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Syrian president meets Lebanese Christian leader
Damascus :: Syria | 2 days ago | Political News
Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
Syria's President Bashar Assad has met with a leading Lebanese Christian leader who nearly two decades ago fought a "war of liberation"against Syrian troops in Lebanon. Michel Aoun is expected to meet senior Syrian officials and leaders of the country's...
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Top Syrian official hails Clinton's nomination for secretary of state
Damascus :: Syria | 1 day ago | Political News
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
A Syrian official told Qatar's al-Watan newspaper on Wednesday that US president-elect Barack Obama's decision to name Senator Hilary Clinton his future secretary of state indicated that peace in the Middle East is, indeed, a top priority for him. ...
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Syria raid 'killed major target'
Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Political News
Source: BBC
A US helicopter raid into Syria killed a key figure involved in the smuggling of foreign fighters into Iraq, unnamed US officials have said. Officials called the raid, which they said killed Iraqi Abu Ghadiyah, a "success". The White House...
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US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria
Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy
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DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression." A U.S. military official said...
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Baghdad 'concerned' over Syrian raid
Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Political News
Source: Middle East Security News
The Iraqi Parliament Tuesday expressed concern over a U.S. military raid in neighboring Syria targeting the head of al-Qaida operations there. Four U.S. military helicopters carrying combat troops entered Syrian territory Sunday in a raid targeting the alleged leader of...
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Syria deploys more troops along Lebanese border
Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Political News
Source: Ynet News
The deployment along Syria's side of Lebanon's eastern border follows the stationing of hundreds of Syrian troops on Lebanon's borders in the north – a region where Damascus has warned of a threat from Islamist radicals. Lebanese army chief...
42 news stories / 18 blog posts / 30 images / 30 videos / 0 voices
Syria Blames Fatah al-Islam for Attack
Damascus :: Syria | 28 days ago | Political News
Source: Israel National News
IsraelNN.com) Syrian officials announced Thursday that they believe terrorist group Fatah al-Islam was behind a bombing in Damascus in September. The bombing killed 17 people, among them a senior military official. The Fatah al-Islam group has gained power in “refugee...
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Iranian president condemns US raid inside Syria
Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Political News
Source: Gulf News
Ahmadinejad called his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, Friday to express Iranian support. The report quotes Ahmadinejad as calling Sunday's raid a "blind and savage act."...But US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have said the target was a top Al...
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Iraqis demonstrate in Syria against security pact
Damascus :: Syria | 2 days ago | Political News
Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
Some 3,000 Iraqis have demonstrated in Damascus to protest a security pact approved by Iraq's parliament last week that lets the Americans stay in Iraq for three more years. The demonstrators gathered at a square Tuesday in Sayeda Zeinab, which...
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American dream expelled from Syria
Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Political News
Source: Asia Times
A belated victim of the United States raid into Syria on October 27 was the American school in Damascus. The institution has been a controversial satellite of US interests in Syria since its founding more than a half-century ago, and...
13 news stories / 10 blog posts / 16 images / 30 videos / 0 voices
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