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Syrian President Bashar Assad urged France on Friday to support Turkish mediation efforts to get momentum in the Middle East peace process.
Disputing an assertion by the top U.S. general in Iraq, Syria's ambassador to Washington on Wednesday denied that his government allows foreign fighters to cross the Syrian border into Iraq.
The White House says it's deeply concerned about the arrest of a 78-year-old human rights lawyer in Syria and wants an end to what it calls the Syrian government's "practice of arbitrary arrests."
Archaeologists have discovered two Crusader-era murals depicting heaven and hell in a medieval church near Syria's coast — a rare find that could reveal new information about the Christian knights who battled Muslims for control of the Holy Land hundreds of years ago.
Syria's president on Monday issued a decree banning smoking in public places, joining an anti-smoking trend already under way in other Arab countries.
The Saudi king's first visit to Syria that ended Thursday marked a crucial turning point in relations as Damascus is emerging from years of isolation — a process that could ease tensions between the pro- and anti-American camps in the Middle East.
Angelina Jolie met with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday and urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who cannot return home because of the trauma they suffered and the country's instability.
When Syria's vice president recently boasted that his country is now stronger than ever in Lebanon, many Lebanese dismissed his words as wishful thinking. Months of political stalemate in Beirut may show how right he was.
Israel must comply with the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency if the Mideast is to become a region free of weapons of mass destruction, Syria's foreign minister said Monday.
Syria and Iraq should unite against terrorism, Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday amid efforts to defuse tensions over Iraqi allegations that Syria has been used as a launching pad for violence in Baghdad.
The Syrian president discussed ways of reviving his country's peace process with Israel in talks Wednesday with Turkey's prime minister, a day after security talks with Iraq failed to ease tensions.
Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Turkey's prime minister in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss ways to revive the stalled peace process between Syria and Israel, a day after security talks with Iraq collapsed.
Iraq's prime minister is feeling a backlash over a bitter fight he picked with Syria, which he accuses of harboring Saddam Hussein loyalists suspected in deadly bombings in Baghdad. Critics say he just wants to divert attention from his own government's security failures.
Talks between Iraq and Syria over Iraqi charges that Damascus is harboring militants involved in deadly bombings in Baghdad have failed and will not be repeated, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the Israeli people not to support their government, which he described as "genocidal" on Friday, the second day of his trip to Syria.
Syria rejected Iraqi allegations that it has been used as a launching pad for violence in Iraq, while Iraq's foreign minister insisted Monday that Damascus turn over suspected insurgent operatives and warned failure to do so would be considered "unfriendly."
Iraq's prime minister is asking Syrian officials to hand over people suspected of links to insurgent attacks in his country and to stop fighters from crossing its border into northern Iraq, one of his advisers said Tuesday.
The Obama administration is sending a delegation to Syria for talks this week on ways to stem the movement of foreign fighters into Iraq.
Syria's foreign minister said Friday his country is working to rebuild its diplomatic relationship with the United States.
The Obama administration is trying a new gesture in its effort to engage with Syria, telling the country's leaders it will lean toward granting their requests to import non-sensitive American equipment normally banned by U.S. law.
Turkey's prime minister said Wednesday his country is prepared to resume mediating in the Arab-Israeli conflict and pressed Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria.
Israel will not withdraw from the entire Golan Heights in return for a peace deal with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top policy adviser said in an interview published Friday, rejecting Syria's key demand for an agreement.
Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a time when its longtime ally Iran is in turmoil.
President Barack Obama plans to return an ambassador to Syria, filling a post that has been vacant for four years and marking an acceleration of Washington's engagement with the Arab world, the White House said on Wednesday.
Israel accused the head of the U.N. atomic agency of political bias in its probe of Syria Thursday, provoking a bitter response by the agency chief.
'Negotiations,' Syrian styleAt a meeting in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that he is only willing to 'negotiate' with Israel if he is guaranteed in advance that the 'negotiations' would lead to Israel giving the entire Golan Heights to Syria.
Syria suspected of concealing nuclear activity WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found.
DAWN.COM | Business | Pakistan slips five places in global corruption listISLAMABAD: In its Corruption Perception Index for 2009, the Transparency International has placed Pakistan at the 42nd place, slipping five places from 2008 when it was at 47.
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November 3-10, 2009)This past week one rocket was fired into the western Negev from the Gaza Strip, as Hamas maintains its policy of restraint and enforces it on the rogue organizations. Events this week focused on the seizure of the MV Franco, carrying a large quantity of arms (thousands of rocket …
Hezbollah "denies link" to arms ship seized by Israel | Reuters"Hezbollah denies any link to the weapons that the Zionist enemy claims it removed from the vessel Francop," the group said in a statement.
Iran terrorist arms ship seizedIran and Syria have no problem in supporting world terrorism. Is it time for the civilized world to put a stop to Iran and Syria?
Iranian/Syrian terrorism ship loaded with weapons - CNN.comIran and Syria have been known to support world terrorism. Terror supporting states should never be allowed to develop nuclear capabilities on this planet.
Navy: 10 times more arms on ship than on Karin-AIsrael Navy chief says seized Francop vessel carried enough weapons and ammunition to supply Hezbollah for month or more of fighting against Israel. Navy chief: 'Ship's crew didn't know anything about it.
Mossad hacked Syrian Official's Computer before bombing mysterious nuclear facilityAgents of Israel's Mossad intelligence service hacked into the computer of a senior Syrian government official a year before Israel bombed a facility in Syria in 2007, according to Der Spiegel.
Israeli Navy Captures Arms Ship Headed From Iran to SyriaMilitary officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that the boat originated in Iran and its cargo was headed for Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon who have warred with Israel.
The Story of 'Operation Orchard': How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear ReactorIn September 2007, Israeli fighter jets destroyed a mysterious complex in the Syrian desert. The incident could have led to war, but it was hushed up by all sides. Was it a nuclear plant and who gave the orders for the strike?
U.S. court denies Maher Arar's appealSyrian-born Canadian Maher Arar has again been denied the right to sue the United States over his deportation to Syria, where he was tortured.
A strike in the desert - Israel News, YnetnewsOne night in 2007, however, the small village was startled by a huge lightning bolt, followed by a pillar of smoke rising above the waters of a nearby river.
Blackwater involved in Bhutto and Hariri hits: former Pakistani army chiefTEHRAN - Pakistan's former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the U.S. private security company Blackwater was directly involved in the assassinations of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Iran buys North Korean WMD for Syria, midget submarines for bothThe US Congressional Research Service reveals that Iran has helped Syria obtain "various forms of weapons of mass destruction" and missiles, as well as buying midget submarines - all from North Korea.
Iran, N. Korea supplying weapons to Syriadestruction and missile technology to Syria, a congressional report said.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Nuclear power in the Middle EastThe BBC News website looks at the Middle Eastern countries that have, or are believed to have, nuclear programmes - civilian or military. In April 2008, the US alleged that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor for "non-peaceful purposes".
Indian interest in Pakistan's soft belly in Sindh India succeeded in creating Bangladesh after dismembering Pakistan into two halves in December 1971. In this RAW played a key role in polluting the minds of Bengalis under Mujibur Rehman against West Pakistan and instigating them to revolt and gain independence.
War is peace, day is night, Syria supports "human rights"Syria welcomes the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council's adoption of the Fact-Finding Mission's report on the war on Gaza, a Syrian Foreign Ministry official source said Sunday.
Turkish TV series further strains ties with Israel; depicts soldier shooting babyA Turkish television drama which depicts an Israeli soldier shooting dead a Palestinian baby has strained already tense relations between Israel and Turkey, its strategic Muslim ally.
Syria: We held exercise with Turkey"One week ago, Syria and Turkey carried out maneuvers near Ankara," Muallem, Syriyan foreign minister, said, according to Al-Jazeera.
Video: IDF proves Lebanon blast was arms cacheA day after an explosion in southern Lebanon prompted a surge of speculation across the Middle East, the IDF released footage from an unmanned aerial vehicle which seemingly proved that the blast came from a Hizbullah arms cache. The video shows operatives evacuating munitions f …
US troops board German ship carrying ammunition from Iran to SyriaIn an operation that was disclosed over the weekend by Germany's Der Spiegel, US troops boarded a German ship in the Gulf of Suez in October and discovered eight containers of ammunition being sent from Iran to Syria.
Stateless Kurds seek better life and futureIts grey tents are laid out in grim rows, and it nestles anonymously in the mountains of Dohuk in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the border with Syria.
AFP: Argentina's Menem charged with obstructing probe of bomb that killed 85 in Jewish charity building; Iran and Hezbollah were accused of terrorist actArgentina's former president Carlos Menem was charged Thursday with obstructing a probe into the 1994 bombing of a building housing Jewish charities in Argentina that killed 85 people.
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