The Druse of the Golan Heights once burned their Israeli identity cards to demonstrate loyalty to Syria and protest Israel's annexation of the mountain plateau captured in the 1967 Mideast War.
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights The Druse of the Golan Heights once burned their Israeli identity cards to demonstrate loyalty to Syria and protest Israel's annexation of the mountain plateau captured in the 1967 Mideast War.
Iran - Syria - Speakers Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel in a telephone conversation with Syrian Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Abrash on Saturday discussed with him the latest developments in the region.
Iran - Syria - Presidents President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation felicitated President Bashar al-Assad on his reelection as the president of Syria.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Both Syria and the Lebanese opposition that it supports criticized the United Nations on Thursday for its decision to establish a tribunal to prosecute the killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria's foreign minister on Friday said Damascus won't deal with the international tribunal being set up by the U.N. to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is scheduled to arrive in Damascus on Monday for an official visit during which he would discuss with Syrian leaders the situation in Lebanon, Italian diplomats said.
Syria will not cooperate with the UN tribunal being created to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem reiterated on Friday.
Syria will not cooperate with the United Nationals tribunal charged with trying suspects in the murder of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Friday.
Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon - A United Nations team visited the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria Saturday and held meetings with customs and immigration officials, Lebanese security sources said. Amid reports of alleged arms smuggling between...