guardian.co.uk | AP source: US envoy to visit Syria, Lebanon guardian.co.uk, UK AP foreign, Monday June 8 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Obama administration official says US special Mideast envoy George Mitchell plans to travel to Syria and Lebanon this week. The visit would follow elections last weekend in Lebanon in which a ... Video: Coalition wins elections in Lebanon Billionaire Hariri favored to be Lebanon's next PM Syria hopes Lebanon election will boost unity, stability |
Times Online | US Mideast envoy set to visit Beirut, Syria Reuters WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The US envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, will visit Syria and Lebanon this week as part of the Obama administration's Arab-Israeli peace push, the State Department said on Tuesday,. ... US Mideast envoy to visit Lebanon, Syria US envoy to visit Lebanon and Syria US Middle East Envoy Adds Stops in Beirut, Damascus |
The Associated Press | Ex-president to visit Israel, Syria WTVM, GA AP - June 9, 2009 12:04 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter will visit Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in his continuing efforts to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Carter Center, which has been monitoring ... Carter satisfied process was fair Former President Carter plans Gaza visit this week President Carter in Middle East, watching Lebanon elections |
AFP | Syria urges Israel to resume peace feelers AFP DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syria expressed renewed readiness on Tuesday to resume preliminary contacts through Turkish go-betweens on relaunching US-sponsored peace negotiations with Israel. Syria has been sending messages to Israel through Turkish ... 'Syria reiterates willingness to resume Turkish-mediated peace talks' Syria said awaiting Israel response on offer to renew talks Syria wants to resume indirect peace talks with Israel |
Earthtimes (press release) | UN: Evidence that bombed Syrian site was nuclear Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY In a report released last Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Syria has yet to explain the presence of uranium particles at the site in the Syrian desert, Dair Alzour, and that Syria had procured a large amount of graphite that Western ... Uranium found at second Syria site - IAEA Proliferation Blues IAEA discovers traces of uranium in Syria |
PRESS TV | Syria tells Sudan it rejects foreign meddling over Darfur AFP DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday told Sudan's foreign minister that he rejects foreign interference over its war-torn western region of Darfur, the official SANA news agency reported. Assad in talks with Khartoum's visiting ... Syria slams foreign interference in Darfur |
Mideast envoy Mitchell headed to Syria, State Dept. says CNN Political Ticker The Obama administration also believes engaging the Syrian regime will weaken Syria's strategic alliance with Iran. The State Department said last week that Mitchell's trip will be followed by other US missions — including a delegation of US military ... |
Times Online | Obama woos Syria in push for peace Times Online, UK BARACK OBAMA'S special envoy to the Middle East is to visit Syria this week after the president said “the moment is now” to push for peace. Former senator George Mitchell's expected visit follows a fortnight's intensive diplomatic wooing of Syria in ... Mitchell to visit Middle East, may go to Syria US special envoy to Middle East may visit Syria Obama envoy heading to Mideast - possibly Syria |
AFP | UN atomic agency holds 'vote' to elect new chief AFP VIENNA (AFP) — A Japanese diplomat on Tuesday held the lead in the race to become the next UN atomic watchdog chief at a time when the agency is seeking to carry out high-stakes nuclear probes in Iran and Syria. Yukiya Amano won most votes in a ... |
Financial Times | Will Syria intervene? Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt The primary point of difference between them is their position on Syria, and then on Iran and the United States, this point argued in the context of either supporting the Lebanese resistance or incorporating it into the Lebanese army. ... In Lebanon Vote, Stark Options, Complex Choices Lebanon voting at crossroads ANALYSIS-US weighs Lebanon aid if Hezbollah, allies win vote |