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Israel confirms indirect ties with Syria (USA Today)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:47:49 GMT

Israel and Syria have been in contact through third parties for a while, but the mediators have been unable to get the two sides to resume peace talks, an Israeli official said Wednesday.


Syria Rejects Bush's Proposal for Middle East Peace Conference (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:46:37 GMT

July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Syria rejects President George W. Bush's proposal for an international conference on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict because it wouldn't seek a comprehensive Middle East peace agreement, Syria's United Nations envoy said.


US skeptical about French fence-mending trip to Syria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:45:34 GMT

The United States expressed skepticism Wednesday over France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks with Syria, Washington's arch enemy.


Israel: 3rd parties relay info to Syria (UPI)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:09:57 GMT

Israel has confirmed third parties are being used to convey messages between its government and Syria's, Haaretz reported Wednesday.


US: Clear Evidence Of Arms Smuggling To Lebanon Via Syria (Nasdaq)
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Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:04:08 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.S. said Wednesday there was clear evidence of arms smuggling across the Syrian border to terrorist groups in Lebanon, and accused Iran and Syria of playing a negative role in the country.


US Accuses Syria, Iran Of Playing Negative Role In Lebanon (Nasdaq)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:19:08 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.S. accused Syria and Iran on Wednesday of playing a negative role in Lebanon and said there is clear evidence of arms smuggling across the Syrian border to terrorist groups.


Syria to send humanitarian aid to Sudan's flood victims (People's Daily)
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Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:48:11 GMT

Syria would send a batch of humanitarian aid to Sudan to help the people suffered from the floods which swept many areas in the country, the official SANA news agency reported Wednesday. Upon the directives of President Bashar al-Assad, ...


Cousseran 'on road of conciliation' with Syria (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:24:12 GMT

Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks in Damascus this week is a "sign on the road of conciliation" with Syria. Jean-Claude Cousseran, a former French ambassador to Syria, has been in the capital since Tuesday in the first high-level contact between the two countries in almost two years.


Israel: 3rd parties relay info to Syria (Moldova.org)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:06:56 GMT

Israel has confirmed third parties are being used to convey messages between its government and Syria's, Haaretz reported Wednesday.The admission confirms earlier statements made by Syrian President Bashar Assad.Turkey, European countries and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi have all been relaying Israeli-Syrian messages for quite some time, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev ...


ENVOY TO SYRIA SIGN OF "CONCILIATION" WITH SYRIA - FRENCH FM (The Tocqueville Connection)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:29 GMT

PARIS, July 18, 2007 (AFP) - France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks in Damascus this week is a "sign on the road of conciliation" with Syria, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday.