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Syria bars Iraq refugees, crisis worsens AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 12:31 PM
Syria, the last Arab country welcoming large numbers of Iraqi refugees, is now all but closing the gates and leaving 40,000 Iraqis who flee their country each month with almost no place to go.Sectarian tensions boil over into Syria The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 12 2:49 PM
Once strictly secular, Syria has shifted tone amid a series of public flaps between Sunnis and Shiites. Syria Bars Iraq Refugees, Crisis Worsens ABC News - Feb 12 1:01 PM
Syria Curbs Number of Iraqi Refugees Allowed Entry, and Crisis WorsensTwo years after Hariri, ties with Syria are still chilly The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 12 12:39 PM
Lebanon's relations with former powerbroker Syria have remained frozen ever since the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri that was widely blamed on Damascus. After an iron-grip military domination lasting almost 30 years, Syria was forced to pull its troops out of Lebanon following domestic and international protests triggered by Hariri's murder.Steinitz: Arrow test gives Israel advantage over Syria, Iran Haaretz Daily - Feb 12 9:10 AM
Israel's latest test of its Arrow missile defense system proves Israel has a jump on its fiercest enemies, Iran and Syria, a senior lawmaker on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said Monday.Syrian PM invited to attend Iran-Syria joint meeting in Tehran Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 12 2:06 AM
Iran - Syria - Invitation Syria's Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri has been officially invited by Iran's First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi to attend the annual meeting of the Iran-Syria Joint High Committee, it was reported here Monday.Big U.S. Rewards for Jihad and Hezbollah Suspects New York Times - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
The United States offered rewards of up to $5 million for two terrorism suspects. One is Ramadan Shallah, the Syria-based head of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. The other is Mohammed Ali Hamadei, a militant from Lebanon said to be associated with Hezbollah who was sentenced to life in prison by a German court in 1989 for hijacking a Trans World Airlines jet in 1985 and murdering an ...Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of February 5, 2007 ArabicNews.com - Feb 12 5:49 PM
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DAMASCUS (AP)--Syria, the last Arab country to accept large numbers of Iraqi refugees, is now calling a virtual halt - with new rules aimed at curbing a flood that already has brought 1 million desperate people to Syria.Syrian-Born German Sept 11 Suspect Jailed For 12 Years in Syria Deutsche Welle - Feb 12 3:21 AM
A suspected September 11 recruiter, who was arrested in Morocco in an operation involving the US Central Intelligence Agency, was jailed for 12 years by a Syrian court of exception Sunday, a human rights group said.US force-marches Israel over Syria Asia Times - Feb 12 3:07 AM
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees urged global support for Syria and Jordan as they cope with hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees who have fled the violence at home.OregonLive.com: Oregon Forum The Oregonian - Feb 12 1:12 PM
is about to DO IT AGAIN! Attack another Middle-East Oil country! As if Syria, (A big US ally), isn't giving money to the Insurgents, or Pakistan, (ANOTHER supposed US ally), hasn't been hiding Ossama binLaden fro us for years. I tell you our President will start a World War and soon too.Olmert says Israel may lose Golan Heights The Washington Times - Feb 12 12:09 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel would have to give up the Golan Heights if peace will ever be achieved with Syria.Assad: Syria can play key role in quelling Iraq violence Monday Morning - Feb 12 2:37 AM