Syria and Iran Say Will Build 'Common Front'
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Iran and Syria, both locked in rows with  the United States, said on Wednesday they would form a common  front to face challenges and threats.
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The European Union and Syria initialled an association agreement that commits both sides to work towards free trade -- as well as against weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.
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Syria and Iran are willing to help stabilize Iraq, as the Iraq Study Group recommended Wednesday, but both countries will want something in return and neither has a magic solution to the chaos, Mideast officials and analysts said.
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Syria stood firm under a new round of pressures from the United States and Israel, seeking to strengthen solidarity with the Arab countries while brushing aside Israeli military threats.
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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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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by most accounts has been the primary architect of IranÂs combative foreign policy.
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President Bashar Assad rejected claims that Syria's alliance with Iran had been weakened by Damascus' participation in last month's U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference, insisting Thursday that ties between the two countries will never be shaken.
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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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During a meeting with Syrian leader Bashar el-Assad, PA interim leader Abu Mazen stated that in the event of a renewal of talks between Damascus and Syria, there must be a dialogue with Lebanon to align positions.
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Iraq is spearheading a new diplomatic initiative that will invite Iran and Syria to a spring "neighbors conference" that also will include the United States, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a Senate committee this afternoon.
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With American goods already flooding Damascus, analysts say lifting restrictions will help counter Iran's influence.
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Iran and Syria vow to form a common front to face challenges and threats, as both face US pressure.
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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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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- After their first official talks in Saudi Arabia, the Iranian and Saudi leaders pledged yesterday to fight the spread of sectarian strife in the Middle East, which they said was the biggest danger facing the region.
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Syria told a visiting U.S. State Department official Monday that it is 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.
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Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, will join U.S. and British representatives at a regional conference here on the Iraqi security crisis
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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.