Syria: US choppers attack village near Iraq border
DAMASCUS, Syria - U.S. military helicopters attacked territory inside Syria close to its border with Iraq Sunday, killing eight people in a strike the Syrian government condemned as "serious aggression."
Nations:Syria Iraq Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Pakistan Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-10-26
Officials: 5 killed in northern Lebanon explosion
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops going to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, Lebanese security officials said.
Nations:Lebanon Syria Source:(AP)
2008-09-29
Syria makes peace proposal to Israel
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria's leader said Thursday he offered a proposal for peace with Israel but also refused to break off ties with Hezbollah and militant Palestinians -- a key Israeli demand.
Nations:France Qatar Turkey Lebanon Israel Syria People:Nicolas Sarkozy Ehud Olmert Activities:Israel-Syria Conflict Source:(AP)
2008-09-04
Bush: Time is right for Mideast peace
President Bush declared Tuesday that the time is right to relaunch Mideast peace talks to create a Palestinian state because "a battle is under way for the future" of the troubled region.
Nations:Syria Saudi Arabia U.S. People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Condoleezza Rice Activities:Israel-Palestine Conflict
2007-11-27
Political crisis deepens in Lebanon
Lebanon awoke a republic without a president Saturday amid mounting worries over a power vacuum that has intensified the nation's yearlong political turmoil.
Nations:Syria Lebanon Activities:Lebanon Political Crisis
2007-11-24
Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians
More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying "the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake."
Nations:Turkey Afghanistan Syria Bosnia Jordan Russia
2007-10-11
Iran: Retaliation for any Israeli attack
Iran has drawn up plans to bomb Israel if the Jewish state should attack, the deputy air force commander said Wednesday, adding to tensions already heated up by an Israeli airstrike on Syria and Western calls for more U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
Nations:Syria Iran France Israel Russia Qatar People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2007-09-19
Lebanon battle rages; relief convoy hit
A convoy of U.N. relief supplies was hit in renewed fighting Tuesday as it tried to enter the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, a relief official said, adding that there may have been at least one casualty.
Nations:Lebanon Syria Palestine Saudi Arabia Germany Activities:Lebanese Refugee Camp Crisis
2007-05-22
Lebanese army battles Islamists in Palestinian camp
Battles engulfed a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Monday in the second day of fighting between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired militants which has killed 79 people.
Nations:Palestine Syria Lebanon Israel People:Fouad Siniora George W. Bush Activities:Lebanese Refugee Camp Crisis
2007-05-21
Pelosi meets Syrian president
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Syria's leader Wednesday despite White House objections, saying she pressed President Bashar Assad over his country's support for militant groups and passed him a peace message from Israel.
Nations:Israel Syria Iraq Lebanon Saudi Arabia People:Tom Lantos Richard Armitage Ehud Olmert Nancy Pelosi Activities:110th Congress Post-war Mideast
2007-04-04
Iraq seeks neighbors help to avert civil war
Iraq's ruling Shi'ite leaders on Friday urged neighboring and Western powers to join forces to prevent their country from sliding into all-out civil war that could spread across the region.
Nations:Iraq Iran Syria Saudi Arabia Turkey Russia People:David Petraeus Activities:Post-war Mideast
2007-03-09
Iraq's neighbors agree to Baghdad summit
Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, have agreed to join U.S. and British representatives at a regional conference here on the Iraqi security crisis, government officials said Wednesday.
Nations:Syria U.S. Iran Afghanistan Saudi Arabia France People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Condoleezza Rice Colin Powell Activities:Post-war Mideast
2007-02-28
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