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 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 bombers backed by foreign groups: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 52 minutes agoThe attackers who carried out a series of co-ordinated bombings in Baghdad that killed 127 people were backed by groups based in Syria or Saudi Arabia, a senior Iraqi policeman said on Wednesday.
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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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Israeli PM prefers French for Syrian mediation
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 2:09 pm ETIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he would prefer French rather than Turkish mediation in the event that indirect talks with Syria are revived.
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Iraqi PM asks for patience after Baghdad bombings
AP via Yahoo! News - 15 minutes agoThe prime minister appealed Wednesday to Iraqis to stand by their security forces, even as angry lawmakers demanded answers and called on top officials to resign following the third massive attack against government sites since summer.
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Iraq's Maliki blasts foreign support for bombings
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 21 minutes agoBombings that killed 112 people were carried out with foreign backing, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Wednesday as he signaled a shake-up of security officials to try to thwart pre-election violence.
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Israel gives initial OK to Jerusalem referendum
AP via Yahoo! News - 48 minutes agoIsrael's parliament has given preliminary approval to a piece of legislation that would require a national referendum on any peace deal that gives up control of east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
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Vanguard students create positive art for new DeVos Children’s Hospital
MLive.com - Tue Dec 8, 3:34 pm ETBrian Forde Vanguard Charter Academy students Syria Chapman, 11, and Jaclyn Bruining, 10, paint pictures that could soon be hanging on the walls at the new DeVos Children’s Hospital in downtown Grand Rapids.
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Lebanon's Hariri to visit Syria
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:14 pm ETLebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Friday he will be visiting long-time foe Syria after parliament grants his government a vote of confidence, but gave no date for the trip.
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Israel parliament to vote on land-for-peace law
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:03 am ETThe Israeli parliament was set to vote Wednesday on a bill requiring a referendum to approve a pullout from annexed east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal, officials said.
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