In a highly anticipated meeting, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Syria's foreign minister of U.S. concerns about his country's porous border with Iraq on Thursday -- the two nations' first Cabinet-level talks in years.
The United States and Syria could hold their first substantive high-level talks in years as early as today, energizing an international gathering on Iraq's future.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Syria to help improve security in Iraq on Thursday during the highest-level talks in three years with a government Washington accuses of sponsoring terrorism.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice broke diplomatic ice with Syria and Iran this week at a summit in Egypt. Where does the U.S. go from here, asks State Department reporter Charles Wolfson .
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, the first meeting between Syrian and U.S. officials in two years.
In a diplomatic turning point for the Bush administration, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Thursday with Syria's foreign minister and expressed U.S. concerns about the country's porous border with Iraq.
Efforts to stabilise Iraq by involving its neighbours in talks brought United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice together with Syria's Foreign Minister on Thursday for an ice-breaking meeting but talks with her Iranian opposite number, Manouchehr Mottaki, failed to happen.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting in Egypt with her Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem was proof that Washington has reached an impasse in Iraq, a Syrian minister said on Saturday.
A Vancouver woman travelling alone in the Middle East has been missing in Syria for more than a month, says her brother who is co-ordinating a search for her.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Japan on Friday called on Iran and Syria to play a role in helping to stabilize the situation in Iraq and vowed to continue Tokyo's own financial assistance and other forms of cooperation for the reconstruction of Iraq. In a speech addressing a key ministerial meeting in Egypt on the security and stability of Iraq, Foreign Minister Taro Aso reaffirmed Japan's strong backing for ...