Lebanon's Hariri keen on improving ties with Syria
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 9:58 am ETLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
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Syria seeks to quiz Lebanon officials in Hariri case
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 10:49 am ETA Syrian court has asked 25 Lebanese figures, including the police chief and top prosecutor, to appear for questioning over the murder of their country's ex-premier, a Lebanese official said on Wednesday.
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Syria and Iran discuss water and energy
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 12:43 pm ETDAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Syria's history of water resource management can only benefit by an expanded working relationship with Iran, the Syrian irrigation minister said.
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Netanyahu: Israel wants direct Syria talks
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 2:20 pm ETJERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Israel is ready and willing to conduct direct negotiations with Syria without preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said.
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Iraq PM sacks Baghdad security chief over blasts
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:01 pm ETPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked Baghdad's security chief on Wednesday after attacks which killed 127 people, with police charging that the bombers were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia.
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For Israel and Syria, Peace is Within Reach
Foreign Relations - Wed Dec 9, 11:07 am ETNEW YORK - To walk through the Syrian city of Quneitra is like visiting the scene of a cataclysmic earthquake. Everywhere, there are mountains of rubble, great mounds of cement blocks, twisted sheets of corrugated metal and spaghettis of iron bars.
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Iraq bombers backed by foreign groups: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 9:50 am ETBaghdad bombers who killed 127 people were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia, Iraqi police charged on Wednesday, as enraged MPs demanded answers from the country's leaders over the blasts.
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Christian leader in Syria for talks with Assad
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 6:16 am ETBeirut - Michel Aoun, leader of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement, arrived in Damascus on Wednesday for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, a source close to Aoun said. Aoun, whose movement has close links with the fundamentalist Hezbollah ...
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Syria to Double Imports of Gasoil Next Year, Oil Minister Says
Bloomberg - Sun Dec 6, 7:22 pm ETDec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Syria plans to double imports of gasoil to 2.5 million metric tons next year as stocks are declining, Syrian Oil Minister Sufian Al-Alao said.
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Twelve dead in Syria bus crash
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 7:37 am ETTwelve people were killed and seven injured in a collision in thick fog on Sunday between a bus and a truck headed for Iraq in northeast Syria, the official news agency SANA reported.
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Netanyahu: Israel ready to negotiate with Syria
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Mon Dec 7, 10:43 am ETIsrael is ready for direct negotiations with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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Syria and Iran expand energy, economic cooperation
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 3:46 am ETDamascus - Syria and Iran agreed to expand their cooperation in the fields of energy, technology and utilization of water resources, state media in Damascus reported Monday. Iranian Minister of Energy Majid Namjou met in the Syrian capital with Syria...
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Iran defence chief: Iranian-Syrian ties 'deterrent' against Israel
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 11:33 am ETDamascus - Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi, speaking in Damascus, on Wednesday hailed Syrian-Iranian defence ties as a deterrent against Israeli threats, Iranian media reported. Promotion of defence ties (between) Iran and Syria is a deter...
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Referendum bill on territory return passes hurdle in Knesset
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 10:47 am ETJerusalem - Israeli's parliament voted Wednesday to continue discussions on a proposed bill which calls for a referendum before any withdrawal from the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, or any territory under Israeli sovereignty. Syria has demanded the ...
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Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad blasts
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 51 minutes agoIraq's Western-backed government — facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people in the capital — ordered a shake-up Wednesday in the country's military leadership.
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Iraqi MPs to question interior minister over blasts
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 33 minutes agoIraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani is to appear before furious MPs on Thursday after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked Baghdad's security chief over attacks in the capital that killed 127 people.
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Syria's Assad: Israel not 'ready' for peace
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