and North Africa Program Director of the International Crisis Group, talks about Syria's reaction on the Iraq Study Group report. He speaks with Deborah Amos from Damascus, where Malley is meeting with Syrian officials.Total success in Iraq 'not possible': former US secretary of state AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 2:10 PM
Total success for the US-led coalition in Iraq is not possible, former US secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger told Britain's Sky News television.Lebanon deal in offing after huge opposition rally AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 1:58 PM
Lebanon's feuding pro- and anti-Syrian factions looked set for a compromise after an opposition rally drew protestors on to the streets of Beirut in numbers the army said were "unprecedented."Brent Batten: On Iraq, castration and other madness Naples Daily News - Dec 09 9:37 PM
Yet more evidence that it s a mad, mad world: The report of the Iraq study group includes this passage: Given the ability of Iran and Syria to influence events within Iraq and their interest in avoiding chaos in Iraq, the United States should try to engage them constructively. Senior IDF officer: Talks of Impending War ´Irresponsible´ Israel National News - Dec 10 4:45 AM
(IsraelNN.com) An unnamed senior officer in the IDF's Northern Command said Sunday morning that "We don t have any information that Syria plans to go to war this summer [of 2007], or to heat up the border with acts of resistance or fighting."Gunmen kill Shi'ite families in Baghdad Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 11:50 AM
Gunmen killed nine members of two Shi'ite families in a mostly Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad on Sunday and police found the bodies of 60 more apparent victims of sectarian killings gripping the capital.Hezbollah agrees Arab peace plan for Lebanon: envoy AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 12:52 PM
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has accepted an Arab League plan to resolve the crisis in Lebanon pitting the Hezbollah-led opposition against the government, the bloc's envoy said.World news The West Australian - Dec 09 8:01 PM
East Timor's government has banned exit visas to Syria amid concerns a vice syndicate is trafficking women into prostitution in the Middle East. Labour Minister Arsenio Bano said the government had taken action after women were offered free air tickets to Syria to work as babysitters and housemaids.Protesters Jam Beirut to Urge Government?s Ouster New York Times - Dec 10 12:18 PM
Hundreds of thousands of pro-Hezbollah demonstrators pressed their call for the Lebanese government to resign.A Return To September 10th Thinking CBS News - Dec 09 5:37 AM
The administration followed through on its rhetoric with respect to al Qaeda, but as for Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, the approach has been recklessly passive. That is a growing catastrophe, says National Review .Hezbollah supporters protest Saniora AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 8:52 AM
Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters poured into downtown Beirut on Sunday, demanding the prime minister cede some power to the opposition or step down.Pre-conditions take US talks with Iran and Syria off agenda The Herald - Dec 07 4:59 PM
The prospect of America engaging directly with Iran and Syria appeared as distant as ever last night after George W Bush set down pre-conditions that are unlikely to be met.Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Lebanon ABC News - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago
Hundreds of Thousands Flood Beirut, Answering Hezbollah's Call to Protest Lebanese GovernmentThe US report recommends that Israel hand over the Golan heights as part of a peace deal with Syria. Aljazeera - Dec 07 2:48 PM
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has said he has no intention of opening peace talks with Syria, despite the recommendations of a top-level US panel.Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Call For Peace Talks With Syria Nasdaq - Dec 07 11:09 AM
(RTTNews) - Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, indicated he had no intention of initiating any peace talks with Syria as recommended in the Iraq Study Group Report. The report also suggested that Israel should return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for a secure peace agreement.Talabani Says Iraq Report 'Very Dangerous' CBS News - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday harshly criticized the bipartisan Iraq Study Group's report recommending changes to U.S. war policies, saying it contained some "very dangerous" recommendations that would undermine the sovereignty of Iraq.Israel Says It Will Not Hold Talks with Syria Voice of America - Dec 07 10:31 AM
Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, says he has no intention of opening peace talks with Syria, and that it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with efforts to stabilize Iraq - as called for by members of the Iraq Study Group in their report released on Wednesday.Experts: Syria, Iran willing to aid U.S. AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 12:12 PM
Syria and Iran are willing to help stabilize Iraq, as the Iraq Study Group recommended Wednesday, but both countries will want something in return and neither has a magic solution to the chaos, Mideast officials and analysts said.The View from Syria of the Iraq Study Group Report NPR - Dec 07 6:05 AM
Morning Edition , December 7, 2006 ˇ Robert Malley, the Middle East and North Africa Program Director of the International Crisis Group, talks about Syria's reaction on the Iraq Study Group report. He speaks with Deborah Amos from Damascus, where Malley is meeting with Syrian officials.Analysis: Olmert opposes talks with Syria UPI - Dec 07 1:52 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seemed reluctant to go along with proposals to advance peace with Syria but eager to move on the Israeli-Palestinian track.Iraq president rejects Baker-Hamilton report CNN.com - Dec 10 7:31 AM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected the Iraq Study Group's report Sunday, calling it "very dangerous" to Iraq's sovereignty and constitution.*Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Call For Peace Talks With Syria Nasdaq - Dec 07 10:52 AM
(RTTNews) - Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Call For Peace Talks With Syria.*Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Recommendation For Peace Talks With Syria Nasdaq - Dec 07 10:37 AM
(RTTNews) - Israel Rejects Iraqi Study Group Recommendation For Peace Talks With Syria.No unconditional Iran-Syria talks over Iraq: Bush, Blair Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Dec 07 11:30 AM
US President George W Bush says "we need a new approach" in Iraq that could include contacts with Iran and Syria and US troop reductions, a day after a panel pressured him for a swift change in strategy.Rumsfeld Surprises The Troops In Iraq CBS News - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
Outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is on a secret visit to Iraq, CBS News has learned. With only 9 days left in his tenure at the Pentagon, a spokesman said he is using the trip to say farewell to the troops serving overseas.15the ASIAN GAMES - DOHA 2006, ROUNDUP Gulf Times - Dec 09 10:48 PM
Iran join Qatar in handball SF Hojat Rahshenas scored six goals to help Iran overcome Syria 30-25 in their must-win Group E encounter at Al Gharafa Indoor Hall to book their place in the semifinals of the men s handball competition.*Bush - Syria Must Stop Destabilizing Lebanon, Iraq; Talks With Iran Depend On Nuclear Suspension Nasdaq - Dec 07 8:52 AM
(RTTNews) - Bush - Syria Must stop destabilizing Lebanon, Iraq; Talks with Iran depend on Nuclear Suspension.Throng gathers in Beirut to pressure government Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 7:38 AM
Hundreds of thousands of protesters thronged central Beirut on Sunday ahead of a rally called by the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating their campaign to oust Lebanon's Western-backed government.Olmert rejects peace talks with Syria Fox21 - Dec 07 12:47 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he's not interested in discussing peace with Syria.Rice defends Mideast policy after criticism by Baker report AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 3:46 PM
US Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice defended her handling of Middle East policy, rejecting criticism in the just released Iraq Study Group report of her refusal to bring Syria and Iran into talks on ending the chaos in Iraq.Lebanon protesters turn up the heat on Siniora AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 10 7:36 AM
Cries of "Sinioria, out!" echoed across Beirut as hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters packed into the capital for a Hezbollah-led rally the army described as "unprecedented."