Egypt and Syria Link Damascus Pullout
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The Egyptian and Syrian presidents on Wednesday linked calls by the United Nations and fellow Arab leaders for Syrian troops to leave Lebanon to past U.N. resolutions demanding that Israeli pull out of the West Bank and Golan Heights.
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Syrian soldiers dismantled their camps in the hills above Beirut on Wednesday amid Lebanese and foreign criticism that their pullback will not diminish Syria's political dominance of Lebanon.
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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 ...Comment
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Syria denied yesterday that it was forgoing Israel&#39;s commitment to withdraw from the Golan as a basis for negotiations. The commitment was made by former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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After six months of public tension between Syria and the United States, relations have settled down into a more pragmatic mode. At least this is how Syria's ambassador to Washington,    Imad Moustapha , describes it.
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Arab foreign ministers faced the divisive issue of Syria&#39;s role in Lebanon when they met here Tuesday, a day after Gulf states and Jordan endorsed a UN call for Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon.
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The United Nations Security Council has called on Syria to pull its remaining 14,000 troops out of Lebanon. In a unanimously passed declaration, it demanded that Syria respect Lebanon&#39;s &quot;territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence&quot;.
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Syria&#39;s President Bashar al-Assad and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday held talks in Sharem al Sheikh. Before the summit, there were erports that during the meeting, Mubarak will offer Assad
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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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Syria, which Washington has accused of  failing to stop militants entering Iraq, has reached a border  cooperation deal with its neighbor, Foreign Minister Farouq  al-Shara said on Sunday.
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SAIDA ZEINAB, Syria  - Suffering kidney disease and living in a Damascus slum, Amal Jabar lost her only means of support when Syria closed its borders to Iraqi refugees a few weeks ago.
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France and Germany turned up the pressure on Syria on Tuesday, telling Damascus to stop destabilising Lebanon as mass protests against Prime Minister Fuad Siniora entered a fifth day.Comment
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The Egyptian and Syrian presidents on Wednesday linked calls by the United Nations and fellow Arab leaders for Syrian troops to leave Lebanon to past UN resolutions
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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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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak returned home on Wednesday after ending a swift visit to Syria, the official MENA news agency reported.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Egypt supports Syria&#39;s offer to resume peace talks with Israel and will press the Jewish state to accept, a senior official said Tuesday after a summit
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Syrian military units withdrew from Lebanon in the early hours of today (Thursday) morning in the framework of a large- scale redeployment operation by the Syrian forces.