Syria says it is ready for talks on peace
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel &quot;without conditions,&quot; a top UN envoy said yesterday.
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Egypt offered Monday to mediate between Israel and Syria on a possible resumption of peace talks without preconditions, after a gap of more than four years.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is offering to make peace with Israel and says he is ready to cooperate with the United States in stabilizing Iraq, a former senior State Department official said Wednesday.
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President Bashar Assad said cooperation &#151; and negotiations &#151; between Syria and the United States could be the "last chance" to avoid full-scale civil war in Iraq.
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Sudan's president says he is ready to call a ceasefire with rebels ahead of peace talks on Darfur next month.
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France is ready to open up in a &quot;spectacular way&quot; to Syria if it stops meddling in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper interview Sunday.
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A joint US-Iraqi delegation holds talks in Damascus on ways to improve security on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said  on Tuesday Syria was making "minimal" progress in efforts to  secure peace in the Middle East and needed to change its  attitude if it wants good relations with the United States.
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The United States says Syria has agreed to implement a series of measures to improve the security of its border with Iraq. The decision follows two days of talks in Damascus involving officials from the Syrian
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Israel has told Syria it is willing to trade land for peace and is waiting to hear whether President Bashar al-Assad would cut ties with Iran and hostile guerrilla groups in return, Israeli officials said on Friday.
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"I've said several times... that it's time for Israel to make gestures which would show that peace is possible, including ending settlements"  France will have no more contact with Syria until Damascus shows willingness to let Lebanon end its long-running political crisis and find a new president, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. via New Straits Times
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Following reports that Syrian President Bashar el-Assad is genuinely interested in negotiating peace with Israel, without preconditions, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is calling on Damascus to take action towards such a move.
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A high-level North Korean official held talks in Damascus on Saturday with senior officials of Syria's ruling Baath Party on ways to develop relations between the two countries, Syria's official news agency reported.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief holds talks with Syrian leaders, ending a two-year boycott.
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The European Union prepares to restart high-level contacts with Syria for the first time in more than two years.
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One of the biggest Darfur rebel factions said on Thursday it would respect a ceasefire and was ready to resume peace talks with Sudan's government to try to halt violence in the region that has killed some 200,000 people.
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Talks with Syria suggests the U.S. may want out in the not-too-distant future