DAM2000071006 10 JULY 2000 DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Supporters of Bashar al-Assad hold up posters of the son of the late President Hafez al-Assad on the day of balloting for the nomination for President of Bashar al-Assad. js/Janbulat Shikay/UPI
Hafez al-Assad is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Syria and Lebanon, More Than Just Neighbors
DAMASCUS -- When the French occupied Syria in 1920, they famously dissected the country, giving four major parts to the newly created state of Lebanon. The French left Syria 26 years later, and Syrian lawmakers claimed that the division was null and void, asking President Shukri al-Quwatli to officially request the area be restored to Syria.
Commentary: Mideast crisis worsens with time
Memo to the George W. Bush administration: solve the Middle East crisis now before it gets even more complicated - and deadly.
Commentary: Lunch in Damascus
Once, while traveling in a taxi, I had an argument with the driver - a profession associated in Israel with extreme right-wing views. I tried in vain to convince him of the desirability of peace with the Arabs.
Syria committed 'massacres' in Lebanon
Egypt state media Wednesday accused Syria of committing "massacres" in Lebanon, lashing out at Damascus in response to President Bashar Al Assads recent criticism of Egypt.
Commentary: The 155th victim
With a few words, a Lebanese army officer destroyed, the day before yesterday, the illusion that Israel had achieved anything in this war.
Viewpoint: Syria's broken promises
There have been more and more cases of arrests in Syria, making some people wonder: does the regime benefit from the state of anarchy in neighboring Iraq, the amplified uproar on the Iranian nuclear dossier and Hamas ascent to power to tighten the
Review of Arab editorials
A regularly updated roundup of commentary from Arab newspapers The sick minds of American soldiers
Viewpoint: Syria terror broker no more?
Some European and Arab intelligence services have now concluded that the late Ghazi Kanaans death on October 12 was homicide made to look like suicide.
Review of Arab editorials
A regularly updated roundup of commentary from Arab newspapers.
