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14 people dead in bus accident in Syria (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 25 May 2007 00:39:09 GMT

Fourteen people were killed and 20 injured when an Iraqi bus overturned in northern Syria, the official news agency SANA reported Thursday.


UN to monitor arms movements across Syria-Lebanon border (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 24 May 2007 19:37:31 GMT

The United Nations said Thursday it would send a team to Lebanon early next week to check on reported arms smuggling across the border with neighboring Syria.


Can U.S. Invoke ‘Hot Pursuit’ in Syria? (Foreign Relations)
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Fri, 25 May 2007 15:27:51 GMT

Most of the foreign-born insurgents in Iraq enter the country through the Syrian border, U.S. officials estimate. They have warned Syria to stop the flow of these suicide bombers but no avail.


SYRIA Regime mobilises masses in support of pseudo-referendum on Assad - Asia News (AsiaNews.it)
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Fri, 25 May 2007 13:45:47 GMT

Asia News SYRIA Regime mobilises masses in support of pseudo-referendum on Assad syria basher al-assad referendum presidency fouad siniora rafik hariri Government wants higher turnout to show president is in charge of the country.


14 People Dead in Bus Accident in Syria (The Daily Comet)
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Fri, 25 May 2007 00:44:03 GMT

Fourteen people were killed and 20 injured when an Iraqi bus overturned in northern Syria, the official news agency SANA reported Thursday. SANA said that the accident occurred Wednesday on the Raqqa-Aleppo highway about 250 miles north of Damascus. It said the bus had entered Syria from Iraq.


Report says Israel's Olmert seeks talks with Syria (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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Thu, 24 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been considering reviving long-stalled peace talks with Syria, an Israeli newspaper said on Thursday.


Report:Israel's Olmert seeks talks with Syria (AlertNet)
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Thu, 24 May 2007 11:59:55 GMT

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been considering reviving long-stalled peace talks with Syria, an Israeli newspaper said on Thursday. Olmert's staff declined ...


Christian leader says Syria sent militants (Middle East Times)
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Thu, 24 May 2007 08:56:49 GMT

BEIRUT -- Syria sent Fatah Al Islam elements to Lebanon to cause havoc - at least that is what a Lebanese Christian leader is claiming.


Assad grows into role of Syria's iron ruler (International Herald Tribune)
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Thu, 24 May 2007 19:42:37 GMT

Only a year ago, the president faced so many troubles that some Syrians began questioning his political survival.


No sign of sister in Syria, brother says (CBC)
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Thu, 24 May 2007 00:49:25 GMT

The brother of a Vancouver woman who disappeared while backpacking in Syria has returned to Toronto empty-handed after searching for her.