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Syria Formalizes Lebanon Ties

Damascus hopes symbolic gesture eases international pressure

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Oct 14, 2008 3:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Syria today established formal diplomatic relations with Lebanon for the first time since the nations won independence in the 1940s, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Bashir al-Assad’s regime sent its first-ever ambassador to Iraq yesterday, moves one expert says show Syria “wants to... Read full story »

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