Turkey assured the Damascus government on Sunday it would not let Israel use its airspace to strike Syria after an Israeli raid heightened tension in the Middle East.
Diplomats and political analysts say Syria is building strong ties to former Iraqi Baathists and Sunni insurgents in hopes of gaining influence in Iraq.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A small Syrian military plane crashed south of Damascus on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses at the scene said.
Suicide bombers are being recruited in Syria and delivered to Iraq though a network linked to al-Qaida, The Times of London reported Sunday.
Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Sunday in Damascus that his country would not let Israel use its airspace to launch attack against Syria as tension remains high after an air raid by the Jewish state into deep Syria las ...
Syria is hoping to gain influence in Iraq before what it sees as the inevitable waning of the American presence there, diplomats and political analysts say.
Turkey assured the Damascus regime on Sunday it would not let Israel use its airspace to strike Syria after a recent Israeli raid heightened tensions. Diplomats said at least four Israeli planes flew along the Syrian-Turkish border before striking inside Syria on September 6. Syria and Israel have given little information on the target.
Damascus - Syria's State Security Court Sunday convicted five Islamists for belonging to a secret organization that allegedly aims to change the state's entity, a human rights group said. The court sentenced Mohammad Said Dahman to nine years in jail...
Damascus: Three people were killed after a small Syrian military plane crashed in to an olive grove south of Damascus on Sunday, witnesses said. There was no immediate confirmation or comment from government officials in Syria, who rarely comment on military issues.
SYRIA UPDATE....ABC News reports that the United States was initially opposed to an Israeli strike against a military base in northeast Syria:In early July the Israelis presented the United States with satellite imagery that they said showed a nuclear facility...