The United States on Monday strongly urged Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to free jailed writer Michel Kilo and other political activists imprisoned for expressing their personal views.
A Syrian court sentenced four pro-democracy campaigners, including one of Syria's most respected writers, to prison terms Sunday as part of President's Bashar Assad's latest crack down on dissent.
All political prisoners in Syria should be released immediately, according to the U.S. State Department.
Switzerland has concluded with Syria an agreement intended to improve the legal status of investors from Switzerland and Syria and create a more favourable climate for investment.
The U.S.-backed government in Lebanon is alarmed by the Bush administration's move to have more contact with the governments of Syria and Iran. The Lebanon government is locked in a 6-month-old confrontation with Hezbollah, which is leading an opposition alliance backed by Iran and Syria.
A UK man who disappeared in Syria for three months says he was kidnapped and forced to say he was a terrorist.
International outrage is growing over Syria's decision to sentence a prominent journalist.
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Iran - Lebanon - Aid Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria are to help Lebanon resolve the current crisis, Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani said on Monday.
DAMASCUS, May 14 (Bernama) -- Syria hopes to forge stronger linkages with Malaysia in the tourism sector, especially in the development of supporting infrastructure, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said.