Syria roundly denied on Tuesday claims by UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed Larsen pointing to illegal arms trafficking across the border into Lebanon from Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has relayed a new message to Syria about the possibility of renewing peace talks between the two countries, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Arnous said Tuesday that his country was prepared to renew peace talks with its arch-foe Israel based upon the land-for-peace principle and without "any conditions", the independent Syria-News website reported.
DAMASCUS (AP)--Syria's Foreign Ministry Tuesday dismissed accusations by a U.N. envoy who expressed alarm to the Security Council over reports by the Lebanese army and observers that both arms and militia men were crossing the border from Syria to Lebanon.
Syria rejected on Tuesday allegations on arms smuggling into Lebanon through its borders, the official SANA news agency reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday reportedly chaired further top-level security discussions about Syria amid recent peace overtures that Damascus dismissed as contradictory.
Syria is ready to negotiate peace with Israel but refuses conditions on the talks, Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Arnous said on Tuesday.
DAMASCUS -- Syria Tuesday predicted record tourism revenue in 2007, with the rapidly expanding sector set to rake in $3 billion for the first time, according to tourism minister Saadallah Agha Qalaa.
DAMASCUS, June 12 (Reuters) Syria is ready to negotiate peace with Israel but refuses conditions on the talks, Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Arnous said today.
(RTTNews) - Expressing "deep concern" over mounting evidence of arms being smuggled across the border from Syria into Lebanon, the UN Security Council on Monday gave a strong backing to the Lebanese government's fight against Palestinian militants holed up in a refugee camp in the country's north.