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President Bush recalled the U.S.  ambassador in Syria for urgent consultations following the  killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in  Beirut, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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There is "a real opportunity" for Syria and Israel to resume peace talks with help from the United States, Sen. Arlen Specter said Saturday after arriving for a two-day visit.
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Damascus has accused the United States  of interfering in the affairs of Lebanon and Syria, saying  Washington had brought undue pressure to force a U.N.  resolution last week on foreign influence in Lebanon.
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BAGHDAD -- The foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria formally announced the resumption of diplomatic relations yesterday, with pledges to strengthen communication and security between the two neighbors.
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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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The United States moved on Thursday   to reduce its diplomatic presence in Syria following this   week's attack on its embassy in Damascus by offering free   flights out of the country to non-essential diplomats and   family members on a voluntary basis.
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WASHINGTON -- A senior State Department official has applied for a visa to travel to Syria to address the problems of Iraqi refugees, further eroding the Bush administration's previous position of not engaging in direct talks with Damascus.
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The secretary of state signaled that the recall of the U.S. ambassador to Syria might be just the start of a long chill.
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Syria and Iraq are to restore diplomatic relations, after a break of more than 20 years, it is announced in Baghdad.
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A Palestinian delegation headed by the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Mahmoud Abbas is to start a visit to Syria today.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel "without conditions," a top U.N. envoy said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if Damascus dropped its demand that talks resume from the point where they broke off with Israel four years ago.
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DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar Assad met on Monday with a senior Palestinian delegation to discuss ways of mending relations between Syria and the Palestinian leadership after long differences triggered by the Palestinian-Israeli Oslo accords.
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TORONTO, Dec. 15 -- Maher Arar, the Canadian-Muslim who was whisked by U.S. agents from a New York airport to imprisonment and torture in Syria, remains on the U.S. "watch list" despite an exhaustive Canadian inquiry that found he is an innocent man, the U.S. ambassador to Canada said Friday.
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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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BAGHDAD -- After nearly a quarter-century of severed ties, Iraq said yesterday it will resume diplomatic relations with neighboring Syria -- a move seen as a possible step toward stemming some of the unrelenting violence, which claimed another 100 lives.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who remains hospitalized in Jordan following his collapse over the weekend, was said to be recovering well Tuesday but is apparently not ready to go home yet. "He's in good shape, fully aware and doing well," said Saad al-Hayyani, Iraq's ambassador to Jordan. "There are no tests planned today."
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A top aide to the French president telephoned Syria's foreign minister on Monday, a day after Nicholas Sarkozy announced suspension of diplomatic contacts with Syria over its role in Lebanon.