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Doubts linger as Syria shows Iraq border security (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
read story   Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:21:04 GMT
Syrian soldiers speed along the border with Iraq on truck patrols designed, officials say, to prevent Jihadists from Syria joining the insurgency on the other side.
FEATURE-Doubts linger as Syria shows Iraq border security (AlertNet)
read story   Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:57:14 GMT
Source: Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis WADI AL-SAWAB, Syria, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers speed along the border with Iraq on truck patrols designed, officials say, to prevent Jihadists from Syria joining the ...

Indonesia loses 0-7 to Syria (The Jakarta Post)
read story   Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:17:23 GMT
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia on Monday suffered a shocking 0-7 defeat against Syria in the second leg of 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Jordan king in Syria for first time in four years (Al Bawaba)
read story   Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:49:50 GMT
Jordan's King Abdullah II arrived in Syria Sunday on an unannounced trip, his first to the Syrian capital in nearly four years, Syria's official news agency reported.

Three U.S. Agencies Reviewing Decision to Export High-Tech Support to Syria (FOX 35 Orlando)
read story   Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:27:10 GMT
Officials from three U.S. agencies are now reviewing their records over the past three years to see if permission should have been granted for a major American computer company to ship "sensitive" technology to Syria, a state sponsor of terrorism.

1,700-year-old cemetery found in Syria (AP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:15:52 GMT
Archeologists have unearthed a Roman-era cemetery dating from the 3rd century A.D. in northeast Syria, one of several recent archaeological discoveries in the history-rich country, a government newspaper reported Thursday.

Jordan's king visits Syria for talks ahead of Annapolis meeting (EARTHtimes.org)
read story   Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:56:09 GMT
Amman- Jordan's King Abdullah II flew to Damascus Sunday for rare talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of the US- sponsored Middle East conference due to be held later this month at Annapolis, Maryland. The trip is part of the monarch's...

Olympic squad set for crucial Syria clash (Gulf Daily News)
read story   Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:12:53 GMT
BAHRAIN will be looking to take advantage of familiar conditions when they play Syria tonight in a crucial 2008 Beijing Olympics qualifying Group 'B' match at 5.50pm at the National Stadium in Riffa.

U.S. Licensing High-Tech Exports to Syria Under U.N. Development Program (FOX 31 Denver)
read story   Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:24:16 GMT
After years of harsh talk and escalating rounds of sanctions against Syria for supporting terror and seeking weapons of mass destruction, the United States is quietly supporting a United Nations program to supply the Syrian regime with sophisticated surveillance equipment and computers to monitor its borders.

Mystery still surrounds Israel’s Syria attack (Financial Times)
read story   Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:46:32 GMT
Rarely does President George W. Bush bite his lip when discussing “axis of evil” states such as Syria and North Korea. But for more than two months Mr Bush has done just that when asked about a September 6 Israeli strike on a mysterious Syrian site.