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- Syria and Libya: frozen in the past, fearing the present
The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States was indeed a historical event. This coming January, an African-American, whose father was Kenyan, will become the leader of the world's most powerful country. The American election
- Cairo, Damascus and Arab Temperaments
The Egyptian-Syrian dispute does not stop at the stances by each country vis--vis the Palestinian issue, their visions of how to deal with the Palestinian Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas, or Hamas and its leaders, inside and outside Palestine. What
- Ottri and Basti Review Cooperation between Syria and Tunisia
Damascus, (SANA) _ Prime Minister Mohamed Naji Ottri reviewed Sunday with Tunisian Culture Minister Abderraouf Basti cooperation relations between Syria and Tunisia and prospects of developing and upgrading them in all fields. The meeting discussed
- Tunisian Culture Days Kick off in Damascus
Mikdad: Bush Administration Blamed for Crises in the World Ottri Meets Syrian Community in Belarus, Visits Minsk Metro, Returns Home President al-Assad Receives General Qahwaji, Underlines Role of Lebanese Army in Defending Lebanon\'s Security and
- Syria and Tunisia to Enhance Cultural and Media Relations
Damascus - Information Minister Mohsen Bilal reviewed Saturday with Tunisian Minister of Culture Abdul Rauf al-Bbasity bilateral relations of cooperation in all fields, particularly the cultural and media and ways of enhancing and upgrading them. Bilal
- Iraq security deal aims to tighten US regional hegemony
The main purpose of the new US-Iraqi security accord is to 'strengthen American regional hegemony,' said a veteran Syrian journalist based in Germany. Talking to IRNA in Berlin on Saturday, Ahmad Afani of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said, 'The
- Syria cleansed suspected nuclear sites, says US
THE United States and Europe expressed concern here yesterday that Syria had cleaned up sites that a UN watchdog had asked to see as part of its probe into alleged illicit nuclear work by Damascus. At a closed-door briefing by International Atomic Energy
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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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