North Korea announces ambassador to Syria The Associated Press - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has named an ambassador to Syria, the communist country's official media said Monday, following US allegations the two ... |
 PRESS TV | Report: Syria tests long-range missiles Ha'aretz, Israel - By Yuval Azoulay Syria has recently test-launched a series of surface-to-surface missiles and rockets, Channel 2 news reported yesterday. ... Israeli radars detected Syria missile tests 'IDF detects Syrian test-launches of ground to ground missiles' Israeli missile defense system detects Syrian tests |
 New York Times | Syria’s President to Visit Russia PoliGazette, Netherlands - Syria’s anti-American President will visit Russia, one of the main enemies of the US after its invasion of Georgia which reminded many of the Cold War, ... Will Arab World Repeat Cold War Errors? Arab Sentiment Backs Russia Over Georgia International Equilibrium |
 PRESS TV | 'Russia to deploy missiles in Syria' PRESS TV, Iran - Russia plans to place its advanced missile systems in Syria to counter US and Israeli interventions in South Ossetia, an Israeli news source says. ... |
Iran mulling $3b investment in Syria Tehran Times, Iran - “We already have $1.3 billion worth of various projects at hand in Syria,” he added on the sidelines of the 55th Damascus International Fair, IRIB reported ... |
 Hürriyet | Russia considers nuclear missiles for Syria, Baltic Hürriyet, Turkey - Russia is planning to install Iskander surface missiles in Syria and its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, in a response to United States missile interceptors ... Don't wait to fight radical regimes Moscow accuses Israel of arming Georgia - day before Assad arrives ... They always forget Kaliningrad |
 Wall Street Journal Blogs | Iraqis’ Vacation Travails Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - We ended up choosing Syria because we believed it would be easy to get a visa and it would fit our holiday budget. Iraqi refugees present their passports to ... |
Iran and Syria, in the role of Russia Ha'aretz, Israel - There is a greater chance that Russia will wage a more ambitious and aggressive policy, including selling advanced weapons systems to Iran and Syria. ... The US is losing but the winners are unclear |
 GulfNews | Sister Syria Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - Since independence more than 60 years ago, the two countries have not exchanged ambassadors; Syria always arguing they were too close to need them. ... Lebanon and Syria to demarcate border, normalise ties Lebanon-Syria in border pact Syria, Lebanon discuss border delimitation |
 AFP | Arab League hails Syria-Lebanon accord AFP - CAIRO (AFP) — The 22-member Arab League on Friday hailed the decision by Syria and Lebanon to establish diplomatic relations as an important historical step ... |