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Syria stories: 112 news summaries

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More Violence Looms in Lebanon

Palestinians enraged at Lebanese troops threaten uprising

May 25, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clashes between the Lebanese Army and a Palestinian militant group could spread throughout Lebanon, politicians, diplomats and refugees tell the Guardian. Anger is building among Palestinians  over civilian casualties from shelling of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp during clashes with Fatah al-Islam militants last week. More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Palestine • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • Lebanese Army • refugee • militant

Lebanon Seeks Aid in Fighting Islamists

Minister asks foreign governments for cash as troops shell refugee camp

May 22, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanon's finance minister appealed to Arab and Western governments yesterday, begging for money and supplies to help fight militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. Thirty Lebanese troops, 15 members of the group Fatah al-Islam, and more than 25 civilians have been killed in two days of clashes. More »

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Islam • Lebanon • Syria • Palestine • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • extremists • Lebanese Army • refugee • George W. Bush

Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

May 20, 07 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gunbattle between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda-linked militants in Tripoli  today left 22 soldiers and 17 insurgents dead, the AP reports. The fighting—the worst in the city in two decades— began when police raided an apartment occupied by militants. The army later shelled a Palestinian refugee camp which... More »

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military • Lebanon • Syria • insurgents • radical • Tripoli • Fatah Islam • al-Qaeda

Iranian, U.S. Diplomats Meet Briefly

Three-minute discussion focuses on Iraq, hints at Bush administration policy shift

May 4, 07 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It didn't involve the American Secretary of State or the Iranian foreign minister, but a brief meeting of high-level diplomats today in Egypt signals a thaw in relations between the countries, the International Herald Tribune reports. U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said the three-minute conversation concerned the situation... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Syria • Condoleezza Rice • Ryan Crocker • United States • Egypt

Condi Sits Down With Syria

Rice talks with Syrian Foreign Minister about border security

May 4, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Middle East • Syria • US foreign policy • Condoleezza Rice • Iraq conference

Iraqi PM Begs
for Debt Forgiveness

US, Iran, Syria to cross paths at Egypt summit

May 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is begging other nations to write off Iraq's debt, saying the country needs reconstruction funds. He spoke today at a regional summit that will feature the first high-level talks between the U.S. and Syria since 2005; prospects of Secretary of State Rice sitting down with... More »

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Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • United States • debt • Iraq war

Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job

Someone had to.

Apr 6, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taylor Marsh defends Pelosi's visit to Syria on the grounds that if Bush won't talk to Assad someone has to.  It turns out that all Syria wants is some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  And Marsh makes the case that this is a good thing for America to be doing. More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Syria

Israel Begs to Differ
With Pelosi Statement

PM's office distances itself from
speaker's promise of talks

Apr 5, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Israeli PM is backing off from Nancy Pelosi's suggestion yesterday that an Israeli-Syrian summit is in the offing. Pelosi told reporters that she had conveyed to  Syria's Bashar al-Assad a message that Ehud Olmert was "ready to engage in peace talks." Olmert's office quickly responded that it... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Israel • Middle East • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Bashar al Assad

Wooing Syria
Is Tougher Than Pelosi Thinks

Experts laud diplomatic offensive, warn of potential failure

Apr 4, 07 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal puts Nancy Pelosi's high profile visit to Damascus in perspective in a piece outlining the vexing complexity of relations between Syria and the U.S. A number of Pentagon and State Dept. counterterrorism officials support the  congressional effort  to moderate the President's hard line on Syria,... More »

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Iran • Nancy Pelosi • Syria • Bashar al Assad • George W. Bush

Pelosi Says Syria Is Ready for Peace Talks

House Speaker ends US boycott and meets with Syrian president

Apr 4, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Syria is ready to resume peace talks with Israel, based on her meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reports. Flying in the face of Bush's Syrian boycott, Pelosi and a congressional delegation are in Damascus meeting with top leaders. Bush said the visit undermined... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Israel • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Bashar al Assad • George W. Bush

Iraqis Flee on the "Highway From Hell"

With the border to Jordan closed, 1,000 Iraqis a day hazard an escape to Syria

Mar 29, 07 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every day, more than a thousand Iraqis risk their lives on a nightmarish journey from Baghdad to crowded, chaotic border crossings into Syria. Ambushes, murders, roadside bombs and kidnappings are common hazards along the 340-mile road   "Highway From Hell." More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • Baghdad • kidnapping • war • bombing • refugee

Iraqi Refugees Flood Into Syria and Jordan

Iraqis are fleeing to their neighbors by the millions, while the U.S. sits pretty

Mar 21, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraq war has created nearly two million refugees, and they're going largely ignored by world governments, the UN warns. "There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war," says a UN refugee agency spokesperson. Most of the refugees stream into neighboring... More »

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Iraq • immigration • United Nations • Jordan • Middle East • Syria • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

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