A Syrian expert on strategic studies Samir al-Taqi said yesterday that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's speech at a joint press conference with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Syria on Thursday indicated the power of regional deterrent forces to defuse enemy conspiracies.
DUBAI - Syria warned Israel it would send troops into Lebanon during the Jewish state's 2006 war against Hizbollah militants if its forces advanced into a Lebanese region adjacent to Damascus, the head of the guerrillas said.
Visiting French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran denied here Monday any French negotiation with Syria, Lebanon's Naharnet news website reported. Cousseran, former French ambassador to Damascus, made the denial in a meeting with Lebanese Pri ...
Source: Reuters DUBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - Syria warned Israel it would send troops into Lebanon during the Jewish state's 2006 war against Hezbollah militants if its forces advanced into a Lebanese region adjacent ...
TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) – The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) here Monday announced it will support goods, technical, and engineering exports to Syria.
DAMASCUS: A large meeting of Iraqi rebel groups that was due to be held in Damascus yesterday was cancelled at the behest of Syria, delegates said.
A spokesman calls the report of a $1-billion pact a 'media ploy' to damage relations between the two nations. TEHRAN — Iran on Sunday dismissed a widely circulated report alleging a $1-billion arms pact with Syria, terming it a "media ploy" meant to poison relations between Tehran and Damascus.
French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran arrived in Beirut on Monday in a bid to relaunch dialogue in Lebanon between feuding political leaders and break the eight-month-old political deadlock. "Syria expressed its willingness to help the Lebanese dialogue," Cousseran told reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
Source: Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS, July 23 (Reuters) - A large meeting of Iraqi rebel groups that was due to be held in Damascus on Monday was cancelled at the behest of Syria, delegates said. ...
Syria was prepared to enter last summer's war between the Lebanese group of Hezbollah and Israel, but the group did not favour such a move, the group's leader said last night.