Middle East: Italy's D'Alema stresses Syria's peace role (AKI) - Italian foreign minister Massimo D'Alema in a visit to Israel on Wednesday repeated his view that Syria should be invited to a US-sponsored Middle East peace conference in November."Israel quite rightly has not expressed its position [on inviting Syria]," D'Alema said after talks with Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni ...
Iran - UN - Syria The Syrian Government has assured the United Nations refugee agency that it does not intend to forcibly return Iraqi refugees, estimated at some 1.4 million, when it introduces new visa requirements, the United Nations Information Center said in a press release on Wednesday.
Syria to set up joint water company with Iran
Syria is to introduce strict regulations on the entry of Iraqi refugees, blaming a lack of support from the Iraqi government for a tightening of what has been one of the few open exits for those fleeing the violence in Iraq.
Syria will, in effect, close the door next week to the estimated 30,000 Iraqi refugees who enter the country each month, severely constricting one of the few remaining exits for those fleeing violence.
04 September 2007 Iran and Syria here on Tuesday underscored the need for further expansion of bilateral cooperation in the areas of water and energy.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would not approve the sale of uranium to Moscow if there was any possibility it could be resold to Iran or Syria.
Katie Couric plans to leave Wednesday for an ambitious reporting trip to Iraq and Syria - the CBS anchor's first time in the war zone - in anticipation of a crucial military report on progress of the American effort.
Beirut - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana called Tuesday on Syria to stay away from Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. Solana, who visited Lebanon for a few hours, told reporters in Beirut Syria must help Lebanon and let Leb...
Final pact for setting up QNB-Syria signed