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USA Today - Feb 15 4:06 AM
Israel wants to make peace with Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, but he urged Damascus to stop supporting terrorism.Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 2:04 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.Israel wants peace with Syria: Olmert People's Daily - Feb 15 4:15 PM
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters Thursday in Ankara that he is "happy" to make peace with Syria, but Damascus must stop supporting what he called "terrorism".Syria blames March 14 for bus bombings as families bury victims The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 15 1:25 PM
As the families of the victims of the twin bus bombings in Ain Alaq, northeast of Beirut, held funerals for their loved ones on Thursday, Syria's state media accused the leaders of the March 14 Forces of being behind the blasts that claimed the lives of three people. Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday directed UN investigators.Borders with Iran and Syria shut as crackdown widens Gulf News - Feb 15 1:54 PM
Baghdad: Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as US and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad yesterday, searching neighbourhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria Financial Times - Feb 15 4:18 AM
Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys for weapons.Iraq shutting borders with Iran, Syria Stuff - Feb 15 8:07 AM
Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the United States military said today.U.S. military says Iraq shutting borders with Iran and Syria Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News - Feb 15 12:48 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the U.S. military said on Thursday.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria Guardian Unlimited - Feb 15 3:07 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown to block fighters and weapons from entering the country, US commanders said today.Iraq shutting borders with Iran, Syria - US military AlertNet - Feb 15 12:46 AM
Source: Reuters (Updates with more details) BAGHDAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters ... Iraq shutting borders with Iran, Syria-US military AlertNet - Feb 15 12:31 AM
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the U.S ... Iraq to close borders with Syria and Iran Itar-Tass - Feb 15 2:41 AM
CAIRO, February 15 (Itar-Tass) - Iraq is closing as of Thursday its borders with Syria and Iran within the framework of a plan of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to ensure security in Baghdad.Iraq to close borders with Iran, Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 8:28 PM
The commander of the Baghdad security crackdown said Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and announced other measures Thursday as word emerged that anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had fled the country ahead of the pacification drive.Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 4:39 AM
Syrian state media has accused leaders of Lebanon's anti-Damascus parliament majority of being involved in a deadly bus bombing in a Christian village in which three people were killed.Iraq borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad security drive USA Today - Feb 13 1:38 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security effort said Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours. Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, addressing the nation on behalf of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, also suggested Iraqi authorities plan to exercise wide-reaching powers to ensure the success of the plan.Iraqi commander: borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad security drives KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Feb 14 12:56 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown says that Iraq plans to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the...Iraq to temporarily close borders with Iran, Syria Sports Illustrated - Feb 13 12:13 PM
Iraq plans to close its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours in an attempt to secure the capital, the Iraqi commander in charge of Baghdad's security plan announced Tuesday.Iraq to shut borders with Iran, Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 10:46 AM
Iraq announced plans on Tuesday to close its borders with Iran and Syria and lengthen a night curfew on vehicles in new emergency measures to try to curb unrelenting violence in Baghdad.Iraq to try closing Syria, Iran borders The Columbus Dispatch - Feb 14 6:11 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Iraq: Borders with Syria, Iran to close AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 9:46 AM
Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said Tuesday, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shiite neighborhood killed at least 15 people.Iraq to close borders with Iran and Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 10:34 AM
Iraq announced it will close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq says closes borders with Syria, Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 8:51 AM
Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 9:07 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria and imposed Draconian emergency-style security measures on its war torn capital after two days of bloody bomb attacks left around 100 people dead.Iraq to close border with Iran and Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 8:14 AM
Iraq is to close its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan Lieutenant General Abboud Gambar has announced on state television.Iraq To Close Borders With Iran, Syria CBS News - Feb 13 6:08 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Iraq To Close Borders With Iran, Syria CBS News - Feb 13 4:08 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Syria: Beatings of PoCs must end, officials who have perpetrated or facilitated abuses must be prosecuted Amnesty International - Feb 15 9:23 AM
Amnesty International is alarmed by reports that several prisoners of conscience have recently been subjected to beatings and other ill-treatment by prison guards and criminal detainees in 'Adra prison, near Damascus, and is calling for urgent intervention by the Syrian authorities to halt the abuses and punish those suspected of carrying them out.Iraq shuts borders, clamps down in Baghdad Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 8:03 AM
Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, searching neighborhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran: Iraqi commander NDTV - Feb 14 2:15 AM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran. He ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Syria pulls troops out of Lebanon ITV.com - Feb 14 1:32 AM
Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon has come to an end following an official handover ceremony in the Bekaa Valley. The withdrawal comes after the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri on February 14.Iraq To Close Border With Iran, Syria In New Security Plan Nasdaq - Feb 13 11:22 PM
(RTTNews) - Iraq will be closing its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days as part of its new security plan for the capital, Baghdad.Iraq shuts borders with Iran and Syria Independent Online - Feb 14 7:10 AM
Iraq's borders with Syria and Iran have been closed in accordance with a new security plan designed to halt violence in Baghdad, according to a senior Iraqi security official.Iraq to seal borders with Syria and Iran The Washington Times - Feb 13 9:10 PM
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Iran-Iraq-Borders Iraq closes borders with Iran, Syria for three days Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 13 11:29 PM
Iraq announced Tuesday it would close its borders with Iran and Syria for three days starting Wednesday in line with the new security plan for Baghdad.Iraq to close Syria, Iran borders Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Feb 14 4:15 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Iraq to close borders to Syria, Iran Calcutta News - Feb 15 12:06 PM
Iraqi officials have announced they will close all checkpoints on the Iranian and Syrian borders. The move is part of the new plan to crack down on religious militias and end the rampant sectarian cleansing in the capital.Iraqi commander: borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad security drives WLUC TV 6 - Feb 14 3:30 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown says that Iraq plans to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Syria blames US for recent bombings in Iraq, Lebanon and Algeria EARTHtimes.org - Feb 14 2:10 AM
Damascus - Syria on Wednesday held the United States fully responsibility for the recent spate of explosions in Lebanon, Algeria and Iraq, saying that Washington was the first to release, nurture, arm and train terrorists in recent decades.Iraq closes Iran and Syria borders Guardian Unlimited - Feb 15 3:15 AM
Roadblocks on routes into Basra.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria Guardian Unlimited - Feb 15 3:01 AM
Iraqi and British forces set up roadblocks on routes to Basra.Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders Middle East Online - Feb 15 6:57 AM
Syrian daily likens Lebanon's majority leaders to snakes who hiss on orders of Americans. Iraq to Close Borders With Iran, Syria Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Feb 13 7:51 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran as word emerged that anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had fled the country ahead of the drive to pacify the capital.Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran Mail and Guardian - Feb 13 10:06 PM
Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a United States-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.Iraq's borders with Syria and Iran blocked Independent - Feb 13 4:11 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown said that Iraq planned to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Iraq to close borders with Syria and Iran The Scotsman - Feb 13 4:24 PM
IRAQ will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad, the man overseeing the new US-backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence said yesterday.Iraq to close border with Iran and Syria IranMania.com - Feb 13 9:48 PM
LONDON, February 14 (IranMania) - Iraq is to close its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan Lieutenant General Abboud Gambar has announced on state television, according to an AFP report.Palestinian official expresses appreciation over Syria's role in achieving Mecca agreement People's Daily - Feb 13 5:32 PM
A visiting Palestinian official expressed on Tuesday appreciation over Syria's positive role in achieving the Mecca agreement between the rival Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas on the formation of a national unity government.Iraqi commander: borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad Fox 6 News San Diego - Feb 13 5:32 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown says that Iraq plans to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Baghdad Commander Says Borders With Iran and Syria To Close Voice of America - Feb 13 12:33 PM
The Iraqi commander of the U.S.-backed security crackdown in Baghdad says his country will close its borders with Iran and Syria for at least three days.Norwegian envoy hails Syria's effort in achieving Mecca agreement People's Daily - Feb 13 4:30 PM
A Norwegian envoy hailed here on Tuesday Syria's effort in achieving the Mecca agreement between the mainstream Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas on the formation of a national unity government.Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran The Washington Times - Feb 13 11:53 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said today, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shi'ite neighborhood killed at least 15 persons.Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran People's Daily - Feb 13 5:01 PM
Iraq said Tuesday it would close borders with Syria and Iran for at least three days under security plan aimed at pacifying the capital, said Lieutenant General Abboud Gambar, commander of the Iraqi troops in Baghdad.Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria for 72 hours The Peninsula - Feb 13 4:33 PM
baghdad Iraq announced yesterday that it will close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq closes borders as forces try to bring peace to Baghdad The Scotsman - Feb 15 6:38 PM
IRAQ has closed its borders with Iran and Syria, as its troops and American forces try to tighten their grip on Baghdad, searching neighbourhoods and setting up checkpoints to stop and search even official convoys.Iraqi refugees dismiss U.S. resettlement AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 5:39 PM
Some Iraqi refugees living in Syria dismissed on Wednesday a Bush administration plan to allow some 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the U.S., saying they preferred to stay closer to home and planned to return to Iraq.Iraq Closing Borders With Syria, Iran Time Magazine - Feb 13 8:33 AM
(BAGHDAD, Iraq) The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown said Tuesday that Iraq planned to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.'Honor' killing spurs outcry in Syria The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 12:00 AM
Sixteen-year-old Zahra Ezzo died at the hospital last month after a brutal attack. But it was her brother who confessed to killing her - and her family who appointed him to carry out the murder.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.Iraq will close borders with Syria, Iran for 3 days Baltimore Sun - Feb 13 9:44 AM
Lockdown latest effort in security sweep across Baghdad The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced today that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines. Iraq to shut borders with Iran and Syria Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 13 9:41 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a U.S.- backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official said on Tuesday.Iraq To Close Borders With Syria, Iran For 72 Hours Nasdaq - Feb 13 9:36 AM
(RTTNews) - Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, the Iraqi general leading the new security sweep in Baghdad, said on Tuesday that Iraq was closing its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours.Missing Soldier s Mother: I Knew He Was in Syria Israel National News - Feb 13 8:04 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Rina Hever, the mother of missing soldier Guy Hever, responded to an announcement by a Syrian organization that they are holding her son captive. She said I never had a doubt that he was held captive in Syria. Iraq will close borders with Syria, Iran for 3 days Baltimore Sun - Feb 13 9:38 AM
Lockdown latest effort in security drive on Baghdad Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said today, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shiite neighborhood killed at least 15 people. Commander: Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours Boston Herald - Feb 13 9:02 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said Tuesday, hours after a suicide...CORRECTED: Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 13 8:46 AM
(Corrects to show government says will close the borders, not that it has already shut them) BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to ...Iraq to close borders with Iran, Syria after 100 die in two days of bombings Japan Today - Feb 13 2:30 PM
BAGHDAD Iraq announced Tuesday it will close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq, Syria border being closed Addict 3D - Feb 13 1:05 PM
Iraq plans to close its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours in an attempt to secure the capital, the Iraqi commander in charge of Baghdad's security plan said Tuesday.Iraq says closes borders with Syria, Iran Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Feb 13 8:35 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran, and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.Iraq to close borders with Iran and Syria Dawn - Feb 13 7:33 PM
BAGHDAD, Feb 13: Iraq announced on Tuesday it would close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq To Close Iran, Syria Borders, Extend Baghdad Curfew -BBC Nasdaq - Feb 13 8:21 AM
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Iraq will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days, Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, commander of the Baghdad security crackdown, said Tuesday , the BBC reported.Iraq closes borders with Iran, Syria The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 13 12:56 PM
Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a US-backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official said on Tuesday. The new measures were announced during another day of violence in Baghdad, in which a suicide bomber blew up a truck rigged with explosives near a college.Iraq to close Iran, Syria border News Interactive - Feb 13 10:00 AM
IRAQ is to close its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan said.Iraq Plans to Suspend Checkpoints at Syria, Iran Borders Washington Post - Feb 13 9:04 PM
BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan. Iraq to shut borders with Iran, Syria Tenterfield Star - Feb 13 2:22 PM
Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a US- backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official says.Syria gets stricter on refugees from Iraq The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 13 12:12 AM
Syria, the last Arab country welcoming large numbers of Iraqi refugees, is now all but closing the gates, leaving fleeing Iraqis - about 40,000 a month - with almost no place to go.Iraq says to close borders with Syria, Iran AlertNet - Feb 13 8:18 AM
Source: Reuters (Corrects to show government says will close borders, not that it has already shut them) BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran ... Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) Israel's New IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi backed surrendering the Golan Heights in return for a peace agreement with Syria, according to past reports.Troops clamp down in Baghdad Reuters.co.uk - Feb 15 11:01 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, searching neighbourhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.Lebanese mark date Hariri assassinated AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 12:22 PM
Government supporters carrying balloons and Lebanese flags filled a downtown square Wednesday to remember a slain former prime minister and criticize Syria. Hezbollah-led opposition supporters looked on from behind razor wire separating the two sides.Iraq closing borders with Syria and Iran KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Feb 13 9:04 AM
raq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, theUS and Iraqi forces throw new weight around in bid to restore order The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 15 1:27 PM
Iraq maintained a closure on its borders with Syria and Iran on Thursday as US and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad and British and Iraqi troops cordoned off the southern city of Basra. In the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, stronghold of hard-line cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran EARTHtimes.org - Feb 13 1:10 PM
Iraqi border posts with Syria and Iran are to be completely closed for three days as the country begins a new security plan, authorities announced Tuesday.Iraq says US plan will end violence The Australian - Feb 15 9:33 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as US and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad overnight, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys for weapons.Sectarian tensions boil over into Syria The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 13 1:00 AM
Once strictly secular, Syria has shifted tone amid a series of public flaps between Sunnis and Shiites.Syria won't open door for more refugees St. Petersburg Times - Feb 13 12:38 AM
DAMASCUS, 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.Iraq shuts borders in security clampdown Daily Telegraph - Feb 15 8:09 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as British, American and Iraqi troops begin a security crackdown in Baghdad and Basra.Iraq closes borders with Syria, Iran Mail and Guardian - Feb 13 8:50 AM
Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a United States-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.In divided nation, Lebanese protest without clashes The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 15 12:42 AM
Government supporters carrying balloons and Lebanese flags filled a downtown square yesterday to remember a slain former prime minister and criticize Syria. Supporters of the Hezbollah-led opposition looked on from behind razor wire separating the two sides.MP describes Syrian regime as 'Israeli product' The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 15 1:24 PM
Democratic Gathering Parliamentary Bloc MP Antoine Andraos lashed out at the Syrian government Thursday, saying it was a "purely Israeli" product. In a statement issued a day after the February 14 rally in commemoration of slain Premier Rafik Hariri, the Chouf MP said all countries and the international community, "got fed up" with Syria's behavior.CORRECTED: Troops clamp down in Baghdad Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 15 5:13 AM
(Corrects name in paragraph 12, inserts dropped title, first name in paragraph 20) By Ross Colvin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys ...Iraq closing borders with Syria, Iran for 72 hours in Baghdad crackdown CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 13 10:39 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said Tuesday, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shiite neighbourhood killed at least 15 people.Syria Bars Iraq Refugees, Crisis Worsens ABC News - Feb 12 1:01 PM
Syria Curbs Number of Iraqi Refugees Allowed Entry, and Crisis WorsensSyria issues two new laws promoting foreign investments ANI via Yahoo! India News - Feb 12 9:56 PM
By Iaonnis Solomou Nicosia, Feb 13 (ANI): Amid growing US pressure over Syria's alleged interference in Lebanon and Iraq, the government of the Middle Eastern country has issued two new laws aiming at encouraging foreign investments and liberalizing further the country's economy. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdallah al-Dardari expressed the hope that the two new laws to help the ...Iraq shuts borders in security crackdown ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 15 2:01 AM
Iraq is beginning to close its borders with Iran and Syria to stem the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country.Iraqi refugees in Syria seek UNHCR's help The Times of India - Feb 13 5:36 AM
Several Iraqis in Syria are seeking refugee status from the UN which would allow them to remain in the country they have taken refuge in.World News in Brief San Jose Mercury News - Feb 15 3:15 AM
Government supporters carrying balloons and Lebanese flags filled a downtown square in Beirut on Wednesday to remember a slain former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, and criticize Syria. Hezbollah-led opposition supporters looked on from behind razor wire separating the two sides.Border closure is aimed at foreign fighters and weapons entering the country [AP] Aljazeera - Feb 15 4:14 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country.Iraq shuts borders in security crackdown ITV.com - Feb 15 2:02 AM
Iraq is beginning to close its borders with Iran and Syria to stem the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the US military said. Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Garver said: "The plan to close the borders went into effect last night.Iraqi: Borders with Iran, Syria to be shut for 72 hours The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 14 12:42 AM
Iraqi officials yesterday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.Hotlinks Tiscali - Feb 15 6:50 AM
U.S. officials have long accused Syria of allowing foreign fighters to cross its long, porous border into Iraq, and at the weekend presented evidence of what they said was Iranian-manufactured weapons being smuggled into Iraq.