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Syria calls for Iraq reconciliation and US troop exit 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 3:57 AM
Syria wants to help Iraqi reconciliation and see the withdrawal of US-led foreign troops, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem was quoted as saying during a landmark visit by Iraqi officials.Israel, Syria reach understandings 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 10:26 PM
Israel and Syria have reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks between its representatives, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday.Israel and Syria 'have held talks on peace' 
Daily Telegraph - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
Representatives of Israel and Syria have held secret land-for-peace negotiations over the last two years, it was reported yesterday.Israel knew of secret peace talks with Syria, say officials 
Independent - Jan 16 4:12 PM
Israeli officials have confirmed that the Foreign Ministry knew about a series of peace talks that have taken place in Europe between Syrians and an Israeli team headed by a former senior diplomat. The teams discussed Israel handing back the Golan Heights, which it has occupied since the Six Day War in 1967, to Syria under a formula providing for President Bashar Assad to stop giving support to ...Israel and Syria had reached an 'understanding' on peace deal 
New Kerala - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
Jerusalem, Jan 16: Israel and Syria had secretly reached an "understanding" for a peace deal before war erupted in Lebanon last year.Duma seeks Iran, Syria partnership over ME 
IranMania.com - 46 minutes ago
LONDON, January 17 (IranMania) - Chairman of the Russian Council of Federation's committee on international affairs said that US objection to Iran and Syria partnership in solving the Middle East crisis would result in complicating and prolonging the process, IRNA reported.Syria denies report of contacts with Israel 
People's Daily - Jan 16 4:25 PM
Syria denied on Tuesday an Israeli media report that it has contacted Israel for peace understandings, the official SANA news agency reported.Israel and Syria 'held Golan talks' 
Turks.US - Jan 16 6:31 PM
Uofficial negotiations between Syria and Israel took place between 2004 and 2006, producing agreements that both sides hoped could act as a framework for a future peace deal, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.Israel denies 'secret deal' with Syria 
Times Online - Jan 16 8:08 AM
Israel has denied reports that understandings have been reached with Syria after two years of secret peace talks.Israel, Syria Deny Report of Unofficial Peace Plan Draft 
Crosswalk.com - Jan 16 6:13 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Both Israel and Syria are denying a report that they have engaged in secret meetings over the last few years, resulting in an unofficial draft of a peace plan.Syria Plans to Offer Oil E&P to US, UK, Canadian Companies 
Rigzone - Jan 16 8:02 AM
Syria is preparing to offer new offshore and onshore blocks to international oil companies, including American, Canadian and British firms, an official said Tuesday.Ancient weapons found in ruins in Syria 
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble.Secret understandings reached between representatives from Israel and Syria 
Haaretz Daily - Jan 16 11:03 AM
In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.PM: No government officials involved in secret Syria talks 
Haaretz Daily - Jan 16 11:03 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that no government officials were involved in secret contacts with Syria, responding to a Haaretz report that understandings on a peace agreement between Jerusalem and Damascus were formulated in a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006.Israel denies secret deal with Syria 
The Age - Jan 16 5:51 AM
Senior Israeli officials are pouring cold water on reports that a secret peace deal was reached with Syria.Israel, Syria sought peace via secret talks, says report 
Albuquerque Tribune - Jan 16 11:09 AM
The report in the daily Haaretz said the two sides reached a series of understandings that included a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights - captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war - and an end to Syrian support for anti-Israel militant groups.Duma official seeks Iran, Syria partnership for solving ME crisis 
Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 16 7:55 AM
Russia - Iran - ME Chairman of the Russian Council of Federation's committee on international affairs said on Tuesday that US objection to Iran and Syria partnership in solving the Middle East crisis would result in complicating and prolonging the process.Israel, Syria undergo peace talks 
AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Jan 15 10:45 PM
Israel and Syria have reportedly reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks.Israeli-Syria secret talks surface 
TVNZ - Jan 16 1:04 AM
Unofficial negotiators from Israel and Syria drafted in secret talks from 2004 to 2006 a document they hoped could serve as a framework for a future peace accord, Israel's Haaretz daily said on Tuesday.Israeli daily says Israel, Syria held secret talks on a peace deal 
EARTHtimes.org - Jan 16 7:08 AM
Israel and Syria had held several rounds of secret talks between September 2004 and July 2006 on a peace proposal, an Israeli newspaper said Tuesday quoting highly placed sources.Syria, Kuwait to jointly build a new refinery 
ANI via Yahoo! India News - Jan 15 9:07 PM
By Iaonnis Solomou Nicosia, Jan 16 (ANI): The Syrian government has decided to build a third oil refinery at Dair al-Zour at an estimated cost of 1.5 billion dollars, with a capacity to process 140,000 barrels a day. The refinery will be a joint project between Syria and Kuwait, with the participation of the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum, the Syrian Social Insurance Establishment and the Syrian ...Bush s speech carries hidden threats to Iran, Syria 
Pakistan News Tribune - Jan 16 1:14 AM
Could it be true that President Bush may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress?Olmert Denies Report of Secret Contacts With Syria 
Israel National News - Jan 16 6:51 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied a report Tuesday that senior Israeli officials were involved in secret negotiations from 2004 to 2006 with Syria over the future of the Golan Heights.Secret Syria Talks Claimed 
Totally Jewish - Jan 16 1:22 AM
Representatives from Israel and Syria have reached a document of understanding for a peace agreement following two years of talks between the two countries.Israel/Syria denial 
Something Jewish - Jan 16 3:49 AM
A senior Syrian Foreign Ministry official on Tuesday morning denied Israeli newspaper Haaretz's report on secret talks held between Israel and Syria, which led to a document of understandings.Iraq president makes landmark Syria trip 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 8:08 PM
Syria's leader promised to help ease tensions in neighboring Iraq during Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's landmark visit to Damascus on Sunday, just days after President Bush accused Syria of backing the Iraqi insurgency.Olmert dismisses reported Israel-Syria peace proposal 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 7:21 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brushed aside on Tuesday an unofficial peace plan drafted by Israelis and Syrians, saying the Israeli government had no part in the initiative and did not take it seriously.Israel, Syria 'agree on peace' 
News 24 South Africa - Jan 16 12:27 AM
Israel and Syria have reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks, according to a report.Full Text of Leaked Agreement With Syria 
Israel National News - Jan 16 1:36 AM
Preamble The objective of this effort is to establish normal, peaceful relations between the governments and peoples of Israel and Syria, and to sign a treaty of peace attesting to this achievement.Should Israel Initiate Negotiations with Syria? 
Scoop.co.nz - Jan 15 6:21 PM
Should Israel Initiate Negotiations with Syria? Objective The objective of this paper is to analyze the major considerations in answer to the basic question: Should Israel initiate negotiations with Syria on a political accord?Bin Laden Group $170m Syria deal 
AME Info - Jan 15 8:38 PM
Saudi Bin Laden Group has set up a holding company with $170m capital in Syria. The Syrian and Saudi joint stock company will trade in building materials. The company will bring under one roof nine building materials firms at a 2.62m sqft industrial compound.Paper: Israel, Syria reach understanding 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 3:23 AM
Israeli and Syrian representatives held nearly two years of secret negotiations, coming up with a framework for a peace deal, before war erupted in Lebanon last summer, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.Report: Unofficial understandings for peace deal between Israel and Syria 
Al Bawaba - Jan 15 10:40 PM
In a series of secret talks in Europe during September 2004 to July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace deal between Israel and Syria, Israel's Haaretz daily reported on Tuesday.Differences over Iran, Syria complicating Iraq strategy 
El Paso Times - Jan 15 1:54 PM
President Bush's plan to bring peace to Iraq, already facing resistance in Congress, also has highlighted differences between Washington and Baghdad over how to deal with Syria and Iran.Iraq president on landmark Syria visit 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 12:55 PM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Syria on the first such high-level visit in three decades to a country accused by the United States of fueling the violence in his homeland.Iraqi Refugee Crisis Seen Deepening 
Washington Post - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Iraq is emerging as one of the fastest-growing refugee crises in the world, with an estimated 1.7 million Iraqis displaced from their homes and up to 100,000 fleeing the country to Jordan, Syria and other nations amid intensifying sectarian violence, U.S. officials and experts testified yesterday.Israel-Syria Secret Peace Talks Reported 
CBS News - Jan 16 8:00 AM
An Israeli newspaper says, after two years of negotiations, both sides reached understandings, but the talks ended before the war in Lebanon last summer. Both countries deny the story. The deal would have included withdrawal from the Golan Heights.Differences over Iran, Syria complicate U.S. strategy 
Ashland Daily Tidings - Jan 15 1:14 PM
President Bush's plan to bring peace to Iraq, already facing resistance in Congress, also has raised differences between Washington and Baghdad over how to deal with Syria and Iran.Ruins in Northern Syria Bear the Scars of a City?s Final Battle 
New York Times - Jan 15 7:06 PM
Excavation of ruins at Tell Hamoukar reveals ancient weapons of mass destruction.Assad's Road to Washington? 
Time Magazine - Jan 16 11:13 AM
Syria's secret talks with Israel may be as much about peace with the U.S. as with Israel Ancient Weapons Found in Ruins in Syria 
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 16 10:07 AM
It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble. The discovery was made in the ruins of Hamoukar,... Syria says worry over Iraq is mutual 
People's Daily - Jan 16 5:14 PM
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Muallem said on Tuesday that the worry over the security, stability and independence of Iraq was "a joint Syrian-Iraqi concern", the official SANA news agency reported.Iraq president on landmark Syria visit 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 5:26 AM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Syria on the first such high-level visit in three decades to a country accused by the United States of fuelling the violence in his homeland.Iraq President Makes Landmark Syria Trip 
ABC News - Jan 14 3:26 PM
Iraqi President Visits Syria to Discuss Security Issues, Strengthening RelationsIraqi president makes landmark Syria trip 
Tulsa World - Jan 15 4:20 AM
Aiming to boost relations, he's the first Iraqi president to visit Syria in decades.Iraq, Syria to discuss security issues 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 2:06 AM
Iraq's president was expected in Syria on Sunday, in a landmark visit that could bring his war-ravaged country a small step closer to ending the raging violence and offer Syria the chance to ease its isolation.Syria to open new zones for oil, gas exploration 
Middle East Times - Jan 15 1:49 AM
DAMASCUS -- Syria plans to open new zones for exploration of oil and gas resources in a bid to boost its dwindling energy output, the state newspaper Tishrin reported Saturday.Syria's envoy to US insists Lebanese 'are being used by superpowers' 
The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 16 1:15 PM
The Daily Star, the ambassador warned that some Lebanese leaders have been misled by the Bush administration.Arab League stresses talks with Iran, Syria on Iraq 
Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 15 4:10 AM
Iran - Iraq - Moussa Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa in Cairo on Sunday stressed the significance of holding negotiations with Iran and Syria, as two important states in the region, on developments in Iraq.Iraqi president to visit Syria 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 14 1:45 AM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is heading to Syria on the first such high-level visit in three decades to a country accused by the United States of fuelling the violence in Iraq.Ancient Weapons Found in Ruins in Syria 
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 16 9:29 AM
It was the ancient version of a last stand.Israelis, Syrians held "unofficial" talks: report 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 5:21 AM
Unofficial negotiators from Israel and Syria drafted in secret talks a document they hoped could serve as a framework for a future peace accord, Israel's Haaretz daily said on Tuesday.US, Jordan, Syria Must Open Doors to Iraq Refugees 
AlertNet - Jan 16 9:44 AM
Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC, January 16, 2007) With the Senate Judiciary Committee holding hearings today on the plight of Iraqi refugees, Human Rights Watch called upon the Bush administration to share the ... Bush's Crooked Ways 
The Nation via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 7:11 AM
The Nation -- Does anyone in a Shakespeare play foretell President George W. Bush, who has not only committed more forces to his catastrophic war in Iraq, but now also threatens to attack Iran and Syria?Israel and Syria 'held secret negotiations for two years' 
Guardian Unlimited - Jan 16 6:17 AM
Talks produced outline of peace agreement, report says.Israel and Syria in 'secret talks' 
Guardian Unlimited - Jan 16 6:02 AM
Secret negotiations 'produced outline of possible peace deal'.Army chief: IDF not readying for war with Syria 
Haaretz Daily - Jan 15 1:05 AM
Chief of Staff Dan Halutz rejected yesterday the suggestion that the Israel Defense Forces were preparing for the possibility of war with Syria in the summer.Report: Israel and Syria had secret talks 
FOX 12 Idaho - Jan 16 12:44 PM
JERUSALEM A new report about secret peace talks in the Middle East. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz (hah-ah-REHTS') says Israeli and Syrian representatives quietly held two years of talks on a framework for peace before last summer's war in Lebanon.The report doesn't identify its sources.Israel and Syria reach understandings on peace agreement in secret meetings 
CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jan 16 2:06 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli and Syrian representatives held nearly two years of secret negotiations, coming up with a framework for a peace deal, before war erupted in Lebanon last summer, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday.Israeli strategic chief proposes peace plan with Syria 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 5:42 AM
The chief of Israel's influential Herzliya center for strategic studies has sounded out Syrian officials on a peace plan based on exchanges of territory involving either Lebanon or Jordan.Iraq President on Syria visit 
NDTV - Jan 14 5:41 PM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani held talks with his Syrian counterpart on Sunday, days after the US President accused Syria of backing Iraq's insurgency.Iraq president makes landmark Syria trip 
China Daily - Jan 14 9:13 PM
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria's leader promised to help ease tensions in neighboring Ira q during Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's landmark visit to Damascus on Sunday, just days after US President Bush accused Syria of backing the Iraqi insurgency.Unofficial representatives from Israel and Syria drafted a document that could serve as a framework for a future peace ... 
Al Jazeera - Jan 16 5:25 AM
According to the report, top Israeli and Syrian officials took part in the secret talks that were held in Europe from September 2004 to August 2006. Neither Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, nor his predecessor, Ariel Sharon, had known of the unofficial meetings.Report: Israel, Syria had secret talks 
WIS News 10 Columbia - Jan 16 5:21 AM
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz says Israeli and Syrian representatives quietly held two years of talks on a framework for peace before last summer's war in Lebanon.Iraqi president begins landmark visit to Syria 
CBC - Jan 14 12:15 PM
Jalal Talabani arrived in Syria on Sunday, becoming the first Iraqi president to pay an official visit to the country in nearly 30 years.Report: Israel and Syria had secret talks 
ABC 7 El Paso - Jan 16 4:04 AM
JERUSALEM A new report about secret peace talks in the Middle East. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz (hah-ah-REHTS') says Israeli and Syrian representatives quietly held...Israelis, Syria in 'secret' peace talks 
Northern Territory News - Jan 16 7:06 AM
ISRAELIS and Syrians have conducted secret unofficial talks over the past two years with understandings reached for an eventual peace treaty, the Haaretz Daily reported today.