Iranian companies are charging into Syria, looking to cash in on a recent privatization push by Damascus.
US President George W. Bush and the son of slain former prime minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon were to discuss the crisis there and Syria's influence on Thursday, the White House said Wednesday.
It's been nearly a month since the predawn Israeli airstrike on northern Syria. And still no retaliation from Damascus.
(RTTNews) - Syria and Iran are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on the import of Iranian natural gas through Turkey to Syria, the official Syrian Arab News Agency quoted Iran's acting oil minister Gholam Hoseyn Nowzari as saying.
A usually talkative Israel partially lifted an uncharacteristically effective news blackout, allowing Israel-based reporters to say that Israeli aircraft attacked a military target in Syria nearly a month ago, bringing Israel's military censorship into a rare spotlight.
JERUSALEM— Nearly a month after a mysterious Israeli military airstrike in Syria generated political aftershocks from Washington to North Korea, the Israeli government lifted its official veil of secrecy Tuesday.
The nation's media can now cite foreign news reports about last month's operation but may not publish other data they uncover. Easing a news blackout, Israel acknowledged Tuesday that its air force had struck an unspecified military target deep inside Syria last month.
In a country notorious for talkative officials, Israel's silence on a recent air raid in Syria has been an anomaly. The official blackout lasted nearly a month, but it finally ended, partially, on Tuesday.
JERUSALEM - Easing a news blackout, Israel acknowledged yesterday that its air force had struck an unspecified military target deep inside Syria in September.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Tuesday eased a strict news blackout on an airstrike in Syria last month, allowing the first publication of reports it struck an unspecified "military target" deep inside Syrian territory.