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	Al Jazeera English - News - Iraqi President Arrives In Syria
		Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, has arrived in Damascus for talks with Bashar al-Assad, his Syrian counterpart, in what will be the first meeting between the leaders of the two neighbouring countries for nearly 25 years.
		On Friday, an official from Talabani's office said the Iraqi president and al-Assad are expected to sign a number of agreements related to bilateral security and commercial matters.
		Syria denies the charge and says that the Iraqis and US forces are not doing enough to guard their side of the border.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/735D1044-EFE1-4B05-AA37-AE8C44728C47.htm (387 words)

	MSN Encarta - Syria
		Syria (Arabic Suriyah), officially Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah (Syrian Arab Republic), republic in southwestern Asia, bounded on the north by Turkey, on the east by Iraq, on the south by Jordan and Israel, and on the west by Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea.
		To the south, along the border of Syria and Lebanon, are the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, the site of Mount Hermon, the highest point in the country at 2,814 m (9,232 ft).
		The Euphrates, the longest river in Syria, flows diagonally across the country from Turkey in the north to Iraq on the east.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761569233 (485 words)

	Syria (10/05)
		Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Paul was converted on the road to Damascus and established the first organized Christian Church at Antioch in ancient Syria, from which he left on many of his missionary journeys.
		Syria's political instability during the years after the 1954 coup, the parallelism of Syrian and Egyptian policies, and the appeal of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's leadership in the wake of the 1956 Suez crisis created support in Syria for union with Egypt.
		Syria’s exchange rate is fixed, and the government maintains two official rates- one rate on which the budget and the value of imports, customs, and other official transactions are based, and a second set by the Central Bank on a daily basis that covers all other financial transactions.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3580.htm (6810 words)

	Syria vice president intends to resign - Boston.com - Middle East - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The meeting comes at a difficult time for Syria, which is under international pressure for its alleged role in fueling the Iraqi insurgency and for continuing to exert influence in its tiny neighbor, Lebanon, even after withdrawing its troops in April.
		Syria was forced to pull out following the Feb. 14 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, for which the Lebanese opposition blamed Syria and its Lebanese allies.
		Following the death of President Hafez Assad in 2000, Khaddam served briefly as interim president until Assad's son, Bashar, was elected leader.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/07/syrian_vice_president_intends_to_resign (669 words)

	Syria The President and the Cabinet - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		The president is elected for a seven-year term by universal suffrage.
		The president is both the head of state and the chief executive officer of the government.
		The Council of Ministers, headed by the prime minister, is responsible to the president and serves collectively as the executive and administrative arm of the president and of the state.
	www.photius.com /countries/syria/government/syria_government_the_president_and_th~1645.html (737 words)

	President Assad of Syria calls on Arabs to unite against the United States
		Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is urging Arab and Muslim countries to unite in the face of US threats and "foreign conspiracies" as Washington prepares for a possible attack on Iraq.
		Syria and Iran, both erstwhile enemies of Baghdad, oppose any strike on Iraq which they fear could spread to target them.
		Syria, which has begun rebuilding economic ties with Baghdad in recent years, also fears losing what diplomats claim is a UN sanctions-busting oil trade.
	www.tldm.org /news5/syria10.htm (352 words)

	Syria’s New President Faces Uphill Battle On Economy...
		Syria’s new leader Bashar al-Asad faces an uphill battle in addressing Syria’s economic problems, which include (among other things) corruption, political opposition to reform and public sector control of the economy.
		However, the reform process that started before President Hafiz al-Asad’s death, the new president’s smooth accession to power and his popular support all suggest that for the moment he has the backing needed to carry out limited economic reforms and institutional adjustments.
		The new president’s key political supporters and ministers recognize that Syria faces a major unemployment problem created by government ineptitude which cannot be solved without increased investment.
	www.mees.com /postedarticles/finance/syria/a43n26b01.htm (1481 words)

	USATODAY.com - Syria gets new intel chief after bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Syria's new intelligence chief is Gen. Hassan Khalil, the brother-in-law of the president.
		On Thursday, President Bush said he will work with his European allies to pressure Syria to pull out from Lebanon, saying Syria "is out of step" with progress being made in the Middle East.
		Syria has dominated Lebanon with its army and intelligence forces since Syrian troops first entered the country in the second year of the civil war of 1975-1990.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-02-18-syria_x.htm?csp=34 (526 words)

	Hafez al-Assad
		(Qardaha, Syria 1930- Damascus 2000) President of Syria (1971-2000).
		The main reasons for this were several: His stalemate position towards Israel, where he claimed that every inch of occupied Syrian land from 1967 should be returned to Syria (a position that was in accordance with international law and UN resolutions).
		Syria is in several fields the least developed country in the region.
	i-cias.com /e.o/assad_hafiz.htm (1380 words)

	Syria's president counters U.S. accusations
		Assad, 38, told the editors, who were in Syria on a fact-finding trip with the Washington-based International Reporting Project, that, despite the sanctions, he would continue to have "dialogue" with the United States.
		The penalties came as a response to U.S. allegations that Syria was supporting terrorism by supporting the militant groups Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, and undermining U.S. efforts in neighboring Iraq.
		Moustapha suggested that the sanctions may actually have little to do with Syria, saying that they may have more to do with the U.S. elections and could also be a distraction from the problems of the Iraq war.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/173343_syria14.html (1013 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Election 2004 - Syria/Lebanon \| PBS
		Syria's armed surrogates, Hezbollah, who are also sponsored by Iran, are the dominant political party in the Bekaa, displaying their clout in recent local elections.
		Today, Syria presides over a Lebanon in which President Lahoud is their obliging host; Christians and Muslims have papered over their differences; and disenfranchised Palestinians still live on the margins of Lebanese society in the poor, sprawling southern suburbs of Beirut, where Hezbollah has its offices and its satellite TV network, Al Manar.
		One of Syria's principal foreign policy goals is to regain the Golan Heights it lost to Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, but Assad argued that Syria has little or no ability to break the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/elections/syria.lebanon (4144 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Turkish President Visits Syria Amid U.S. Unease
		Sezer, whose decision to visit Syria also drew criticism from some Turkish political analysts who argue it sends the wrong signal, said after talks with his host that he was happy with Syria's pledge to pull out its troops from Lebanon.
		Syria agreed to end its 29-year military presence in Lebanon after many Lebanese blamed it for the February assassination of a Lebanese former prime minister.
		Turkey, Syria and Iran share the same concerns about the turmoil in Iraq and fear it could lead eventually to the creation of a Kurdish state in the north of the country.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/13/turkish_president_visits_syria_amid_us_unease (573 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Israeli president offers Syria peace talks
		Israel's president told Israeli radio on Monday: "I invite President Assad to come to Jerusalem to seriously negotiate with Israeli leaders on the conditions of a peace accord".
		Israel and Syria are still technically at war: peace talks broke down four years ago over the future of the Golan Heights which were captured from Syria in the 1967 war.
		Syria has recently urged the United States to help revive the talks, which at the time were leading Israel to agree to partially return the Golan Heights to Syria.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3388205.stm (590 words)

	VOA News - Bush Warns Syria on Lebanon
		President Bush says he does not want to prejudge that investigation, which is expected to conclude with a final report later this month.
		President Bush says it is one thing to remove all troops and intelligence services from Lebanon, which Syria did following international pressure after the Hariri assassination.
		The president also renewed concerns about Syria's border with Iraq, which U.S. military officials say Syria is allowing to be used as an entry point for fighters battling U.S. troops in Iraq.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-10-12-voa56.cfm (406 words)

	AL-ASSAD, Bashar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Son of President Hafez Al-Assad of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad is apparently prepared to succeed his father as President of Syria.
		Since ha was called back to Syria, the government endeavoured, through a vast press campaign, to increase Bashar Al-Assad's popularity among the Syrian people so as to ensure, in a near or distant future, his election.
		On different occasions, he was sent as a personal representative of the President for discussions with Heads of States like Emile Lahoud of Lebanon or Jacques Chirac of France.
	www.kennesaw.edu /pols/3380/intnl/backgr.htm (301 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Syria Now Top US Target for 'Regime Change'
		Although President George W Bush did not include Syria in his "axis of evil" of Iran, Iraq and North Korea in January 2001, since then American officials say they have seen growing evidence of support for terrorism by Damascus.
		President Bashar Assad, Syria's leader, has led Arab opposition to the Iraq war, stating that he hoped Saddam would remain in power.
		There is firm resistance within the US State Department to Mr Rumsfeld's hardline stance on Syria with many officials arguing, like their British counterparts, that Syria can be a partner in the war against terrorism if it is given encouragement rather than being threatened.
	truthout.org /docs_03/041103C.shtml (734 words)

	Syria News - Breaking World Syria News - The New York Times
		In 1943, Shukri al-Kuwatli was elected president of Syria, and on Jan.
		Later in 1971, Syria, Libya, and Egypt agreed to unite loosely in the Federation of Arab Republics.
		Syria, however, vigorously rejected the vote and attempted to discredit the investigation, publicizing the recanting of one witness.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html?inline=nyt-geo (4385 words)

	Syria: History
		Syria falls under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
		1948: Syria participates in the joint Arab warfare against the establishment of the state of Israel, and shared the defeat.
		Syria loses its gains towards the end of this war.
	i-cias.com /e.o/syria_5.htm (1401 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Eagleburger: Bush Should be Impeached if He Attacks Syria
		President Bush warned Syria last night not to harbour any fleeing Iraqi leaders and insisted that Damascus has chemical weapons.
		``We say to him (President Bush) that Syria has no chemical weapons and that the only chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in the region are in Israel, which is threatening its neighbors and occupying their land,'' Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Buthaina Shaaban told Reuters.
		Syria vehemently opposed the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war despite harsh criticism from fellow Arabs, and took part in the 1991 U.S.-led Gulf war that ousted Iraqi troops from Kuwait, ending their seven-month occupation.
	truthout.org /docs_03/041603A.shtml (665 words)

	FOXNews.com - Kerry Meets With President of Syria - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political Spectrum
		DAMASCUS, Syria — Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (search) met Saturday with Syria's president and said he was hopeful that strained U.S.-Syrian relations could be improved, provided Washington seized "a moment of opportunity" in the Middle East.
		Imad Moustafa, Syria's ambassador to the United States who attended the meeting with Assad, said Syrian-U.S. relations are passing through a "critical but positive" stage and that his country wants constructive dialogue with the Bush administration.
		Syria, with some 14,000 troops stationed in Lebanon, is the main power broker in that country.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,143783,00.html (734 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Assad optimistic after Iraq talks
		He said Syria was a country with a long history of fighting terrorism and "we put our experience at the disposal of any country who seriously wants to fight terrorism".
		President Assad's meeting in Downing Street is the first time a Syrian leader has paid an official visit to the UK.
		Writing in Monday's Financial Times, Mr Blair said that Syria's vote in favour of UN Resolution 1441 on disarming Iraq was a sign of the success of dialogue with President Assad.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2578355.stm (731 words)

	0006012Editorial.HTML (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Syria has had political control of the rest of Lebanon for most of the same period, using the nation both as a buffer and as a base to stage attacks on Israel through terrorist groups like the Hezbollah.
		He was "elected" president in 1971, and was responsible both for the deaths of thousands of his own people, and partially for the protracted civil war in Lebanon and the conflict with Israel.
		At age 34, he will require a change in the Syrian constitution, which requires the president to be at least 40 years old, in order to take power.
	www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/00/0006/000612/0006012Editorial.HTML (390 words)

	Iran News - Iranian president starts Syria visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		DAMASCUS, May 14 (AFP) - Iran's President Mohammad Khatami flew into Damascus from Lebanon on Wednesday for talks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on the regional situation in the wake of the Iraq war, the state news agency SANA said.
		Without naming Washington, the statement said the "two parties condemn threats made against Iran, Lebanon and Syria, and the exploitation by Israel of regional and international developments to occupy Arab territories, notably the Golan" Heights.
		Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Middle East war.
	iranmania.com /News/ArticleView?NewsCode=15608&NewsKind=Current+Affairs (376 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer landed in Syria on Wednesday on a state visit which has stirred unease in the United States and drawn criticism from some political analysts who say it sends the wrong signal.
		Syria, branded by Washington as a sponsor of international terrorism, is under heavy international pressure to pull all its troops and security forces from neighbouring Lebanon.
		Turkey, Syria and Iran share the same concerns about the turmoil in Iraq and fear it could lead eventually to the creation of a Kurdish state in the north of the country.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3072146,00.html (415 words)

	CMEP Writes President Bush on Syria and Iran -- 11/6/03
		The participation of Syria and Iran in anti-terrorism efforts is important and should not be rebuffed or reversed.
		We ask the Administration to reject the restrictions on diplomacy and sanctioning of trade in the new Syria Accountability Act.
		President, we ask that you give witness to these values and principles that are the fundamental cornerstones of our nation.
	www.cmep.org /letters/2003Nov6.htm (410 words)

	Syria ready for talks with Israel "without conditions" - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was unclear if Syria was ready to resume the talks with Israel from the point where it was cut four years ago.
		Syria has always said that it is only supporting resistance groups morally and not militarily.
		Syria's official news agency, SANA, also reported Wednesday that Al Assad discussed with Roed-Larsen the entire Middle East peace process and the need to implement international resolutions to achieve regional peace and stability.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_ID=5770 (725 words)

	SyriaComment.com
		Syria is country where the president’s photo adorns every store front and is plastered on billboards, where deference to authority is the norm.
		Syria has transferred a sum of $262 million to the Iraqi Government, which is the total amount of the Iraqi frozen assets in the Commercial Bank of Syria.
		Syria not only did this, but also informed the US Treasury Department that we are willing to do whatever action may be required in the future, if the need arises.
	faculty-staff.ou.edu /L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog (19569 words)

	Syria
		Coastal Syria is a narrow plain, in back of which is a range of coastal mountains, and still farther inland a steppe area.
		In the mid-1970s Syria sent some 20,000 troops to support Muslim Lebanese in their armed conflict with Christian militants supported by Israel during the civil war in Lebanon.
		Syria responded by moving about 3,000 troops from the vicinity of Beirut to eastern Lebanon, a gesture viewed by many as merely cosmetic.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108016.html (1216 words)

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