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  • Workshop on Tourism Between Syria and Spain
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  • Bush blames Syria and Iran for Lebanon crisis
    The United States stands with the people of Lebanon against Hizbullah, says US President George W. Bush, who urges regional leaders to support Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and step up diplomatic pressure on the militants' sponsors in Syria and
  • Bush heads to Middle East (AFP)

    US President George W. Bush (L) and First Lady Laura Bush wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Bush left for the Middle East on Tuesday, fresh from warning Syria and Iran over unrest in Lebanon and hoping to push ahead with Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President George W. Bush left for the Middle East on Tuesday, fresh from warning Syria and Iran over unrest in Lebanon and hoping to push ahead with Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.



  • Bush says fight in Lebanon is US war with Iranian militants
    WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush Monday warned Iran and Syria that the international community would not allow Lebanon to fall under foreign domination again, as he vowed to shore up the Lebanese army.Bush reaffirmed Washington's support for Prime
  • A new U.S. military intervention unlikely
    An e-mail making the rounds of Washington is asking that the George W. Bush administration dispatch U.S. armed forces to Lebanon to rescue the besieged pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora from the pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian Hezbollah
  • Bush aims to 'encourage' on Mideast trip (AFP)

    US President George W. Bush heads to the Middle East on Tuesday, fresh from warning Syria and Iran over unrest in Lebanon and reaffirming optimism about embattled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President George W. Bush heads to the Middle East on Tuesday, fresh from warning Syria and Iran over unrest in Lebanon and reaffirming optimism about embattled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.



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Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Since 1976, Syrian troops have been stationed in Lebanon, ostensibly in a peacekeeping capacity. In recent years, Syria and Israel have held occasional peace talks over the return of the Golan Heights.

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