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Syria softens rhetoric, seeks dialogue with U.S.
Associated PressDAMASCUS, Syria - Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa welcomed President Bush's positive remarks about Syria, saying yesterday that his country wants dialogue and not heated exchanges with the United States. Al-Sharaa, speaking in advance of a visit here...Tags: Colin Powell, United Nations, Executive Branch, Damascus (Syria), Religious Conflicts
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Arab newspapers minimize arrest, focus on occupation
Sun Foreign StaffArab newspapers, responding to the images of a bearded, disheveled and captive Saddam Hussein beamed around the world, noted his humiliation but focused on the continued occupation of Iraq by the United States. The resounding conclusion was that Hussein'...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Defense, Police Arrests, Periodicals, Mass Media
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Iraq war begins to widen
From Staff And Wire ReportsWASHINGTON - U.S. and British troops now control more than one-third of Iraq and nearly all of its airspace, senior defense officials said yesterday, bristling at suggestions that the war against Saddam Hussein hasn't gone as expected even as they...Tags: Basra (Iraq), United Nations, Defense, Baghdad (Iraq), U.S. Army
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COLUMN - Changing Assad's calculus
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde AMMAN, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and 10 European and Arab foreign ministers gathered in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday night to again talk about...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pulitzer Prize Awards, International Military Interventions, U.S. Department of State
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Syrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war. Under international pressure to swiftly resolve...Tags: Iraq, Christianity, National Government, Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Syrian refugee exodus to Jordan has slowed to trickle, U.N. says
McClatchy Foreign StaffBAGHDAD The flow of refugees crossing from Syria into Jordan has all but stopped in the last six days amid heavy fighting in the area and claims by Syrians that Jordanian border guards are preventing them from entering. The Jordanian foreign minister has...Tags: Wars and Interventions, John Kerry, Israel, United Nations, National Government
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Assad foe tells Syrian leader to cede power to officials
ReutersBEIRUT, May 23 (Reuters) - A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his prime minister and then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution. Assad is likely...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Lebanon, Revolutions, National Government, Prosecution
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France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list
ReutersPARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - France is ready to support a British initiative to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European Union's list of terrorist organisations, an official said on Thursday, confirming comments by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius....Tags: Lebanon, France, United Kingdom, Paris (France), European Union
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Five killed, 50 wounded in Lebanon's Tripoli
ReutersTRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on Thursday. Tripoli has suffered...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Lebanon, Islam, Religious Conflicts, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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With Hezbollah coffins, Syria now exporting conflict
ReutersBy Erika Solomon HERMEL, Lebanon, May 23 (Reuters) - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Wars and Interventions, Lebanon, Israel, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Kerry warns Syria's Assad against rejecting political solution
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Western governments are ready to increase support to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad if he rejects a political solution to Syria's civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Kerry said recent military...Tags: Wars and Interventions, John Kerry, Rebellions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Kerry downplays government advances in Syria ahead of talks
AMMAN, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday downplayed recent battlefield advances by Syria's military, saying they do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand against rebel forces...
Tags: John Kerry, National Government, White House, Government, Rebellions
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