The Cypriot president said Thursday he was confident Syria had no intention of recognizing a breakaway state in his Mediterranean island despite a spat over a ferry that sailed to a Syrian port from the separatist region.
Iraq's Vice-President Adel Abdel Mahdi held talks here on Thursday with his Syrian counterpart Faruq al-Shara at the beginning of a three-day visit to Syria.
The Cypriot president said Thursday he was confident Syria had no intention of recognizing a breakaway state on his Mediterranean island despite its acceptance of a ferry from the separatist region last week.
NEW YORK (AP)--The Cypriot president said he was confident Syria had no intention of recognizing a breakaway state in his Mediterranean island despite a spat over a ferry that sailed to a Syrian port from the separatist region.
DAMASCUS - A senior Iraqi official urged Damascus on Thursday to improve the lot of Iraqi refugees whose arrival in Syria has raised tensions between the two countries.
Source: Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A senior Iraqi official urged Damascus on Thursday to improve the lot of Iraqi refugees whose arrival in Syria has raised tensions between the ...
Western intelligence sources said Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has acquired the No Dong ballistic missile from Pyongyang. The sources said the No Dong, believed to have arrived in Syria in late 2006, was financed through Iran, which also acquired the surface-to-surface weapon.
Syria has indicated it is willing to allow the United Nations to take custody of the disputed Shebaa Farms area claimed by Lebanon but which is under Israeli occupation, a Spanish diplomat said on Wednesday.
The target of Israel's air strike in northeastern Syria earlier this month was either a joint nuclear or missile facility with North Korea, John R. Bolton, a former senior Bush administration official, said Wednesday.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here Wednesday that he was canceling a scheduled meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid Moallem because he was "shocked" by last week's assassination of a Lebanese anti-Syrian MP.