 New York Times | Twitter Musings in Syria Elicit Groans in Washington New York Times WASHINGTON — When two young State Department officials took a delegation of Silicon Valley executives to Syria recently, they billed it as a ... |
 Reuters | Castro vows to deepen relationship with Syria Morning Star Online Ba'athist Syria has begun to assert itself as a key player in the Middle East. Last month - shortly after the US renewed sanctions against the country for ... Syria courts Latin America for oil, trade, and expats Assad, Chavez focus on energy, trade talks Cuba, Syria Talk on Middle East Tension |
 Ha'aretz | Iran Arms Syria With Radar Wall Street Journal JERUSALEM—Iran has sent Syria a sophisticated radar system that could threaten Israel's ability to launch a surprise attack against ... Hizbullah's troublesome Turkish embrace Israeli Security Cabinet green lights north Ghajar pullout Gas deposits fuel latest PR offensive by Hizbollah |
 AFP | Brazil, Syria slam Israel over Gaza flotilla, blockade Ha'aretz Syria President Assad voices support of Iran nuclear uranium swap deal initiated by Turkey and Brazil during rare South America visit. ... Brazil's Lula Meets with Syria's Assad Assad backs Brazil-Turkey plan to solve Iran nuclear row The rise of Syria, despite a US ban |
 Jordan Times | U.S. Presses Syria on Web Freedoms Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Obama administration pressed Syria's president in a meeting last week to improve Internet freedoms and the protection of ... U.S. urges Syria to free prominent lawyer, others Syria's Assad begins Latin America tour Syria attempts to expand circle of friendly nations |
 Telegraph.co.uk | APN on Turkey Americans for Peace Now Indeed, as recently as two years ago Turkey was playing a central role in efforts to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Syria. ... Israeli military planes banned from Turkish airspace 'Israel must apologize for Gaza' The Israel-Turkey fiasco can still be fixed |
Syria Bans Female Teachers From Wearing Veils Huffington Post (blog) While much attention is being paid to European countries considering banning the burka, which allows only the eyes of Muslim women to be seen, ... |
Arab leaders will frustrate Turkey's quest MarketWatch Subsequent waltzing with Iran and Syria, disregarding Washington's demand to join sanctions against Tehran, and picking periodic bouts with Israel added up ... |
 AFP | Syria jails leading rights lawyer BBC News An award-winning lawyer and activist has been jailed for three years in Syria, human rights groups say. Mohannad al-Hassani, head of the Syrian Organisation ... Syria jails award-winning lawyer: rights groups Syria sends rights activist to jail Syria Imprisons Human Rights Lawyer On Sedition Charges |
 Day Press News | Azerbaijan and Syria Reach Preliminary Agreement on Gas Price Oil and Gas Industry Latest News Azerbaijan and Syria have reached an agreement on the price of natural gas and technical aspects for transporting it, APA reports. ... In mid-2011 Syria to commence annual purchases of Azeri gas Azerbaijan, Syria agree to sign agreement on gas supplies Syria to purchase annual 1.5 bn cu m of Azerbaijani gas in 20 years |