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  • Syria calls for Iraq reconciliation and US troop exit Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 3:57 AM
    Syria wants to help Iraqi reconciliation and see the withdrawal of US-led foreign troops, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem was quoted as saying during a landmark visit by Iraqi officials.
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  • Israel, Syria reach understandings Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 10:26 PM
    Israel and Syria have reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks between its representatives, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday.
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  • Israel and Syria 'have held talks on peace' Open this result in new window
    Daily Telegraph - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
    Representatives of Israel and Syria have held secret land-for-peace negotiations over the last two years, it was reported yesterday.
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  • Israel knew of secret peace talks with Syria, say officials Open this result in new window
    Independent - Jan 16 4:12 PM
    Israeli officials have confirmed that the Foreign Ministry knew about a series of peace talks that have taken place in Europe between Syrians and an Israeli team headed by a former senior diplomat. The teams discussed Israel handing back the Golan Heights, which it has occupied since the Six Day War in 1967, to Syria under a formula providing for President Bashar Assad to stop giving support to ...
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  • Israel and Syria had reached an 'understanding' on peace deal Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
    Jerusalem, Jan 16: Israel and Syria had secretly reached an "understanding" for a peace deal before war erupted in Lebanon last year.
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  • Duma seeks Iran, Syria partnership over ME Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - 46 minutes ago
    LONDON, January 17 (IranMania) - Chairman of the Russian Council of Federation's committee on international affairs said that US objection to Iran and Syria partnership in solving the Middle East crisis would result in complicating and prolonging the process, IRNA reported.
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  • Syria denies report of contacts with Israel Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jan 16 4:25 PM
    Syria denied on Tuesday an Israeli media report that it has contacted Israel for peace understandings, the official SANA news agency reported.
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  • Israel and Syria 'held Golan talks' Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Jan 16 6:31 PM
    Uofficial negotiations between Syria and Israel took place between 2004 and 2006, producing agreements that both sides hoped could act as a framework for a future peace deal, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
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  • Israel denies 'secret deal' with Syria Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Jan 16 8:08 AM
    Israel has denied reports that understandings have been reached with Syria after two years of secret peace talks.
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  • Israel, Syria Deny Report of Unofficial Peace Plan Draft Open this result in new window
    Crosswalk.com - Jan 16 6:13 AM
    Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Both Israel and Syria are denying a report that they have engaged in secret meetings over the last few years, resulting in an unofficial draft of a peace plan.
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  • Syria Plans to Offer Oil E&P to US, UK, Canadian Companies Open this result in new window
    Rigzone - Jan 16 8:02 AM
    Syria is preparing to offer new offshore and onshore blocks to international oil companies, including American, Canadian and British firms, an official said Tuesday.
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  • Ancient weapons found in ruins in Syria Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
    It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble.
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  • Secret understandings reached between representatives from Israel and Syria Open this result in new window
    Haaretz Daily - Jan 16 11:03 AM
    In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.
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  • PM: No government officials involved in secret Syria talks Open this result in new window
    Haaretz Daily - Jan 16 11:03 AM
    Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that no government officials were involved in secret contacts with Syria, responding to a Haaretz report that understandings on a peace agreement between Jerusalem and Damascus were formulated in a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006.
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  • Israel denies secret deal with Syria Open this result in new window
    The Age - Jan 16 5:51 AM
    Senior Israeli officials are pouring cold water on reports that a secret peace deal was reached with Syria.
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  • Israel, Syria sought peace via secret talks, says report Open this result in new window
    Albuquerque Tribune - Jan 16 11:09 AM
    The report in the daily Haaretz said the two sides reached a series of understandings that included a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights - captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war - and an end to Syrian support for anti-Israel militant groups.
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  • Duma official seeks Iran, Syria partnership for solving ME crisis Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 16 7:55 AM
    Russia - Iran - ME Chairman of the Russian Council of Federation's committee on international affairs said on Tuesday that US objection to Iran and Syria partnership in solving the Middle East crisis would result in complicating and prolonging the process.
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  • Israel, Syria undergo peace talks Open this result in new window
    AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Jan 15 10:45 PM
    Israel and Syria have reportedly reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks.
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  • Israeli-Syria secret talks surface Open this result in new window
    TVNZ - Jan 16 1:04 AM
    Unofficial negotiators from Israel and Syria drafted in secret talks from 2004 to 2006 a document they hoped could serve as a framework for a future peace accord, Israel's Haaretz daily said on Tuesday.
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  • Israeli daily says Israel, Syria held secret talks on a peace deal Open this result in new window
    EARTHtimes.org - Jan 16 7:08 AM
    Israel and Syria had held several rounds of secret talks between September 2004 and July 2006 on a peace proposal, an Israeli newspaper said Tuesday quoting highly placed sources.
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  • Syria, Kuwait to jointly build a new refinery Open this result in new window
    ANI via Yahoo! India News - Jan 15 9:07 PM
    By Iaonnis Solomou Nicosia, Jan 16 (ANI): The Syrian government has decided to build a third oil refinery at Dair al-Zour at an estimated cost of 1.5 billion dollars, with a capacity to process 140,000 barrels a day. The refinery will be a joint project between Syria and Kuwait, with the participation of the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum, the Syrian Social Insurance Establishment and the Syrian ...
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  • Bushs speech carries hidden threats to Iran, Syria Open this result in new window
    Pakistan News Tribune - Jan 16 1:14 AM
    Could it be true that President Bush may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress?
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  • Olmert Denies Report of Secret Contacts With Syria Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Jan 16 6:51 AM
    (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied a report Tuesday that senior Israeli officials were involved in secret negotiations from 2004 to 2006 with Syria over the future of the Golan Heights.
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  • Secret Syria Talks Claimed Open this result in new window
    Totally Jewish - Jan 16 1:22 AM
    Representatives from Israel and Syria have reached a document of understanding for a peace agreement following two years of talks between the two countries.
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  • Israel/Syria denial Open this result in new window
    Something Jewish - Jan 16 3:49 AM
    A senior Syrian Foreign Ministry official on Tuesday morning denied Israeli newspaper Haaretz's report on secret talks held between Israel and Syria, which led to a document of understandings.
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  • Iraq president makes landmark Syria trip Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 8:08 PM
    Syria's leader promised to help ease tensions in neighboring Iraq during Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's landmark visit to Damascus on Sunday, just days after President Bush accused Syria of backing the Iraqi insurgency.
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  • Olmert dismisses reported Israel-Syria peace proposal Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 7:21 AM
    Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brushed aside on Tuesday an unofficial peace plan drafted by Israelis and Syrians, saying the Israeli government had no part in the initiative and did not take it seriously.
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  • Israel, Syria 'agree on peace' Open this result in new window
    News 24 South Africa - Jan 16 12:27 AM
    Israel and Syria have reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks, according to a report.
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  • Full Text of Leaked Agreement With Syria Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Jan 16 1:36 AM
    Preamble The objective of this effort is to establish normal, peaceful relations between the governments and peoples of Israel and Syria, and to sign a treaty of peace attesting to this achievement.
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  • Should Israel Initiate Negotiations with Syria? Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Jan 15 6:21 PM
    Should Israel Initiate Negotiations with Syria? Objective The objective of this paper is to analyze the major considerations in answer to the basic question: Should Israel initiate negotiations with Syria on a political accord?
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  • Bin Laden Group $170m Syria deal Open this result in new window
    AME Info - Jan 15 8:38 PM
    Saudi Bin Laden Group has set up a holding company with $170m capital in Syria. The Syrian and Saudi joint stock company will trade in building materials. The company will bring under one roof nine building materials firms at a 2.62m sqft industrial compound.
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  • Paper: Israel, Syria reach understanding Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 3:23 AM
    Israeli and Syrian representatives held nearly two years of secret negotiations, coming up with a framework for a peace deal, before war erupted in Lebanon last summer, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.
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  • Report: Unofficial understandings for peace deal between Israel and Syria Open this result in new window
    Al Bawaba - Jan 15 10:40 PM
    In a series of secret talks in Europe during September 2004 to July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace deal between Israel and Syria, Israel's Haaretz daily reported on Tuesday.
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  • Differences over Iran, Syria complicating Iraq strategy Open this result in new window
    El Paso Times - Jan 15 1:54 PM
    President Bush's plan to bring peace to Iraq, already facing resistance in Congress, also has highlighted differences between Washington and Baghdad over how to deal with Syria and Iran.
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  • Iraq president on landmark Syria visit Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 12:55 PM
    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Syria on the first such high-level visit in three decades to a country accused by the United States of fueling the violence in his homeland.
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  • Iraqi Refugee Crisis Seen Deepening Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
    Iraq is emerging as one of the fastest-growing refugee crises in the world, with an estimated 1.7 million Iraqis displaced from their homes and up to 100,000 fleeing the country to Jordan, Syria and other nations amid intensifying sectarian violence, U.S. officials and experts testified yesterday.
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  • Israel-Syria Secret Peace Talks Reported Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Jan 16 8:00 AM
    An Israeli newspaper says, after two years of negotiations, both sides reached understandings, but the talks ended before the war in Lebanon last summer. Both countries deny the story. The deal would have included withdrawal from the Golan Heights.
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  • Differences over Iran, Syria complicate U.S. strategy Open this result in new window
    Ashland Daily Tidings - Jan 15 1:14 PM
    President Bush's plan to bring peace to Iraq, already facing resistance in Congress, also has raised differences between Washington and Baghdad over how to deal with Syria and Iran.
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  • Ruins in Northern Syria Bear the Scars of a City?s Final Battle Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jan 15 7:06 PM
    Excavation of ruins at Tell Hamoukar reveals ancient weapons of mass destruction.
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  • Assad's Road to Washington? Open this result in new window
    Time Magazine - Jan 16 11:13 AM
    Syria's secret talks with Israel may be as much about peace with the U.S. as with Israel
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  • Ancient Weapons Found in Ruins in Syria Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 16 10:07 AM
    It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble. The discovery was made in the ruins of Hamoukar,...
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  • Syria says worry over Iraq is mutual Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jan 16 5:14 PM
    Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Muallem said on Tuesday that the worry over the security, stability and independence of Iraq was "a joint Syrian-Iraqi concern", the official SANA news agency reported.
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  • Iraq president on landmark Syria visit Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 5:26 AM
    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Syria on the first such high-level visit in three decades to a country accused by the United States of fuelling the violence in his homeland.
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  • Iraq President Makes Landmark Syria Trip Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jan 14 3:26 PM
    Iraqi President Visits Syria to Discuss Security Issues, Strengthening Relations
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  • Iraqi president makes landmark Syria trip Open this result in new window
    Tulsa World - Jan 15 4:20 AM
    Aiming to boost relations, he's the first Iraqi president to visit Syria in decades.
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  • Iraq, Syria to discuss security issues Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 2:06 AM
    Iraq's president was expected in Syria on Sunday, in a landmark visit that could bring his war-ravaged country a small step closer to ending the raging violence and offer Syria the chance to ease its isolation.
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  • Syria to open new zones for oil, gas exploration Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Jan 15 1:49 AM
    DAMASCUS -- Syria plans to open new zones for exploration of oil and gas resources in a bid to boost its dwindling energy output, the state newspaper Tishrin reported Saturday.
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  • Syria's envoy to US insists Lebanese 'are being used by superpowers' Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 16 1:15 PM
    The Daily Star, the ambassador warned that some Lebanese leaders have been misled by the Bush administration.
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  • Arab League stresses talks with Iran, Syria on Iraq Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 15 4:10 AM
    Iran - Iraq - Moussa Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa in Cairo on Sunday stressed the significance of holding negotiations with Iran and Syria, as two important states in the region, on developments in Iraq.
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  • Iraqi president to visit Syria Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 1:45 AM
    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is heading to Syria on the first such high-level visit in three decades to a country accused by the United States of fuelling the violence in Iraq.
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  • Ancient Weapons Found in Ruins in Syria Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 16 9:29 AM
    It was the ancient version of a last stand.
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  • Israelis, Syrians held "unofficial" talks: report Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 5:21 AM
    Unofficial negotiators from Israel and Syria drafted in secret talks a document they hoped could serve as a framework for a future peace accord, Israel's Haaretz daily said on Tuesday.
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  • US, Jordan, Syria Must Open Doors to Iraq Refugees Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Jan 16 9:44 AM
    Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC, January 16, 2007) With the Senate Judiciary Committee holding hearings today on the plight of Iraqi refugees, Human Rights Watch called upon the Bush administration to share the ...
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  • Bush's Crooked Ways Open this result in new window
    The Nation via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 7:11 AM
    The Nation -- Does anyone in a Shakespeare play foretell President George W. Bush, who has not only committed more forces to his catastrophic war in Iraq, but now also threatens to attack Iran and Syria?
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  • Israel and Syria 'held secret negotiations for two years' Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Jan 16 6:17 AM
    Talks produced outline of peace agreement, report says.
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  • Israel and Syria in 'secret talks' Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Jan 16 6:02 AM
    Secret negotiations 'produced outline of possible peace deal'.
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  • Army chief: IDF not readying for war with Syria Open this result in new window
    Haaretz Daily - Jan 15 1:05 AM
    Chief of Staff Dan Halutz rejected yesterday the suggestion that the Israel Defense Forces were preparing for the possibility of war with Syria in the summer.
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  • Report: Israel and Syria had secret talks Open this result in new window
    FOX 12 Idaho - Jan 16 12:44 PM
    JERUSALEM A new report about secret peace talks in the Middle East. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz (hah-ah-REHTS') says Israeli and Syrian representatives quietly held two years of talks on a framework for peace before last summer's war in Lebanon.The report doesn't identify its sources.
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  • Israel and Syria reach understandings on peace agreement in secret meetings Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jan 16 2:06 AM
    JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli and Syrian representatives held nearly two years of secret negotiations, coming up with a framework for a peace deal, before war erupted in Lebanon last summer, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday.
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  • Israeli strategic chief proposes peace plan with Syria Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 5:42 AM
    The chief of Israel's influential Herzliya center for strategic studies has sounded out Syrian officials on a peace plan based on exchanges of territory involving either Lebanon or Jordan.
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  • Iraq President on Syria visit Open this result in new window
    NDTV - Jan 14 5:41 PM
    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani held talks with his Syrian counterpart on Sunday, days after the US President accused Syria of backing Iraq's insurgency.
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  • Iraq president makes landmark Syria trip Open this result in new window
    China Daily - Jan 14 9:13 PM
    DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria's leader promised to help ease tensions in neighboring Ira q during Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's landmark visit to Damascus on Sunday, just days after US President Bush accused Syria of backing the Iraqi insurgency.
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  • Unofficial representatives from Israel and Syria drafted a document that could serve as a framework for a future peace ... Open this result in new window
    Al Jazeera - Jan 16 5:25 AM
    According to the report, top Israeli and Syrian officials took part in the secret talks that were held in Europe from September 2004 to August 2006. Neither Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, nor his predecessor, Ariel Sharon, had known of the unofficial meetings.
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  • Report: Israel, Syria had secret talks Open this result in new window
    WIS News 10 Columbia - Jan 16 5:21 AM
    The Israeli newspaper Haaretz says Israeli and Syrian representatives quietly held two years of talks on a framework for peace before last summer's war in Lebanon.
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  • Iraqi president begins landmark visit to Syria Open this result in new window
    CBC - Jan 14 12:15 PM
    Jalal Talabani arrived in Syria on Sunday, becoming the first Iraqi president to pay an official visit to the country in nearly 30 years.
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  • Report: Israel and Syria had secret talks Open this result in new window
    ABC 7 El Paso - Jan 16 4:04 AM
    JERUSALEM A new report about secret peace talks in the Middle East. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz (hah-ah-REHTS') says Israeli and Syrian representatives quietly held...
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  • Israelis, Syria in 'secret' peace talks Open this result in new window
    Northern Territory News - Jan 16 7:06 AM
    ISRAELIS and Syrians have conducted secret unofficial talks over the past two years with understandings reached for an eventual peace treaty, the Haaretz Daily reported today.
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  • Surge into Iraq threatens to spill into Iran and Syria Open this result in new window
    Socialist Worker - Jan 16 10:34 AM
    The threat of war against Iran came one step closer this week when the US neocons announced they are going to deal with Iran.
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  • Iraqi president arrives in Syria on landmark visit Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jan 14 5:26 PM
    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Damascus on Sunday at the start of his landmark visit to Syria after a quarter-century's rupture between the two countries.
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  • Syrians and Israelis 'held talks' Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jan 16 5:20 AM
    A former Israeli diplomat says secret talks were held with rival Syria between 2004 and 2006.
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  • Leading Saudi group establishes holding company in Syria Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jan 14 5:57 PM
    A leading Saudi group announced on Sunday the establishment of a holding company for construction materials in Syria with a total amount of 170 million U.S. dollars, the official SANA news agency reported.
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  • Olmert dismisses reported Israel-Syria peace proposal Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Jan 16 12:29 AM
    Source: Reuters (Recasts with Olmert comments) By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brushed aside on Tuesday an unofficial peace plan drafted by Israelis and Syrians, saying ...
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  • Israelis, Syria in 'secret' peace talks Open this result in new window
    The Australian - Jan 16 12:18 AM
    The contacts were carried out between September 2004 and July 2006 in Europe with the knowledge of Syrian and Israeli government officials, with the last meeting held during Israel's summer war with Hezbollah, the paper said.
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  • New details of first major urban battle emerge Open this result in new window
    EurekAlert! - Jan 16 12:05 PM
    New details in the tragic end of one of the world's earliest cities as well as clues about how urban life may have begun there were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by the University of Chicago and the Syrian Department of Antiquities.
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  • Palestinian Abbas and Meshaal to meet in Syria Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Jan 14 6:02 PM
    Envoys of the Palestinian president have been holding secret meetings with the top leader of the Hamas group in Syria. Officials from both Fatah and Hamas said that significant progress had been made in secret talks over the past two weeks.
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  • Iraq defends ties with Iran in defiance of US Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - 56 minutes ago
    LONDON, January 17 (IranMania) - Iraq's President visited Syria on Sunday and his Foreign Minister called for the release of five Iranians detained by US forces, according to The Washington Post.
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  • Halutz: Talk of war with Syria premature Open this result in new window
    UPI - Jan 14 2:23 PM
    TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff told the country's Cabinet Sunday that talk of an imminent war with Syria is "premature and exaggerated."
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  • Could a country park bring peace to Middle East? Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Jan 16 3:10 PM
    Israeli and Syrian representatives have drawn up a secret blueprint that would overcome one of the main stumbling blocks to Middle East peace. Under the plan, Israel would withdraw from the Golan Heights, which would revert to Syria.
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  • Syria, Israel in secret peace talks for 2 years Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Jan 15 11:57 PM
    JERUSALEM - Senior Israeli and Syrian officials have held secret negotiations for two years and drawn up a draft peace agreement that includes a staged Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli Haaretz daily reported on Tuesday.
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  • Neil, Rohan and Shyam lead in chess tourney Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
    SHARJAH International Arbiter Hisham Al Adami of Syria gave a simultaneous display on 10 boards at the Al Fardan Centre in the Wisdom Educational Institute organised chess festival. Hisham conceded 2 draws and won the remaining games.
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  • University of Chicago to announce new finds in Syria excavations Open this result in new window
    The Pantagraph - Jan 15 10:34 PM
    CHICAGO â It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble.
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  • Iraqi president expected in Syria on landmark visit Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Jan 14 5:03 AM
    DAMASCUS, Syria - Iraq's president was expected in Syria on Sunday, in a landmark visit that could bring his war-ravaged country a small step closer to ending the raging violence and offer Syria...
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  • Iraq's Talabani arrives in Syria Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jan 13 5:57 PM
    Jalal Talabani arrives for talks in Syria, the first visit there by an Iraqi president in nearly 30 years.
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  • Iraq president on landmark Syria visit Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Jan 14 6:37 AM
    CROSSING BORDERS: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani pays a landmark visit to Syria, despite the USs vow to take tougher action on Syria for what it sees as meddling in war-torn Iraq.
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  • Israeli peace hopes rise Open this result in new window
    The West Australian - Jan 16 2:09 PM
    Israel and Syria were reported yesterday to have secretly reached a basis for a peace deal, while US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority had agreed to meet next month for their first talks in six years on a final Middle East peace.
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  • Talabani visits Syria to seek closer ties Open this result in new window
    Kurdish Media - Jan 14 11:05 AM
    Damascus -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on the first visit to Syria by an Iraqi head of state for 30 years, met President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday and was expected to focus on stabilising Iraq and preventing insurgents crossing their long border.
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  • Syria, Kuwait to jointly build a new refinery Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Jan 15 11:56 PM
    By Iaonnis Solomou, Nicosia, Jan 16: The Syrian government has decided to build a third oil refinery at Dair al-Zour at an estimated cost of 1.5 billion dollars, with a capacity to process 140,000 barrels a day.
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  • National Bloc leader demands answers from Aoun Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 16 1:16 PM
    National Bloc leader Carlos Edde issued a statement Tuesday saying the summer 2006 war was a "maneuver" aimed at improving Israel's position in peace negotiations with Syria. "This makes us wonder about the position of [the Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel] Aoun who has become a defender of Syria," Edde said.
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  • U.S. says to "go after" Iran, Syria networks in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 4:18 AM
    The United States plans to "go after" what it said were networks of Iranian and Syrian agents in Iraq, U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said on Monday.
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  • America's global role costs us at home Open this result in new window
    Chicago Sun-Times - Jan 16 3:34 AM
    President Bush says he has the authority to send more troops to Iraq. Last week, he put Iran and Syria on notice that they were in the crosshairs of the U.S. soldiers in Iraq. U.S. planes bombed apparent Islamic militants in Somalia.
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  • Hotlinks Open this result in new window
    Tiscali - Jan 16 1:35 PM
    "The leaders expressed their full support for the U.N. Security Councils determination to see justice done in this case and deplored the clear indication that Syria has not cooperated fully with the investigation team," it said.
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  • What the senator learned in Syria Open this result in new window
    St. Petersburg Times - Jan 13 10:30 PM
    U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, recently met with Bashar Assad, the 41-year-old president of Syria, whose country is accused by the Bush administration of letting foreign fighters cross its border into Iraq. Syria, along with Iran, also supports the anti-Israel groups Hamas and Hezbollah, and was implicated in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a ...
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Full text of document drafted during secret talks Open this result in new window
    Haaretz Daily - Jan 16 11:47 AM
    The objective of this effort is to establish normal, peaceful relations between the governments and peoples of Israel and Syria, and to sign a treaty of peace attesting to this achievement.
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  • U. of C. team traces mystery of oldest city Open this result in new window
    Sun-Sentinel - Jan 16 6:12 AM
    Archeologists tend to uncover puzzling questions along with ancient artifacts, and so it was when a team from the University of Chicago discovered a long-vanished city, 6,000 years old, in eastern Syria.
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  • Secret Talks with Syria Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Jan 15 7:06 PM
    (IsraelNN.com) Israeli and Syrian officials, in a series of meetings that took place between 2004 and 2006, reached an understanding for a peace deal between the two countries.
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  • Israeli and Syrian Citizens Wrote Plan for Returning Golan Heights Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jan 16 5:43 PM
    The Israeli and Syrian governments dismissed the document, saying they were not involved in the talks.
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  • US to target Iran, Syria networks Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Jan 15 10:19 AM
    A NEW US plan to boost American forces and secure Baghdad will target Iranian and Syrian networks in Iraq but its success is not guaranteed, top US officials said in the Iraqi capital today.
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  • US to target Iran, Syria networks Open this result in new window
    The Australian - Jan 15 10:18 AM
    The plan presented by US President George W. Bush last week has "no guarantees of success and it's not going to happen overnight", General George Casey said.
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  • Secret Israeli, Syrian peace talks exposed Open this result in new window
    UPI - Jan 16 5:23 AM
    JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A document seen by Haaretz says a formal peace agreement will be signed between Israel and Syria once certain conditions are met.
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    Israel National News - Jan 14 6:21 AM
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