The remains of a body lying in the dirt after a bomb killed Captain Wissam Eid, a high ranking member of the Lebanese Internal Security Force, and three others in a Beirut suburb on Friday January 25, 2008. Twenty other people were injured in the attack. Eid had survived two previous assassination attempts. He was also one of the police force top investigators in charge of terrorism including the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (UPI Photo)
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Direct Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks Tentative
JERUSALEM -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lifted hopes about possible face-to-face peace talks with Israel following French President Nicolas Sarkozys visit to Damascus last week.
Making Peace With Syria
PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozys visit to Damascus this month confirms the failure of his policy of isolating the regime of President Bashar Assad.
Sarkozy in Damascus: French President Treads in Bush Absence
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Damascus Wednesday on a long-awaited visit as Paris tries to fill the diplomatic vacuum created by Washingtons policy of exclusion.
Sarkozy Visits as Syria's International Role is Redefined
AMMAN – French President Nicolas Sarkozys upcoming two-day visit to Syria -- the first Western head of state to go there in five years -- is expected to help redefine the shifting pivotal role that Damascus has in the region, as the "rogue" state seeks to come out of isolation and into the international fold.
Sarkozy to Make Landmark Syria Visit
AMMAN -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed he will make a landmark visit to Syria on Sept. 3-4 in another step toward normalizing their ties and bringing Damascus back into the international fold by reversing a policy of exclusion that has in recent years alienated the country from the West.
Damascus, Beirut Give Each Other Hope
DAMASACUS -- Lebanon and Syria have for the first time in history agreed to establish diplomatic relations and to begin demarking their border. This was announced during the Lebanese presidents visit to Damascus, the first in three years, and is expected to alleviate the threat of civil war in Lebanon and to lift the international isolation of Syria.
Syria, Lebanon Embark on New Relationship
AMMAN -- A milestone summit between the leaders of Syria and Lebanon in Damascus has established a foundation to redefine their often bumpy relationship, with a landmark announcement to establish diplomatic ties for the first time ever, and begin to negotiate – perhaps as mutually-recognized sovereign states – the demarcation of their borders.
Blast Rocks Lebanese City Ahead of Landmark Summit
AMMAN -- As Lebanese President Michel Suleiman was preparing to start a landmark visit to Damascus on Wednesday, a massive bomb blast killed at least 14 people, mostly soldiers, in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, which has in recent weeks been torn by sectarian clashes.
The Flower of Lebanon Languisheth
BEIRUT -- With its sun-kissed Mediterranean coast, and cedar-laden snow-bound mountains, Lebanon, like California, is one of the few places where you can top up your tan in the morning, and ski in the afternoon.
Is Assad Bluffing?
The real star at the French Bastille Day parade earlier this month in Paris was Syrian President Bashar Assad. It marked his return into the international community. In fact, the French Nicolas Sarkozy administration believes, along with to a lesser degree the Ehud Olmert government in Israel, that Assad can be a part of the solution rather than a part of the problem. But what are Assads real intentions?
