Rights Activist Detained in Syria The Associated Press - DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Authorities have detained a rights activist for allegedly participating in a political forum forbidden by the government, ... |
 New York Times | Damascus Journal A Lebanese Diva, Performing in Syria, Creates ... New York Times, United States - By ROBERT F. WORTH DAMASCUS, Syria — From the moment she stepped onstage here at the Dar al Assad opera house on Monday night, the red-haired woman in the ... |
 AFP | Syria court jails four Kurds for separatism: rights watchdog AFP - The four were arrested in March 2006 after taking part in a demonstration in the town of Afrin, north of Syria's second city of Aleppo, ... Syria security court sentences Kurdish dissidents for separatism |
 CBS News | US acceptance of Iraqi refugees speeds up AFP - The 12000 Iraqis expected to be accepted took refuge in Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Gulf countries, and are being helped by the UN High Commissioner ... State Department vows to resettle 12000 Iraqi refugees US May Not Meet Iraq Refugee Goal Processing of Iraqi Refugees Remains Slow, US Says |
 HispanicBusiness.com | US 'OK'd trespassing into Iran, Syria' PRESS TV, Iran - ... said the US forces had been given permission to chase what it called terrorists and former members of Saddam Hussein's government into Iran and Syria. ... Web posting said to be 2005 US Iraq war rules US military rules kept troops out of mosques Today's Must Read |
Sfeir highlights need to mend ties with Syria Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - "If the nature of the ties between Lebanon and Syria is not once and for all determined, this is likely to reflect negatively on both countries," Sfeir said ... Sfeir: External Powers Push Lebanon to War |
 PRESS TV | Lebanon: France and Hezbollah threat Kuwait Times, Kuwait - Hezbollah acts in close coordination with Syria and Iran, which also are pressing demands against France and the United States regarding Lebanon and the ... Lebanon orders arrest of 11 soldiers over shootings Lebanese army arrests 17 over deadly riot Two Lebanese Soldiers Wounded in Fresh Attack |
Post-PKK Operations: Will Turkey Change Its Attitude toward Iran ... Washington Institute for Near East Policy, DC - Meanwhile, Turkey's ties with Iran and Syria, which analysts characterized as “cold if occasionally cordial” in the 1990s, have been transformed in the last ... |
Save Lebanon from Syria and Iran Middle East Times, Egypt - But that did not mean Syria was totally out of Lebanon. In fact, right after the Syrian withdrawal, the very well informed Kuwaiti newspaper Al Seyassah ... |
The Grand Mufti of Syria Prays for Peace in a Church Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY - On the first day of 2008, the Grand Mufti of Syria shared a special prayer for peace, organized by the Syrian Orthodox Church of Aleppo, Syria. ... MECC General Secretary visits the Grand Mufti of Syria MECC Senior Staff meets to discuss MECC 4-Years Plan of Action |