Syria's U.N. ambassador on Monday dismissed rumors of secret Syrian-Israeli talks and reiterated Damascus' call for Israel to resume peace negotiations that stalled seven years ago.
Visiting British Shadow Foreign Secretary of the opposition Conservative Party William Hague on Monday stressed Syria's important role in achieving security and stability in the Middle East, the official SANA news agency reported.
As Israel continues to indicate its willingness to talk peace with Syria and about a two-state solution, it is setting itself up for a trap, and not only on the border with Syria.
BAGHDAD (IRIN) - Scores of Iraqi men, women and children gathered on the pavement of Baghdad's central Salihiyah area waiting for the big grey bus to take them to neighboring Syria and help them flee their country's violence.
Lebanese singer May el Hariri is finishing her concert tour in Syria. She held two concerts, one in El Lathqiya and the other in Tartos, according to the London daily Elaph.
Damascus - A foreign ministry source rejected Monday as a military nonsense a report by an anti-Syria Lebanese newspaper claiming that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem had met Israeli officials in Washington. In a statement faxed to Deutsch...
Nobody used the word ``crisis'' when the first wave of Iraqis fled the war and settled in Syria. Most came with deep savings accounts and connections to well-placed Damascus businessmen.
Source: IRIN Every month, tens of thousands of Iraqis flee to Jordan and Syria - the only two neighbouring countries which have opened their borders to Iraqi refugees. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said recently that the"the situation in Iraq continues to worsen", with at least 2.2 million Iraqis sheltering in Jordan and Syria.
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Nobody used the word "crisis" when the first wave of Iraqis fled the war and settled here. Most came with deep savings accounts and connections to well-placed Damascus businessmen.
The San Miguel-Pilipinas team gets a feel of the cut-throat competition that awaits it in the forthcoming Olympic-qualifying FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship in Tokushima when three potential major contenders fly in next month for the four-nation PBA-Manila Invitational Championships set July 12-15.