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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 12:50 pm ET
Emerging from international isolation with a flurry of high-level Western visitors and ties boosted with Turkey, Syria has gained in confidence to the point of holding out on an EU partnership.
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sun Nov 8, 8:05 am ET
Former England captain Bryan Robson began his international coaching career with a 1-1 draw for his Thailand team in a friendly against Syria on Sunday.
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Juneau Empire - Fri Nov 6, 4:10 pm ET
The international media has given Syria a bad rap as a sinister, warmongering nation that harbors terrorists and refuses to make peace with neighboring Israel, a Syrian official said. He told the Juneau Empire on Tuesday that his country is a misunderstood victim that has spent decades trying to recover land taken from it and to free 20,000 Syrians under siege by Israel.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal - Sun Nov 8, 8:33 pm ET
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's extended hand was whacked across the knuckles by the leaders of Iran, Syria and assorted other thuggeries last week. But the Obama administration did manage a good demonstration in Burma of how its brand of engagement can and should work. Kurt Campbell, the State Department's top Asia official, traveled to the isolated military dictatorship to talk with its ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 40 minutes ago
Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri on Monday was putting the final touches to a new government line-up after nearly five months of tough talking with his Hezbollah-led rivals.
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World Tribune - Thu Nov 5, 2:53 pm ET
LONDON — Syria has reportedly agreed to purchase an advanced missile from Russia. Diplomatic sources said Russia would begin deliveries of the Yakhont missile as part of expanded naval cooperation with Syria.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 5, 4:34 pm ET
New York - Israel on Thursday sent a protest note to both the United Nations Security Council and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Iran had tried to send a ship loaded with weapons to Syria in violation of UN resolutions. The cargo vessel Francop w...
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The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Nov 4, 5:51 pm ET
Israel's Navy seized a ship off the coast of Cyprus with 500 tons of weapons that it alleges were sent by Iran to Syria, and ultimately destined for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
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WashingtonTV - Thu Nov 5, 10:52 am ET
Washington, 5 November (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday praised his country’s ties with Syria, and said conditions in the region were changing in the favor of the two countries.
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Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 6, 6:44 pm ET
Mideast: Iran tests an advanced warhead design as it gets caught shipping weapons to Hezbollah. Syria is reported to give the group operational control over Scud missiles. It's five minutes to midnight.
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New York Post - Mon Nov 9, 4:36 am ET
President Obama's belief that his mere presence could usher in an era of Arab-Israeli peace has finally been mugged by reality. From the start, the administration tried to shift from America's natural pro-Israel stance to a more "balanced" position...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 12:59 pm ET
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, facing an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Darfur, has pulled out of a summit in Istanbul, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.
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The Epoch Times - Wed Nov 4, 10:46 pm ET
Israeli naval forces intercepted a cargo ship en route to Syria from Iran on Nov. 3.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Sun Nov 8, 5:18 pm ET
The alleged shooter last week at Fort Hood is Muslim. But the overall picture of Muslims in the military is hardly one of strife and fundamentalism.
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WashingtonTV - Wed Nov 4, 3:52 pm ET
Washington, 4 November (WashingtonTV)—Iran and Syria on Wednesday both rejected Israeli accusations that a ship it had intercepted was carrying arms from Iran for the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah.