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US asks Syria to lift travel ban on ailing opposition leader (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:49:38 GMT

The United States on Wednesday called on Syria to lift a travel ban on opposition leader and former MP Riad Seif so that he could get medical treatment overseas.


U.S. urges Syria to allow dissident to travel abroad (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:09:00 GMT

The United States demanded on Wednesday that Syria allow dissident and former member of parliament Riad Seif to travel abroad for medical treatment.


Israel, Syria not interested in war: Barak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:55:38 GMT

Neither Israel nor archfoe Syria is interested in a war, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday as he observed military exercises in the occupied Golan Heights.


Syria Wants India To Play A Role In Middle East (Bernama)
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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:55:40 GMT

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Nursing a feeling that India is ignoring the Arab world, Syria wants India to play a role to help resolve the Middle East crisis, particularly by using its good offices with the United States.


Syria says Iraqi PM to visit for refugee talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:34:30 GMT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Syria to discuss how to tackle the needs of more than a million Iraqi refugees who have fled there from their country's brutal sectarian conflict, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara said on Tuesday.


Syria for active Indian role in West Asia (The Hindu)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:29:59 GMT

NEW DELHI: Syria wants India to play a more active role in stabilising the situation in West Asia, especially by leveraging its close relationship with the U.S. Pointing out any adverse developments in the region would also impact on ...


Israel, Syria not interested in war says Barak (Middle East Times)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:56:50 GMT

JERUSALEM -- Neither Israel nor archfoe Syria is interested in a war, Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday as he observed military exercises in the occupied Golan Heights.


Syria bars opposition leader from foreign travel (Middle East Times)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:56:59 GMT

DAMASCUS -- Syria has barred opposition leader and former MP Riad Seif from leaving the country to get medical treatment, a rights group said Wednesday.


Syria buys advanced anti-aircraft missiles: Israeli report Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 13, 2007 (Space War)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:08:00 GMT

Israeli media reported on Monday that Syria has acquired an array of advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles as part of a military build-up ahead of a possible war with the Jewish state.


Israel, Syria exchange peace 'threats' (Moldova.org)
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Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:36:54 GMT

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday echoed Syrian sentiments from a day earlier that Israel was not seeking to start a war.Israel does not want a war and Syria, according to our estimates, does not wish for one either, Barak said while observing tank exercises on the Golan Heights, the Jerusalem Post reported.Israel captured Golan from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. Peace talks on ...