Syria backs Arab League efforts on Lebanon: envoy
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.
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Lebanon said on Tuesday Syria would  redeploy some 3,000 troops from the outskirts of Beirut east  toward the Syrian-Lebanon border, in an apparent bid to ease  U.S.-led pressure over its influence on Lebanon.
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The U.N. Security Council backed the Lebanese government on Monday in its battle against Palestinian militants and expressed deep concern at "mounting information" of illegal arms crossing from Syria.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 -- Syria's foreign minister, in a rare visit to Baghdad by a Syrian official, on Sunday pledged cooperation in stemming the sectarian violence that threatens Iraq, even as scores of people were killed or found dead across the country.
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The European Union supports Syria's goal of regaining the occupied Golan Heights from Israel, the EU foreign policy chief said after meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.
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The 22-country Arab League will send envoys on a historic first mission to Israel this week to discuss a sweeping Arab peace initiative and how it might prop up embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli and Arab diplomats said Sunday.
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Syria and Lebanon rejected any outside role in shaping their relations Sunday, a day after a top State Department official said Damascus should pull its troops from its small neighbor.
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Syria is working to help resolve Lebanon's presidential crisis, the foreign minister said on Thursday, responding to reports that France's patience was wearing thin with Damascus over a stalled presidential election.
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The United States will invite the members of an Arab League panel that includes Syria and Saudi Arabia to a Middle East peace conference it plans to hold this year, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.
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BEIRUT: With international condemnation of Syria&#39;s control of Lebanon multiplying in recent days, the Arab Foreign Ministers&#39; meeting in Cairo gave in to Lebanon&#39;s
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Arab foreign ministers backed Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday against international calls to remove Syrian forces from its tiny neighbor, even though several Arab nations have publicly stepped up pressure on Syria to comply.
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The strengthening of Syria's influence in Lebanon's government prompted Secretary of State Colin Powell to renew his criticism of Syria after a brief period of praise.
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Syria's president said in remarks released Sunday that he has increased the number of troops on the border with Lebanon, a move apparently aimed to appease international demands to bolster security following the Israel-Hezbollah war.
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France and Germany on Tuesday urged Syria to stop supporting forces that "want to destabilize Lebanon," and said Damascus could enjoy warmer relations with Europe if it helps revive stalled Middle East peace efforts.
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Syria Monday rapped the UN Security Council for passing a resolution which demands Syria&#39;s respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and withdrawal of its troops from the neighboring country, but turning a blind eye to Israeli &quot;aggression&quot; against the Palestinians
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose country is under fire at the United Nations over its troop presence in Lebanon, rejected charges that Damascus was seeking to dominate its smaller neighbor.
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Syria suggested Friday it may not cooperate with a planned international tribunal to prosecute the suspected killers of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri because Damascus was not consulted on the plan, according to a letter circulated at the U.N.