The number of foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria has decreased noticeably in recent months, corresponding to a similar decrease in suicide bombings and other attacks by the group al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
Divisions have appeared again in US President George W. Bush's administration over a North Korean nuclear disarmament deal amid leaked US intelligence citing alleged atomic links between the Stalinist state and Syria.
War-weary Iraqis on Saturday feared that death could return to the long, winding desert roads stretching to Syria and Jordan in the wake of the killing claimed by Al-Qaeda of a top Sunni sheikh.
Israel sends Iran a signal with a stealth raid into Syria.
A U.S. official says Syria may be trying to obtain nuclear equipment.
A top U.S. non-proliferation official said that North Korea may be aiding Syria in a covert nuclear program.
Reports that North Korea may be assisting Syria with a possible nuclear program will not derail efforts to implement a deal to end North Korea's nuclear programs, the chief U.S. negotiator said yesterday, arguing that the reports emphasized the need to complete the agreement.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad has stressed that his country reserves the right to respond to the recent violation of its airspace by Israeli warplanes, the independent Champress website reported on Saturday. "Syria is ...
A senior U.S. nuclear official said Friday that North Koreans were in Syria and that Damascus may have had contacts with "secret suppliers" to obtain nuclear equipment.
The lead U.S. negotiator with North Korea said on Friday he expected to attend six-party talks on ending Pyongyang's atomic programs next week despite reports Syria might have received North Korean nuclear aid.