Syria to import Golan apples
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Syria announces that it will buy 10,000 tons of apples from Arab farmers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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The European Union supports Syria&#39;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 United States and Europe must talk to Syria and Iran if they want a comprehensive solution to Iraq and other Middle East conflicts, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Friday.
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Syria received a letter purportedly written by the head of the same nuclear black market that supplied Iran and Libya with technology but did not respond, the country's president said in comments published Wednesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan   began talks with Syrian officials on Thursday to seek Syria's   help in bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's   Hizbollah.
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Russia said on Wednesday it wanted to supply Syria with advanced missile systems, a move certain to anger the United States which accuses Syria of having links to terrorism.
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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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With American goods already flooding Damascus, analysts say lifting restrictions will help counter Iran's influence.
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Syria asked to end support for Iran, Hizbullah and armed Palestinian groups in return, report says.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met   Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to seek his help in   bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah   group, whose chief allies are Syria and Iran.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on   a whirlwind peace drive in the Middle East, was set to meet   President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to seek Syria's help in   shoring up a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made a hurriedly arranged visit to Syria on Wednesday, holding talks with Syria&#39;s President Bashar Assad a day after a divisive debate in the Arab League over Syrian troops in Lebanon.
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Syria has indicated it is willing to allow the United Nations to take custody of the disputed Shebaa Farms area claimed by Lebanon but which is under Israeli occupation, a Spanish diplomat said on Wednesday.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan, trying to calm Middle East violence, met Jordan's King   Abdullah on Thursday before visiting Syria to seek its help in   upholding a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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Syria has agreed to tighten security along its borders with Iraq to block rebels from crossing into its neighbor country, a US Embassy official said Thursday.
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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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It may seem like an unlikely place for students from the U.S. or Europe, but Syria has been rapidly gaining ground as a destination for foreigners who wish to learn Arabic.