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Aug 14 2008, AP

Syria agreed Thursday to a longtime Lebanese demand to negotiate the demarcation of their border a day after the countries said they would establish full diplomatic relations for the first time.

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Aug 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

North Korea has named an ambassador to Syria, the communist country’s official media said Monday, following U.S. allegations the two countries engaged in nuclear cooperation.

 
 
Aug 14 2008 by AP0 Comments

Syria and Lebanon have agreed to negotiate the demarcation of their border _ a longtime Lebanese demand _ as part of a new push to normalize relations.

 
 
Aug 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

Syria and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in a step toward healing tensions that have fueled decades of turmoil in Lebanon.

 
 
Aug 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

A Syrian official says the presidents of Lebanon and Syria have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations.

 
 
Aug 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Syria said Saturday it would bar U.N. nuclear investigators from revisiting a site bombed by Israeli jets on suspicion it was a secretly built atomic reactor.

 
 
Aug 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Syria on Saturday declared a suspect site bombed by Israeli jets last year off limits to U.N. experts investigating allegations it was a secretly built atomic reactor.

 
 
Aug 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Syria says U.N. nuclear inspectors cannot make a return visit to a suspect site bombed by Israel last year because its agreement with the U.N. agency allowed only one check.

 
 
Aug 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts seeking to follow up on intelligence that Damascus built a secret nuclear program built with the help of North Korea, diplomats told The Associated Press on Saturday.

 
 
Aug 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Diplomats say Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts investigating allegations that Damascus has a secret nuclear program.

 
 
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Jun 26 2008 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

Syria has suddenly become the centre of attention amongst the US and European nations. The IAEA team is now in the country to inspect the alleged damaged nuclear plant bombed by Israel. The US says the Syrians have cleared the site and rebuilt it,...

 
 
Jun 12 2008 by Geetanjali Singh1 Comments

In an astonishing revelation, the archaeologists have unearthed the most ancient and long ago buried faith and spirituality. We are talking about the ‘World’s First Church’ that has been unearthed recently by the archaeologists, as reported by The...

 
 
Feb 15 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

Lebanon is a country without a standing Parliament, and a President at the moment and yet regional players are having a go at each other making it immensely difficult for the international community to find a solution in installing a legitimate...

 
 
Feb 11 2008 by Mandira0 Comments

Nearly two million Iraqis who fled to Syria and Jordan are not willing to return to their homes. Recently the Iraqi government has arranged a bus from Damascus to Baghdad to to bring Iraqis back. But most of the people who returned to Baghdad, not...

 
 
Dec 13 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

The massive bomb which killed Lebanon’s likely next army chief, Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, has raised many questions. At first glance it would appear to be revenge killing by Fatah al-Islam, the Al Qaeda aided Muslim outfit that was hounded out from the...

 
 
Nov 6 2007 by Sunit0 Comments

It seems that US is in no mood to give diplomacy a chance when dealing with Syria and Iran (countries included in America’s axis of evil). Syria is long been accused by the United States of fomenting unrest in Lebanon and Iraq, but the brand new...

 
 
Oct 25 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

Now comes the confirmation of what the New York Times had said earlier, quoting US State government officials [off the record of course], that North Korea has been clandestinely supplying Syria with nuclear technology. Commercial satellite images, taken...

 
 
Oct 20 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

This could be the coup of the year. Syria might be one of the sensitive spots in the Middle Eastern region but one would have hardly expected this somewhat small nation to possess nuclear power. But in a world where all nations are vying for more...

 
 
Oct 17 2007 by Rekha0 Comments

The oldest painting in the world was unearthed underground in Syria by French archaeologists. The 11,000 yr old two square-meter painting that dates back to 9,000 BC is surprisingly modernistic with red, black and white squares all over.

Where do...

 
 
Sep 29 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

Inscrutable North Korea is up to no good. After it pretended to turning into a new leaf by agreeing to give up its nuclear weapons programme, it is supplying Syria with nuclear materials and technology on the sly.

Publicly it is agreeing like a...

 
 
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Mercedes Clemens visits with her horse Chanty in Damascus, Md. on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses. Her case is being closely...