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Archaeological finds in Syria -- looters and a tomb 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 10:10 AM
Two of Syria's most famous sites from antiquity were in the country's news this week -- one for the discovery of a Byzantine tomb and the other after the arrest of alleged looters trafficking in stolen artefacts.Syria's warm welcome to Lebanese BBC News - Aug 09 5:09 PM
Refugees from Lebanon are finding a warm welcome in Syria despite the two nations' troubled history.Syria's warm welcome BBC News - Aug 09 4:26 PM
Families fleeing war-torn Lebanon find refuge in neighbouring Syria.Desperate Lebanese flee to Syria on foot AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 08 1:56 PM
Carrying luggage and infants, a couple hundred Lebanese and foreigners stepped around craters left behind from Israeli airstrikes and debris from a destroyed immigration office as they fled war-torn Lebanon for Syria on Tuesday.Syria arrests looters of antiquities from ancient Palmyra AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 08 10:33 AM
Syria has reportedly arrested looters trafficking in artefacts stolen from the ancient city of Palmyra, 220 kilometres (136 miles) northeast of Damascus.US paying diplomatic price for Bush refusal to deal directly with Syria, Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 08 9:44 AM
US President George W. Bush persists in communicating only indirectly with Syria and Iran despite criticism he is paying the price for years of diplomacy rooted more in ideology than pragmatism.Syria's crucial role: Why Damascus meddles - and matters International Herald Tribune - Aug 08 7:30 AM
Syria may determine whether Israel's war with Hezbollah ends with an international force in Lebanon or escalates into a regional war.As war rages, Syria tries to reassert influence over Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 08 8:21 AM
The war between Israel and Hezbollah has given Syria an opening toward reasserting its influence over Lebanon, more than a year after its troops were forced out by domestic and international pressure.Baby's tomb found, looters nabbed in Syria Middle East Times - Aug 09 6:40 AM
DAMASCUS -- Two of Syria's most famous sites from antiquity were in the country's news this week - one for the discovery of a Byzantine tomb and the other after the arrest of alleged looters trafficking in stolen artifacts.Desperate Lebanese walk to Syria in search of food, shelter KTRE-TV East Texas - Aug 09 4:20 AM
ON THE LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER The highway is pockmarked with craters, so desperate Lebanese are now walking the dangerous route to Syria.Seeking Roots Beyond the Nation They Helped Establish New York Times - 11 minutes ago
The Circassians, forced from what is now southern Russia in the 1860 s to places like Jordan, Turkey, Syria and the U.S., have settled, but still yearn for home.Desperate Lebanese walk to Syria in search of food, shelter WIS-TV Columbia - Aug 08 6:52 PM
The highway is pockmarked with craters, so desperate Lebanese are now walking the dangerous route to Syria.Middle East: Analysts Debate Syria's Role In The Crisis Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Aug 09 6:11 AM
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2006 (RFE/RL) Israel has frequently accused Syria of directly supplying the weapons Hizballah fighters are using to battle Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.Desperate Lebanese Flee To Syria On Foot KUTV.com - Aug 08 5:34 PM
(AP) ON THE LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER Carrying luggage and infants, a couple hundred Lebanese and foreigners stepped around craters left behind from Israeli airstrikes and debris from a destroyed immigration office as they fled war-torn Lebanon for Syria on Tuesday.Desperate Lebanese walk to Syria in search of food, shelter Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - Aug 08 4:49 PM
ON THE LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER The highway is pockmarked with craters, so desperate Lebanese are now walking the dangerous route to Syria. Just a few weeks ago, the...Desperate Lebanese walk to Syria in search of food, shelter KBCI Boise - Aug 08 4:19 PM
ON THE LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER The highway is pockmarked with craters, so desperate Lebanese are now walking the dangerous route to Syria. Just a few weeks ago, the Beirut-Damascus highway handled hundreds of cars, trucks and buses everyday.Bush raps Syria, Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 07 10:19 AM
US President George W. Bush accused Syria and Iran of fomenting "chaos" in the Middle East, and said both knew exactly what they must do to escape US diplomatic crosshairs.Outside View: The case for engaging Syria UPI - Aug 08 7:53 AM
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- In my last weekly article "The Missing Link," I argued for the need to engage Syria in any future negotiations that may lead to a sustainable cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon.Syria and Iran must rein in Hizbollah: Bush Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 07 7:34 AM
President George W. Bush on Monday blamed Hizbollah for provoking the crisis in Lebanon and called on Syria and Iran to rein in the organization.Syria Has Finger on the Trigger Israel National News - Aug 08 5:42 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Syria continues to be on the highest alert possible, and President Bashar Assad suggested that his country will continue to support Hizbullah.Arab World Fest focuses on sharing, learning Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 31 minutes ago
It is a provocative challenge to organize a festival about the Arab world at a time when maps of Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Iran are a fixture on the nightly news.Bush raps Syria, Iran IranMania.com - Aug 07 10:15 PM
LONDON, August 8 (IranMania) - US President George W Bush on Monday accused Syria and Iran of fomenting "chaos" in the Middle East, and said both knew exactly what they must do to escape US diplomatic crosshairs, AFP reported.Help Syria, and Syria will help International Herald Tribune - Aug 06 2:59 PM
American support for reform in Syria would erode Syria's reasons for backing Iran and Hezbollah.Syria & Iran Still Running the War Israel National News - Aug 07 9:27 PM
(IsraelNN.com) According to a senior officer in military intelligence, briefing the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, Syria continues to supply Hizbullah with weapons Iran continues to run the war, giving instructions to the terror organization.US policy strengthens Islamist hand Bangkok Post - Aug 09 1:14 PM
Damascus, Syria _ Moderate reformers across the Arab world say American support for Israel's battle with the Hizbollah has put them on the defensive, tarring them by association and boosting Islamist parties.Diplomacy at the Crossroads Arab News - Aug 09 4:13 PM
The Times newspaper recently published an article on the Middle East war as seen in cartoons from both the Israeli and Arab papers. The Israeli cartoons emphasized the alliance of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah.Syria rejects Mideast cease-fire plan AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 06 10:26 AM
Syria's foreign minister declared Sunday that a U.S.-French cease-fire plan was "a recipe for the continuation of the war," between Israeli and Hezbollah, which he said the Jewish state cannot win.Syria's U.S. Ambassador: Syria Can Play 'Constructive Role' in Resolving Lebanese War Foreign Relations - Aug 07 8:45 AM
The Hezbollah militia battling Israeli forces in Lebanon is widely believed to receive arms and other support from Syria and Iran. Last year Syria withdrew its remaining 15,000 forces from Lebanon to comply with the demands of the UN Security Council, but regional experts say it continues to exert influence in the country, particularly through assisting Hezbollah.syria, china: Marking 50 years of diplomatic ties Monday Morning - Aug 09 12:22 AM
Syrian President Bashar Assad exchanged congratulatory messages last week with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.Arab reformers feel isolated UPI - Aug 09 10:23 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Arab moderates and reformers say the United States' support of Israel in Lebanon is raising the appeal of Islamist groups.Canada honours the fallen on Peacekeepers Day Airdrie Echo - Aug 09 2:29 PM
Airdrie Echo On Aug. 9, 1974, nine Canadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt and Israel died when their plane was shot down over Syria. That day represents the greatest single loss of Canadian lives on a peacekeeping mission.358 more Bangladeshis to return home from Lebanon News From Bangladesh - Aug 09 11:22 AM
They will arrive in neighbouring Syria from Lebanon within the shortest possible time, Zahirul Haque, the director general of the external publicity wing of the foreign ministry, told reporters quoting Bangladeshi officials in Damascus, Syria.Baghdad security boost as divers seek downed chopper crew TODAYonline - Aug 09 10:17 AM
US Marines race to secure a landing zone for a Blackhawk helicopter near the Syria/Iraq border, November 2005. US and Iraqi forces have launched a new drive to regain control of Baghdad's violent streets, as divers hunted for two US servicemen missing after their Blackhawk helicopter crashed into a waterway.Venezuelan deputies deliver in Syria instrument backing Lebanon El Universal - Aug 07 1:57 PM
From Damascus, the capital city of Syria, congresswoman Desirée Santos Amaral, reported on the delivery of an agreement approved at the National Assembly (AN), whereby "the attack by Israel and the United States on Arabian-Palestine people is rejected."Rice s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home New York Times - 11 minutes ago
Washington s resistance to an immediate cease-fire and its staunch support of Israel have made the secretary of state s work more difficult.Israel, Seeking Rocket Buffer, Sets Expansion New York Times - 12 minutes ago
Israel approved a plan to expand ground operations in Lebanon, but delayed the offensive pending the outcome of diplomatic efforts.Syria calls for Israeli pullout The Charlotte Observer - Aug 07 12:02 AM
Syria's foreign minister declared Sunday that a U.S.-French cease-fire plan was "a recipe for the continuation of the war," between Israel and Hezbollah, which he said the Jewish state cannot win.U.N.'s Mideast diplomatic efforts falter AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
Diplomatic efforts to reach quick agreement on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict faltered Wednesday over differences between the United States and France on the timing of an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.Israel destroys Lebanon's last major tie to Syria Coos Bay World Link - Aug 07 8:14 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air strikes Friday - including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket strike inside Israel to date.Rice s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home New York Times - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
Washington s support of Israel has made it more difficult for the secretary of state to work with other nations as they search for a formula that will end the violence in Lebanon.Syria offer to join Hezbollah IBN live - Aug 07 3:48 AM
Syria has warned that it would join hands with the Hezbollah, leading to a full-scale war in the region.B.B.P. Leader Yazicioglu Leaves For Syria TurkishPress.com - Aug 07 7:40 AM
ANKARA - Muhsin Yazicioglu, leader of the Grand Unity Party (BBP), left for Syria on Monday to hold a series of talks. Yazicioglu is scheduled to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri.Lebanese Hizbollah denies Iranians among its fighters Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 4:34 PM
Hizbollah denied on Thursday that Iranian fighters were among its guerrillas battling Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.Anti-U.S. Feeling Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated Gasden Times - Aug 09 3:04 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 8 Moderate reformers across the Arab world say American support for Israels battle with Hezbollah has put them on the defensive, tarring them by association and boosting Islamist parties.Land route out of Lebanon still best -- DFA INQ7.net - Aug 09 2:35 AM
AFTER earlier deciding on a sea evacuation of Filipinos out of Lebanon, government officials on Wednesday said that option was not urgently needed at the moment and that a land journey from Beirut to Damascus, Syria remained the "best, fastest, and most efficient" way out of the war-torn Middle East country.Iranians among Hizbollah combat dead: TV Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 2:48 PM
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources.Peacekeepers honoured by day Cochrane Times - Aug 09 9:39 AM
For The Cochrane Times On Aug. 9, 1974, nine Canadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt and Israel died when their plane was shot down over Syria. That day represents the greatest single loss of Canadian lives on a peacekeeping mission.Israel, seeking rocket buffer, sets expansion International Herald Tribune - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
Israel approved a plan to expand ground operations in Lebanon, but delayed the offensive pending the outcome of diplomatic efforts. Israeli warplanes dropped leaflets over Lebanon.Syria tries to reassert influence over Lebanon Middle East Online - Aug 08 7:37 AM
Damascus is seeking to play leading role in shaping response to conflict in Lebanon.In 100,000 strong London demonstration: "No peace in Middle East until threats to Syria and Iran are abandoned" Payvand Iran News - Aug 08 8:26 AM
Up to 100, 000 people took part in the anti-war demonstration in London on Saturday August 5, 2006 demanding an immediate ceasefire in the US and UK supported war waged by Israel against Lebanon and the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli soldiers from Lebanon. -Israel to expand war Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 3:35 PM
Israel moved on Wednesday to expand its ground offensive in Lebanon, and Hizbollah's leader vowed to turn it into a graveyard for Israeli troops and unleash more rockets on the city of Haifa.Can Damascus Help Stop the Violence? Spiegel Online English - Aug 09 3:29 AM
Syria's traditional foreign policy can be summed up as a three-step approach: taking advantage of a crisis, allowing the crisis to simmer for a while and, finally, becoming part of the solution. But will it work this time? After years of isolation, the latest Middle East crisis has suddenly put Damascus back on the political map.Lebanon, Syria: Rejection Of U.N. Resolution India Daily - Aug 07 2:40 AM
Syria and Lebanon on Aug. 6 rejected a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution brokered by the United States and France.Lebanon land of choice for proxy warriors Reuters.co.uk - Aug 09 1:55 AM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon, engulfed in blood and destruction for the past four weeks, is once again caught up in a proxy war, this one pitting the United States and its ally Israel against Hizbollah's patrons Iran and Syria.Israel slams Iran, Syria over Hezbollah IranMania.com - Aug 07 2:00 AM
LONDON, August 7 (IranMania) - According to an AFP report, Israel accused Iran of "stoking instability in the region" and also slammed Syria, after a barrage of Hezbollah rocket fire killed 15 people in northern Israel.Acting as 'snatchback' agent, mom helps another parent Arizona Daily Star - Aug 09 12:11 AM
EDITOR'S NOTE: Maureen Dabbagh's quest to bring her abducted daughter home hit one roadblock after another; she was stymied as her ex-husband took Nadia from Saudi Arabia to Syria. But if she couldn't rescue Nadia, she could use her training as a child recovery agent to help others, like a man who sought the return of his 3-year-old daughter from Egypt . Fourth of a five-part series; the first The Deal That Could Disarm Hizballah Time Magazine - Aug 09 12:44 PM
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora thinks his government can end the crisis over Hizballah's arms -- if only the Bush administration would help get Israel to hand over the contested area of Sheba Farms Syria: Regional war 'most welcome' MSNBC - Aug 06 7:33 AM
Syria s foreign minister offered on Sunday to join Hezbollah and said his country s army had standing orders to respond immediately to any Israeli attacks.Start Talking New York Times - Aug 07 7:46 PM
The United States needs to offer a serious high-level discussion with Syria, and it needs to do it now.Syria Will Not Interfere with War between Israel and Lebanon PanARMENIAN.Net - Aug 08 7:06 AM
"In this case it will have to deal with the US and Russia in direct sense," Armenian political scientists believe.Lebanon Oil Spill a Biodiversity Disaster, Cleanup Blocked Environment News Service - Aug 09 2:27 AM
ATHENS, Greece , August 8, 2006 (ENS) - Two United Nations experts arrived today in Syria to evaluate the consequences of the oil spill that has contaminated more than 140 kilometers of the Lebanese coastline and has spread north into Syrian waters.Saudi monarch makes rare trip to Turkey AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 11:59 AM
King Abdullah is in Turkey the first visit here by a Saudi monarch in four decades, a development many see as an example of Turkey shifting its foreign policy focus from the European Union toward the Middle East.Nasrallah CDs, mementos sell like hot cakes in Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 07 4:10 AM
Excerpts from a speech by Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah blast from the speakers of Tareq Otabashi's music shop in the Syrian capital.Chilling threat as Syria offer to join with Hezbollah The Scotsman - Aug 06 4:58 PM
SYRIA'S foreign minister yesterday offered to join militant group Hezbollah in its fight against Israel and said a regional war would be "most welcome" as more than 30 people in Israel and Lebanon were killed on one of the worst days since the conflict...US slams Bush refusal to deal directly with Iran IranMania.com - Aug 08 9:44 PM
LONDON, August 9 (IranMania) - US President George W Bush persists in communicating only indirectly with Syria and Iran despite criticism he is paying the price for years of diplomacy rooted more in ideology than pragmatism, said AFP.The relentless blitz Monday Morning - Aug 09 12:21 AM
Syria offered to put all its resources at Lebanon s disposal to support its heroic endurance , according to the official SANA news agency in Damascus.Israeli shakes up war's chain of command AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 9:52 AM
Israel has appointed a plain-speaking combat veteran to command the war in Lebanon after a 30-year career mostly focused on fighting Hezbollah guerrillas.Israel, Hezbollah Clash; UN Truce Resolution Stalls (Update1) Bloomberg.com - 26 minutes ago
Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah fighters clashed in southern Lebanese villages, as the United Nations Security Council failed to agree on a revised resolution to end the month-long conflict.France and US divided over Lebanon resolution: Chirac AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 9:24 AM
French President Jacques Chirac warned it would be "immoral" to give up trying to secure an immediate truce in Lebanon, but admitted Paris and Washington were divided over the wording of a new UN ceasefire resolution.About 2,000 Syrian troops leave Lebanon Tiscali - Aug 08 11:28 PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 2,000 Syrian troops have pulled out of eastern Lebanon over the past week, a senior Lebanese security source has said, bringing Syria a step closer to ending its 29-year military domination of Lebanon.Israeli Casualties Mount Amid Fresh Offensive Los Angeles Times - 56 minutes ago
JERUSALEM -- Israel suffered its worst military death toll in a month of fighting in south Lebanon, when 15 soldiers were killed Wednesday during ground skirmishes with Hezbollah guerrillas.Europe's role: Help Israel abandon its failed strategy International Herald Tribune - Aug 09 8:50 AM
The Israeli government and Israel's people need to rethink their entire strategy, not only in Lebanon, but toward all their neighbors.US, France try to narrow split on UN Mideast draft Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 9:04 AM
The United States and France are struggling to narrow differences over an Israeli troop withdrawal from Lebanon, which are blocking a U.N. resolution to end the four-week war.Israel slams Iran, Syria News Interactive - Aug 06 3:02 PM
ISRAEL has accused Iran of "stoking instability in the region" and also slammed Syria, after a barrage of Hezbollah rocket fire killed 15 people in northern Israel.A Wake Up Call: The Cost of Indecisiveness Accuracy In Media - Aug 08 11:22 PM
Washington has urged Jerusalem to accelerate to 150 miles per hour on the road to destroying the capabilities of Hizballah, the Syria-Iran proxy, which murdered 300 Americans in Beirut in 1983 and is involved in anti-US terrorism in Iraq in 2006. However, Jerusalem does not press the pedal to the metal, and does not exceed 80 miles per hour.French changes to resolution rankle U.S. AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 8:20 AM
The United States and France appeared at odds Wednesday over Arab demands to change a U.N. resolution they are co-sponsoring to call for a complete halt in Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities and withdrawal of Israeli forces, diplomats said.Hassan Nasrallah, new hero of the Islamic world AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 7:04 AM
The Islamic world has a new hero. In Muslim countries from Morocco to Indonesia, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is being feted as the man who took on mighty Israel -- and is winning.New Leader, Wider Front Signal Israel Unease Over War Progress Bloomberg.com - Aug 09 6:21 PM
Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's decisions to change the commander of its military forces in Lebanon and expand its ground operations there reflect the conviction that the war with Hezbollah isn't going well, Israeli military analysts said.UN: Environmental Impact Of Lebanon Oil Spill Scoop.co.nz - Aug 08 5:05 PM
Two United Nations experts arrived in Syria today to evaluate the consequences of the oil spill caused by Israelâ s bombardment of a power plant in Lebanon that has already polluted over 140 kilometres of coastline, according to the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ), which reported that no clean-up action has yet been possible.U.S., France At Odds on Resolution For Mideast Washington Post - Aug 09 6:37 AM
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 9 -- The United States and France have split over key provisions in a compromise resolution to end hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, triggering intense diplomatic scrambling, according to European and U.S. officials.Batelco adds new destination to the list of its two-way mobile prepaid roaming service Zawya - Aug 08 9:49 PM
Batelco is adding Syriatel in Syria to the continually growing two-way mobile prepaid (SimSim) roaming list of destinations that already includes 8 operators in 7 destinations.Looking at Iraq's future as a state BBC News - Aug 09 2:10 PM
Calls for Iraq's partition have increased as the Sunni-Shia death toll rises, reports analyst Roger Hardy.Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Lebanon Invasion (Update6) Bloomberg.com - Aug 09 3:35 PM
Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's security cabinet today approved expanding Israel's invasion of Lebanon as far north as the Litani River as the United Nations Security Council grappled with a resolution for ending the month-old conflict between Israel and the militant Islamic group Hezbollah.Ancient Syrian Settlements Seen in Spy Satellite Images SPACE.com / LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - Aug 07 2:30 PM
Spy satellite images taken in the 1960s and declassified in the 1990s have been used to find ancient settlements in Syria.Chirac meets for peace talks CNN.com - Aug 09 4:22 AM
French President Jacques Chirac says peace talks to resolve conflict in the Middle East will focus on a return of sovereignty to Lebanon and Israel's right to security.Israel debates stepped up Lebanon ground war AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 4:14 AM
Israeli fighter jets have waged deadly new bombing raids on swathes of Lebanon as the security cabinet mulled whether to widen the ground war to crush the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah.Agencies struggle to get aid into south Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 3:54 AM
Humanitarian efforts in southern Lebanon stalled for a second successive day on Wednesday as aid workers tried to reach the area, avoiding artillery and air strikes after Israel banned movement there.Syria rejects Mideast cease-fire plan Syracuse.com - Aug 06 10:35 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Syria's foreign minister declared Sunday that a U.S.-French cease-fire plan was "a recipe for the continuation of the war," between Israeli and Hezbollah, which he said the Jewish state cannot win.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Aug 08 10:55 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon, August 8 (UNHCR) A six-truck convoy of emergency supplies for the UN refugee agency arrived in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, the first UNHCR convoy to arrive from Syria since the main remaining road link into the country was severed by air strikes last week.U.S., France at odds over Lebanon demand AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 2:47 AM
The United States and France appeared at odds Wednesday over Arab demands to change a U.N. resolution they are co-sponsoring to call for a complete cessation of Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities and withdrawal of Israeli forces, diplomats said.Syria won t hesitate to respond to Israeli aggression minister Itar-Tass - Aug 06 10:57 AM
BEIRUT, August 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Syria will not hesitate to respond to an Israeli aggression and engage in a regional war, Foreign Minister Walid Mualem told a Sunday press conference in Beirut.Anti-U.S. feeling leaves Arab reformers isolated International Herald Tribune - Aug 08 9:04 PM
The very people whom the United States wanted to encourage to promote democracy instead feel trapped by a policy that they now ridicule more or less as "destroying the region in order to save it."OIC Decides To Open Bureaus In Syria And Lebanon TurkishPress.com - Aug 06 11:37 AM
ISTANBUL - The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) decided to open bureaus in Syria and Lebanon to carry out relief efforts effectively.Anti-U.S. Feeling Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated New York Times - Aug 08 9:48 PM
Moderate Arab reformers say that U.S. support for Israel s battle with Hezbollah has put them on the defensive.The sheikh behind Hizbullah The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Aug 09 1:00 AM
Even Israel's most legendary military general a veteran of every war of Israel but this current one is believed to have found Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah a worthy enemy.Talking and Shunning in the Mideast (8 Letters) New York Times - Aug 08 7:17 PM
To the Editor:.Hizbollah fighter tells Israel he trained in Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 07 11:35 AM
A Hizbollah fighter captured by Israel has told interrogators he received training in Iran and arrived there on a flight from Syria, a tape of the interrogation released by the Israeli army showed on Monday.SYRIA READY FOR WAR Gulf Daily News - Aug 06 2:51 PM
BEIRUT: Syria yesterday said it was ready for regional war and condemned a draft UN resolution seeking to end the violence in Lebanon as merely a recipe for more conflict.Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Lebanon Incursion (Update3) Bloomberg.com - Aug 09 11:50 AM
Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's security cabinet today approved expanding Israel's incursion into Lebanon as far north as the Litani River as the United Nations Security Council grappled with a resolution for ending the month-old conflict.Saudi Monarch Makes Rare Trip to Turkey Los Angeles Times - Aug 09 12:19 PM
ANKARA, Turkey -- King Abdullah is in Turkey -- the first visit here by a Saudi monarch in four decades, a development many see as an example of Turkey shifting its foreign policy focus from the European Union toward the Middle East.