Syrian Forces Repel Attack on U.S. Embassy
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Islamic militants attempted to storm the embassy in a brazen attack using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives.
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Syrians say they have begun a serious effort to tighten security and prevent rebels from crossing their 400-mile border with Iraq.
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The United States is sending a team  of federal agents to Syria to investigate a failed attack on  the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, a State Department spokeswoman  said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major attack against the insurgent stronghold of Samarra early Friday, securing government and police buildings in the city, the U.S. command said.
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Syria began redeploying around 3,000  troops from the outskirts of Beirut toward the eastern  Syrian-Lebanese border on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to  ease U.S.-led international pressure over its influence on  Lebanon.
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Twelve people have been killed in a militant attack against US consulate in Jiddah, in western Saudi Arabia. No Americans were killed or injured in the gunbattle.
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Syria will keep supporting Hamas and   Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it,   a government newspaper said on Thursday.
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Washington on Tuesday swept aside objections from Beirut and called for a Security Council vote within days on a draft resolution to put pressure on Syria to respect Lebanese sovereignty.
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Yemeni security forces wounded and arrested a gunman after he opened fire at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa late on Monday without injuring any embassy staff members, a Yemeni government official said on Tuesday.
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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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The United States embassy in Damascus, Syria, says it has temporarily closed its doors to the public to re-evaluate its security but would not say if it is the target of a specific threat.
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After months of brewing tensions, the United States yesterday ratcheted up the pressure on Syria, joining forces with France and pressing for action at the United Nations to get Damascus to curtail its military intervention in Lebanon.
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A leading voice in the opposition was killed with at least nine others. The U.S. reacted with unusually strong language that seemed to be aimed at Syria.
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Four men shouting Islamic slogans   tried to blow up the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but   their car bomb failed to explode and Syrian security guards   killed three of them in a shootout. No Americans were hurt.
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WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States said Syria threatened Lebanese parliamentarians as part of an effort to ensure the rule of President Emile Lahoud.
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US and Iraqi officials have criticized Syria for not keeping fighters and funds out of Iraq.
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The United States is sending a team   of federal agents to Syria to investigate a failed attack on   the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, a State Department spokeswoman   said on Tuesday.