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Iraq to offer Syria funds for refugees (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:17:57 GMT
Iraq said on Tuesday that it will offer Syria 15 million dollars to help pay the costs of sheltering Iraqi refugees during a visit to Damascus by Finance Minister Bayan Jabr Solagh later this week.

Christian leader says Syria blocking Lebanon deal (AlertNet)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:12:14 GMT
Source: Reuters By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Lebanon's main anti-Syrian Christian leader accused Syria and its allies on Wednesday of blocking a deal on a new president by threatening chaos if their ...

Iraqi refugees to return home from Syria (Pravda Ru)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:26:32 GMT
The violence in Iraq ebbs. The country's embassy in Syria starts to organize free trips for Iraqis who want to return home.

SYRIA: Demand for health care soars as spending shrinks (AlertNet)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:27:35 GMT
Source: IRIN Syria's public health system is under severe strain. Although the quality of its health care remains regionally strong, growing budget deficits, ballooning demographics and the influx of an estimated 1.5 million Iraqis, all of whom qualify for free healthcare, means the need for state hospitals and clinics is soaring, even as the money to pay for them grows less each year.

Syria ranks 135 worldwide in the Logistics Performance Index (AME Info)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:12:07 GMT
Syria's logistics services remain poor according to the results of the logistics index published by the World Bank.

French Presidential Aide In Syria Over Lebanon Crisis (Nasdaq)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:54:22 GMT
(RTTNews) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's top aide is in Syria for talks aimed at intensifying efforts toward a solution to the political crisis in Lebanon over it's presidential election, Sarkozy's office said Tuesday.

Annapolis invites sent; Mubarak: Saudi, Syria will attend (Haaretz Daily)
read story Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:50:58 GMT
U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday formally invited Israel and the Palestinian Authority to attend the peace summit in Annapolis, Maryland. Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and Syria, received similar invitations.

Iraq to offer Syria funds for refugees (Middle East Times)
read story Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:18:28 GMT
Members of an Iraqi refugee family wait for their visas to be granted at the Tanaf border crossing between Syria and Iraq, some 300 kms northeast of Damascus, 10 November 2007. Iraq said on Tuesday that it will offer Syria 15 million dollars to help pay the costs of sheltering Iraqi refugees during a visit to Damascus by Finance Minister Bayan Jabr Solagh later this week.

Syria: Conference on investment opportunities kicks off on Wednesday (Adnkronos)
read story Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:15:47 GMT
Syria: Conference on investment opportunities kicks off on Wednesday (AKI) - An international meeting of finance and investment institutions is set to kick off in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday. The theme of the conference is "The role of financial services in booming investment markets". The event, sponsored by the Syrian finance ministry and is also being promoted by the ...

Syria demands Golan Heights be discussed at U.S. conference (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
read story Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:13:44 GMT
DAMASCUS, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Syria will only take part in an international Middle East conference next week in Annapolis if the return of the Golan Heights is on the agenda, a deputy Syrian foreign minister said Tuesday.