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Jordan and Syria discuss Arab rapprochement - Reuters Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:03:58 GMT

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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 Aljazeera.net
Syria leader visits Jordan in effort to patch ties International Herald Tribune
Syria's Assad to visit Jordan ahead of Arab summit AFP
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Stumbling towards Doha - Foreign Policy Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:31:15 GMT

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 ... ISRIA (subscription)
Jordan ‘will attend’ Doha summit - Judeh Jordan Times
Syria: President al-Assad and Jordanian King Hope the Forthcoming ... ISRIA (subscription)
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Report: IDF commandos infiltrated alleged Syria nuke facility - Ha'aretz Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:28:51 GMT

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 The Associated Press
Certifying Syria's Nuclear Program Antiwar.com
Iranian Defector Tells it All Christian Broadcasting Network
Al-Ahram Weekly - International Middle East Media Center
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Hamas says ready to resume talks on prisoner deal - USA Today Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:10:15 GMT

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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 Al Jazeera
It's time for Obama to face the Middle East MiamiHerald.com
Iran Challenged In Continuing Aid To Hamas Evening Bulletin
Khaleej Times - Jerusalem Post
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News Analysis: Syrian-US relations show sign of thaw - Xinhua Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:27:58 GMT

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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 Daily Star - Lebanon
Syrian FM: We can talk to Netanyahu Jerusalem Post
Syria: War with Israel still on the go PRESS TV
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Postcard From Damascus: Living With Iraqi Refugees in Syria - AlterNet Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:42:57 GMT

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 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:32:01 GMT

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 ...

Iran's Axis of Nuclear Evil - American Enterprise Institute Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:51:28 GMT

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? Il Tamarindo
The embrace Iraq would rather avoid GulfNews
Arab parliament approves Yemeni initiative to develop Arab joint work Yemen News Agency
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Syria Offers to Mediate With Iran - Voice of America Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:51:38 GMT

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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 Reuters
Report: Syria's Assad ready to mediate with Iran The Associated Press
Assad: Israel-Syria deal was close Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Global Security Newswire - IranVNC
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First Lebanese Embassy Opens In Syria - CBS News Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:02:07 GMT

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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 Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Lebanon raises flag over first-ever Syria embassy AFP
Beirutis view embassy opening in Syria with skepticism Daily Star - Lebanon
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