Syria says U.S. embassy attack planned in S.Arabia
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Last month's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to al Qaeda, a government investigation said on Thursday.
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Israeli aircraft carried out an airstrike inside Syria last week, possibly targeting weapons that were destined for Hezbollah militants, according to sources in the region and in the United States.
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DAMASCUS -- A foiled attempt yesterday by suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants to blow up the US Embassy in Damascus led to an unusual diplomatic exchange highlighting the tense relations between the countries. The United States praised Syria for thwarting the attack, but Syria replied by blaming US policies for strengthening Islamic militants.
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Damascus has accused the United States of interfering in the affairs of Lebanon and Syria, accusing Washington of bringing undue pressure to force a UN resolution last week on foreign influence in Lebanon.
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Saudi officials are blaming a group of al Qaeda militants for an attack on the US consulate in the city of Jeddah that left at least eight people dead.
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Syrian guards foiled an attempt by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants to blow up the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, exchanging fire outside the compound's walls with gunmen shouting "God is great" who tried to storm in with automatic weapons and hand grenades.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi gunmen who stormed  the United States consulate in Jeddah had "scoped out" the  building ahead of their carefully planned attack, the U.S.  envoy to Saudi Arabia said Tuesday.
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The group Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for the attack on the US consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah. The statement was posted on a militant Web site.
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JEDDAH: The United States renewed a warning to its nationals on Tuesday to stay out of Saudi Arabia following an attack claimed by Al Qaeda on its mission in Jeddah that killed at least nine people.
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A US official says Israel launched an air strike on Syria last week apparently to warn it not to re-arm Hezbollah.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Gunmen opened fire Monday  at a U.S. diplomatic car near the U.S. consulate in the Red Sea  port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia but there were no injuries,  a Western diplomat said.
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At least one gunman was killed by Saudi security forces when US consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah came under attack Monday, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV reported.
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The raid on the American embassy in Damascus signals a greater threat to the Syrian regime than to the U.S.
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Israel's decision to attack Syria on Sept. 6, bombing a suspected nuclear site set up in apparent collaboration with North Korea, came after Israel shared intelligence with President Bush this summer indicating that North Korean nuclear personnel were in Syria, U.S. government sources said.
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WASHINGTON - Israel's decision to attack Syria on Sept. 6, bombing a suspected nuclear site set up in apparent collaboration with North Korea, was made after Israel shared intelligence with President Bush this summer indicating that North Korean nuclear personnel were in Syria, US government sources said.
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DAMASCUS -- Syria told a visiting State Department official yesterday that it was willing to engage in "serious" dialogue with Washington on all Middle East issues, just days after both countries attended a conference in Baghdad on restoring security to Iraq. US officials rarely visit Syria, although Washington has said in recent months it wants to reach out to Damascus ...
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Militant group MEND is preparing attacks  on Nigerian oil facilities that could be preceded by  hostage-taking, the U.S. embassy said in a security notice on  Friday.