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Kuwait tells U.S. to talk to Iran, Syria 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 9:49 AM
Kuwait's emir told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Wednesday.Kuwait wants U.S. to talk to Syria, Iran on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 9:09 AM
Kuwait has told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Washington needs to start a dialogue with Syria and Iran to help end violence in neighboring Iraq, her Kuwaiti counterpart said on Wednesday.Abbas will not meet Hamas chief in Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 4:16 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will travel to Syria this week, but will not meet with the exiled leader of the rival Hamas movement there as first envisaged.Kuwait tells US to talk to Iran, Syria IranMania.com - 1 hour, 1 minute ago
LONDON, January 18 (IranMania) - Kuwait's emir told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said, The Associated Press reported.Kuwait Urges US To Involve Iran, Syria In Iraq Nasdaq - Jan 17 11:27 AM
(RTTNews) - Kuwaiti foreign minister said Wednesday that the oil rich country's emir, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, had suggested to the visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to hold talks with Iran and Syria to improve the current situation in Iraq, reported AP.Kuwait Tells U.S. to Talk to Iran, Syria San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 17 5:37 AM
Kuwait's emir told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Wednesday. Sheik Mohammed Al Sabah told reporters that when Rice met Kuwait's emir,... Kuwait wants U.S. to talk to Syria, Iran on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News - Jan 17 9:35 AM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Kuwait has told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Washington needs to start a dialogue with Syria and Iran to help end violence in neighbouring Iraq, her Kuwaiti counterpart said on Wednesday.Kuwaiti Emir tells US it must talk to Iran and Syria over Iraq Gulf News - Jan 17 12:33 PM
Kuwait City: Kuwait's Emir told the US secretary of state that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said yesterday.Kuwaiti Emir calls on US to hold talks with Iran, Syria over Iraq, Kuwaiti FM says Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 17 8:52 AM
Kuwait - US - Iran Kuwaiti Emir told the US secretary of state that Washington should talk to Iran and Syria to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Wednesday.Syria calls for Iraq reconciliation and US troop exit 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.Syria now Haaretz Daily - Jan 17 6:57 AM
Since the end of the second Lebanon war, Jerusalem has received a flood of messages from Damascus about Syria's desire to resume negotiations with Israel.US should talk to Iran, Syria over Iraq: Kuwait Khaleej Times - Jan 17 5:13 AM
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait s emir told the US secretary of state that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said on Wednesday.(AFX UK Focus) 2007-01-17 16:40 GMT: US dismisses reports of Israel-Syria peace talks Interactive Investor - Jan 17 9:19 AM
WASHINGTON (AFX) - The White House denied media reports that Israel and Syria had reached an agreement for a peace treaty in secret unofficial talks held over the past two years.Kuwait: U.S. Should Talk To Iran, Syria On Iraq India Daily - Jan 17 8:27 AM
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the United States should open dialogue with Iran and Syria to improve the situation in Iraq, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah said Jan. 17. The two met Jan. 16 on the sidelines of a summit of the foreign ministers the six Gulf Cooperation Council states, Jordan and Egypt to discuss ...Noor builds $1.5bn refinery in Syria AME Info - Jan 17 1:55 AM
Kuwait-based Noor Financial Investment Company will start building a new $1.5bn oil refinery in Syria before the end of 2007, according to The Syria Report, which is carried on AME Info. The 140,000 bpd refinery will be the first in Syria to be developed by private investors.Israel, Syria reach understandings 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.ESET Distribution signs partners for Syria, Libya and Sudan AME Info - Jan 16 11:40 PM
ESET Distribution Middle East, the regional business development center of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, today announced that it has signed three new distributors to promote its award-winning anti-virus software, ESET NOD32, in Libya, Syria and Sudan.Ancient weapons found in ruins in Syria USA Today - Jan 17 7:18 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. In digs conducted this past fall, researchers uncovered new evidence of the city's end.Israel and Syria 'have held talks on peace' Daily Telegraph - Jan 16 6:54 PM
Representatives of Israel and Syria have held secret land-for-peace negotiations over the last two years, it was reported yesterday.Syria offers help in reconciliation Gulf Times - Jan 16 10:29 PM
DAMASCUS: Syria wants to help Iraqi reconciliation and see the withdrawal of US-led foreign troops, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem was quoted as saying yesterday during a landmark visit by Iraqi officials.Israel knew of secret peace talks with Syria, say officials Independent - Jan 16 4:10 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 ...Israel Says Government Was Not Involved in Talks With Syria Voice of America - Jan 16 1:42 PM
Israel's prime minister says government officials were not involved in reported unofficial negotiations with Syria that produced what some hope could form the basis of a peace deal.Signs of an ancient clash unearthed in Syria International Herald Tribune - Jan 17 7:45 AM
One of the world's earliest cities met its end by fire and in a rain of clay bullets, archaeologists have discovered.Duma seeks Iran, Syria partnership over ME IranMania.com - Jan 16 9:03 PM
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.Syria and Iraq to Boost Economic and Trade Cooperation Zawya - Jan 16 10:14 PM
16 January 2007 DAMASCUS - Iraqi Minister of Trade Abdullfalah al-Sudani voiced on Tuesday his country's desire to develop relations with Syria in all domains, indicating that the signed agreement between the two countries "constitute a good base for these relations."Syria denies report of contacts with Israel People's Daily - Jan 16 4:24 PM
Syria denied on Tuesday an Israeli media report that it has contacted Israel for peace understandings, the official SANA news agency reported.Israel and Syria 'held Golan talks' Turks.US - Jan 16 6:25 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.Israel and Syria had reached an 'understanding' on peace deal New Kerala - Jan 16 8:14 PM
Jerusalem, Jan 16: Israel and Syria had secretly reached an "understanding" for a peace deal before war erupted in Lebanon last year.US dismisses Israel-Syria talks report AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 10:27 AM
The White House denied media reports that Israelis and Syrians reached understandings for a peace treaty in secret unofficial talks over the past two years.Israel, Syria Deny Report of Unofficial Peace Plan Draft Crosswalk.com - Jan 16 6:02 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.Israel, Syria sought peace via secret talks, says report Albuquerque Tribune - Jan 16 11:08 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.Iraq seeks closer ties with Syria NDTV - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani held talks with Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari in Damascus on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, al-Otari said measures had been put in place to facilitate future agreements between the two countries.Syria Plans to Offer Oil E&P to US, UK, Canadian Companies Rigzone - Jan 16 8:10 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.Ancient weapons found in ruins in Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 7:12 PM
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.Israel denies 'secret deal' with Syria Times Online - Jan 16 3:52 AM
Israel has denied reports that understandings have been reached with Syria after two years of secret peace talks....Secret understandings reached between representatives from Israel and Syria 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.Arabs are cool to Bush's Iraq plan AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 1:28 PM
Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait's emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, officials said a move President Bush has rejected.Israel denies secret deal with Syria The Age - Jan 16 5:57 AM
Senior Israeli officials are pouring cold water on reports that a secret peace deal was reached with Syria.PM: No government officials involved in secret Syria talks Haaretz Daily - Jan 16 10:57 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.Duma official seeks Iran, Syria partnership for solving ME crisis Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 16 7:52 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.Israel, Syria undergo peace talks 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.Israeli-Syria secret talks surface TVNZ - Jan 16 1:00 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.Israeli daily says Israel, Syria held secret talks on a peace deal 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.Syria, Kuwait to jointly build a new refinery 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 ...Bush s speech carries hidden threats to Iran, Syria Pakistan News Tribune - Jan 16 1:09 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?US 'was aware' of Israel-Syria talks - Haaretz The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 17 1:22 PM
Senior US officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, received regular reports on the progress of unofficial secret talks between Israeli and Syrian officials over the past two years, the Israeli daily Haaretz said on Wednesday. The White House quickly denied the report.Syrian, Israeli backdoor talks now emerging The Christian Science Monitor - Jan 17 2:43 PM
Hizbullah's growing threat may drive Israel to fashion a peace deal with Syria. Iraqi refugees struggle in Syria Aljazeera - Jan 17 8:44 AM
Many Iraqis flee the violence in their homeland for the Syrian capital, Damascus. For 26 years, the two countries did not have official ties. Restored only recently, leaders from both countries are working to enhance relations.Secret Syria Talks Claimed Totally Jewish - Jan 16 1:30 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.Private, two-year effort sought Israel-Syria pact The Philadelphia Inquirer - Jan 17 12:09 AM
Working with the knowledge of their governments, private Israeli and Syrian negotiators spent two years crafting a tentative treaty aimed at resolving the decades-long conflict between the Middle East neighbors, according to a key player and Israeli government officials who are familiar with the talks.Israel/Syria denial Something Jewish - Jan 16 3:52 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.US, Jordan, Syria Must Open Doors to Iraq Refugees Electronic Iraq - Jan 17 8:26 AM
WASHINGTON DC - 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 responsibility of protecting refugees fleeing the war in Iraq. The administration should significantly increase the number of Iraqi refugees it will resettle this year and contribute quickly and generously to the UN refugee ...Iraq president makes landmark Syria trip 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.Olmert dismisses reported Israel-Syria peace proposal 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.Full Text of Leaked Agreement With Syria Israel National News - Jan 16 1:31 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.Should Israel Initiate Negotiations with Syria? Scoop.co.nz - Jan 15 6:22 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?Report: Israel, Syria worked on an accord Miami Herald - Jan 17 12:28 AM
Working with the knowledge of their governments, private Israeli and Syrian negotiators spent two years crafting a tentative treaty aimed at resolving the decades-long conflict between the feuding Middle East neighbors, according to a key player and Israeli government officials who are familiar with the talks.Bin Laden Group $170m Syria deal AME Info - Jan 15 8:40 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.New Details Of First Major Urban Battle Emerge by Staff Writers Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 18, 2007 Space War - Jan 17 4:58 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.Israel, Syria 'agree on peace' News 24 South Africa - Jan 16 12:29 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.Paper: Israel, Syria reach understanding 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.Report: Unofficial understandings for peace deal between Israel and Syria Al Bawaba - Jan 15 10:50 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.IRAN FINANCES REGIME MILITIAS IN SYRIA Middle East Newsline - Jan 17 5:49 AM
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran has been financing the formation of militias loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Syrian opposition sources said Teheran has transferred tens of millions of dollars to organize, equip and finance at least two major militias under the direct control of Assad.US, Jordan, Syria Must Open Doors to Iraq Refugees Kansas City InfoZine - Jan 17 3:05 AM
US Should Fund Refugee Care in Neighboring StatesDifferences over Iran, Syria complicating Iraq strategy El Paso Times - Jan 15 1:57 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.Iraq president on landmark Syria visit 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.ESET gives Libya, Syria and Sudan the NOD ITP.net - Jan 17 5:28 AM
ESET s NOD32 antivirus Middle East business development arm ESET Distribution Middle East has inked deals with three distributors in the region to supply its anti-virus software.Iraqi Refugee Crisis Seen Deepening Washington Post - Jan 16 7:55 PM
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. Israel-Syria Secret Peace Talks Reported CBS News - Jan 16 9:05 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.Arab Leaders Skeptical Of Bush Plan WCSH 6 Portland - Jan 17 6:11 PM
Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait's emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, a move President Bush has rejected.Israel denies peace talks with Syria iafrica.com - Jan 16 10:30 PM
Israelis and Syrians reached understandings for a peace treaty in secret unofficial talks over the past two years, a daily reported on Tuesday, but both governments denied knowledge of the contacts.Differences over Iran, Syria complicate U.S. strategy Ashland Daily Tidings - Jan 15 1:22 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.U.S. officials: Cheney was kept abreast of Israel-Syria talks Haaretz Daily - Jan 17 12:12 AM
Senior American government officials received regular reports of the secret meetings that took place in Europe between a former Israeli official and a Syrian representative, Haaretz has learned.Ruins in Northern Syria Bear the Scars of a City?s Final Battle New York Times - Jan 15 7:10 PM
Excavation of ruins at Tell Hamoukar reveals ancient weapons of mass destruction.Olmert dismisses reported Israel-Syria peace proposal Gulf Times - Jan 16 10:28 PM
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brushed aside yesterday 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.Assad's Road to Washington? Time Magazine - Jan 16 11:12 AM
Syria's secret talks with Israel may be as much about peace with the U.S. as with Israel Israeli, Syrian citizens call for return of Golan / Group met secretly for almost 2 years, drafted peace plan San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 17 3:54 AM
Prominent private citizens from Israel and Syria drafted a document in secret, unofficial talks that calls for returning the Golan Heights to Syria and offers a possible outline for peace negotiations, one of the participants said Tuesday. The Israeli... Ancient Weapons Found in Ruins in Syria San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 16 10:22 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,... Clues discovered in the ruins of Hamoukar Daily Vidette - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
CHICAGO (AP) - 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, an ancient settlement in northeastern Syria located just miles from the border with Iraq.Iraq president on landmark Syria visit 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.Arabs are cool to Bush s Iraq plan CNews - Jan 17 1:47 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait s emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, officials said a move President Bush has rejected.NEWS IN BRIEF Nine O'Clock - Jan 17 1:58 PM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will travel to Syria this week, but will not meet with the exiled leader of the rival Hamas movement there as first envisaged, an official said Wednesday.Iraq President Makes Landmark Syria Trip ABC News - Jan 14 3:22 PM
Iraqi President Visits Syria to Discuss Security Issues, Strengthening RelationsNew Details Of First Major Urban Battle Emerge Along With Clues About Civilization's Origins Science Daily - Jan 17 8:06 AM
New details in the tragic end of one of the world's earliest cities as well as clues about how large scale obsidian tool manufacture may have fueld the development of urban civilization were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by the University of Chicago and the Syrian Department of Antiquities.Shades of Cambodia This article is from The American Prospect: YaleGlobal Online - Jan 17 8:55 AM
What was that about Syria and Iran? Since the administration had revealed in advance almost everything that the president said last night, the real news in George Bush's speech was his elliptical threat to expand the war to Iraq's neighbors.Iraqi president makes landmark Syria trip Tulsa World - Jan 15 4:25 AM
Aiming to boost relations, he's the first Iraqi president to visit Syria in decades.Iraq, Syria to discuss security issues 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.Hotlinks Tiscali - Jan 17 2:20 PM
Bush, in his speech this month unveiling a revised Iraq strategy in which he said he was sending 20,000 more troops to stabilise Iraq, ignored recommendations by a U.S. study group to engage Syria and Tehran.Gates seeks Saudi help to end Iran's nuclear work The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 17 1:22 PM
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates touched down in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, angling for support in confronting Iran's nuclear ambitions as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Kuwait at the end of her Mideast tour. During talks Tuesday with Rice, Kuwait's emir urged the US to open dialogue with Syria and Iran to improve.Syria's envoy to US insists Lebanese 'are being used by superpowers' The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 16 1:26 PM
The Daily Star, the ambassador warned that some Lebanese leaders have been misled by the Bush administration.Syria to open new zones for oil, gas exploration Middle East Times - Jan 15 1:44 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.Arab League stresses talks with Iran, Syria on Iraq Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 15 4:22 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.Iraqi president to visit Syria 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.Israel and Syria 'held two years of secret talks' The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 16 1:22 PM
Two years of secret meetings between Syrians and Israelis have produced a tentative peace plan calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights and a halt to Syrian support for armed groups, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday. Syrian officials and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed the report.Ancient Weapons Found in Ruins in Syria AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 16 9:29 AM
It was the ancient version of a last stand.Posted: 17-01-2007 , 13:41 GMT Al Bawaba - Jan 17 5:56 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will travel to Syria later this week, but will not meet with the exiled leader of the rival Hamas movement there as first expected.Israelis, Syrians held "unofficial" talks: report 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.US, Jordan, Syria Must Open Doors to Iraq Refugees AlertNet - Jan 16 9:39 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 ... Bush's Crooked Ways 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?Israel and Syria 'held secret negotiations for two years' Guardian Unlimited - Jan 16 6:19 AM
Talks produced outline of peace agreement, report says.