U.S., Syria Discuss Military Cooperation -Time
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Despite deep differences with Syria,  Washington has initiated talks with Damascus in an effort to  create a military-to-military relationship to help stabilize  war-torn Iraq, Time magazine reported on 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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell Wednesday described as positive moves Syria&#39;s troop redeployment in Lebanon and its readiness to cooperate with allied forces in Iraq and its interim government.
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WASHINGTON -- Even as pressure mounts for the United States to work with the Syrian government, the White House and the State Department have been quietly building ties with Syrian dissidents, holding meetings in Washington and Damascus that some describe as a search for credible alternatives to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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The United States and their adversaries in Iran and Syria may for the first time since the Iraq war began meet face to face at a conference next month to discuss the situation in Iraq.
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The State Department's second-ranking official is traveling to Syria to talk with officials there about the infiltration of insurgents across the Syrian border into Iraq.
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A US envoy said Sunday that American military experts might work alongside Syrians to stop militants crossing the Syrian-Iraqi border to fight coalition forces.
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The United States said on Wednesday that its talks with Syria on sealing off its border withIraq for anti-US insurgents were &quot;constructive and positive.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meets the Syrian president to seek help in bolstering the truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
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U.S. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2004, said on Thursday the U.S. administration should engage in dialogue with Syria and Iraq.
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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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DAMASCUS -- US Senator Bill Nelson met President Bashar al-Assad of Syria yesterday, a week after a US bipartisan panel recommended the Bush administration engage Syria to help stabilize Iraq. Nelson, a Florida Democrat, was named to the Intelligence Committee this week and said he was on a fact-finding mission to the region. Members of the US Congress have shunned ...
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U.S. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2004, said on Thursday the U.S. administration should talk to Syria and Iran.
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The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a "neighbors meeting" on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
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Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organisation opened a new chapter in their often turbulent ties today, saying they wanted to coordinate their efforts to make peace with Israel.
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Senator Bill Nelson met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, a week after a U.S. bipartisan panel recommended the Bush administration engage Syria to help stabilize Iraq.
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PLO chief, Syrian leaders discuss stalled Mideast peace process, ways to coordinate efforts to make peace with Israel. By Nagib Khazzaka - DAMASCUS.