Daily Star - Lebanon | Jordan and Syria discuss Arab rapprochement Reuters Conservative Arab states led by Saudi Arabia are mending ties with Syria to restore a semblance of Arab harmony before the Doha summit later this month. After intensive diplomacy, Assad held a meeting in Riyadh earlier this month with King Abdullah of ... Syria and Jordan stress Arab unity Syria leader visits Jordan in effort to patch ties Syria's Assad to visit Jordan ahead of Arab summit |
Stumbling towards Doha Foreign Policy While the Saudi outreach to Syria proceeds apace (which may have something to do with Bashar al-Asad's first visit to Amman in half a decade), Qatar's relations with key Arab "moderate" states have taken a sharp turn for the worse. ... Syria: Al-Moallem: Syria Will Spare no Effort to Complete the Arab ... Jordan ‘will attend’ Doha summit - Judeh Syria: President al-Assad and Jordanian King Hope the Forthcoming ... |
Ha'aretz | Report: IDF commandos infiltrated alleged Syria nuke facility Ha'aretz, Israel Ruehle also reported that a top-ranked Iranian defector told the United States that Iran was financing North Korean moves to make Syria into a nuclear weapons power, leading to the Israeli air strike. The article goes into detail about an Iranian ... Report: Iranian defector tipped Syrian nuke plans Certifying Syria's Nuclear Program Iranian Defector Tells it All |
guardian.co.uk | Hamas says ready to resume talks on prisoner deal USA Today DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Hamas deputy chief said Monday his group is ready to resume talks with Egyptian officials in order to reach a prisoner exchange deal with Israel as soon as possible. Moussa Abu Marzouk told The Associated Press in an ... Video: Israeli T-shirts mock Gaza killings - 23 March 2009 It's time for Obama to face the Middle East Iran Challenged In Continuing Aid To Hamas |
Daily Star - Lebanon | News Analysis: Syrian-US relations show sign of thaw Xinhua, China DAMASCUS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The relations between Syria and the United States are showing signs of thaw as Washington sent senior officials to Damascus while Syria voiced interest in having constructive talks with its one-time foe. ... Only Assad can make it clear that Syria is embarking on a new path Syrian FM: We can talk to Netanyahu Syria: War with Israel still on the go |
Postcard From Damascus: Living With Iraqi Refugees in Syria AlterNet, CA What most Americans don't know about Syria -- a nation vilified by the US that has also absorbed 2 million Iraqi refugees -- might surprise you. Often contextualized by war and conflict, many people in the Arab world are portrayed by some of the media ... |
Syria’s very special court International Herald Tribune, France A report from Human Rights Watch on Syria’s use of a kangaroo court to criminalize even the mildest forms of dissent and free speech comes at an opportune moment. American senators have been visiting Damascus to sound out President Bashar al-Assad on a ... |
Foreign Policy | Iran's Axis of Nuclear Evil American Enterprise Institute, DC Far more important was that a senior defector--Iran's former Deputy Minister of Defense Ali Reza Asghari--disclosed Tehran's financing of Syria's nuclear weapons program. That program's centerpiece was a North Korean nuclear reactor in Syria. ... Is Damascus on the way to conversion? The embrace Iraq would rather avoid Arab parliament approves Yemeni initiative to develop Arab joint work |
GulfNews | Syria Offers to Mediate With Iran Voice of America President Assad's offer to mediate is a diplomatic initiative that could further help in Syria's own rapprochement with the US and Europe. He told the Italian daily La Repubblica that he was "ready to serve as a mediator with Iran," if western nations ... Syria's Assad praises Obama, wants meeting Report: Syria's Assad ready to mediate with Iran Assad: Israel-Syria deal was close |
Daily Star - Lebanon | First Lebanese Embassy Opens In Syria CBS News, NY Syria, which withdrew its forces from Lebanon in 2005, after a 29-year presence, opened an embassy of its own in West Beirut last December, as ties between the two long-feuding neighbors slowly improved. Damascus has not yet named an envoy. ... Lebanon opens first embassy in Syria Lebanon raises flag over first-ever Syria embassy Beirutis view embassy opening in Syria with skepticism |