Syria 'can broker peace in Iraq'
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country can play a major role in bringing security to Iraq.
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WASHINGTON: The United States believes Syria is now willing to cooperate with Iraqi authorities and the US-led coalition on patrolling the Syria-Iraq border, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said here on Wednesday.
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A joint US-Iraqi delegation holds talks in Damascus on ways to improve security on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
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The United States says Syria has agreed to implement a series of measures to improve the security of its border with Iraq. The decision follows two days of talks in Damascus involving officials from the Syrian
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Iraq invited officials from Iran, Syria and other neighboring nations to Baghdad next month to discuss the security situation in the country, a government official said Thursday.
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Syria agreed in talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials to take "specific steps" to seal off its border with Iraq for anti-U.S. insurgents, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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The United States signaled on Sunday it would invite Syria and other Arab states to a Middle East peace conference but suggested they must renounce violence and genuinely seek an end to the conflict.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Asad under certain conditions.
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Iraqi expatriates in Syria will have the opportunity to vote in this month's Iraqi elections under an agreement signed Sunday between the Syrian government and the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration.
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Syria has shown a new readiness  to work with U.S.-led forces to stop arms, militants and money  from crossing into Iraq and fueling insurgency, Secretary of  State Colin Powell said on Wednesday.
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Syria has made a lot of progress in  controlling its border with Iraq but still needs to do more to  stop fighters moving across the frontiers, U.S. Deputy  Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Sunday.
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Syria denied on Sunday that its President Bashar al-Assad had given his backing to any Turkish military strike against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, as tensions mounted on the Iraqi-Turkish border.
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Iraq confirms it will host a regional conference this month in Baghdad that will include the United States, Great Britain, Iran, Syria and Egypt. But the White House ties specific conditions to one-on-one talks with Damascus and Tehran.
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DAMASCUS, Syria -- A man claiming to be the top spokesman for Iraq's former ruling party said the group will not stop aiding the insurgency or engage in national reconciliation efforts unless the US-backed government in Baghdad accepts conditions that would lead to its end.
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Iraq will ask Iran and Turkey for border security arrangements to keep foreign militants out, similar to measures already agreed with Syria, the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Monday.
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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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WASHINGTON -- The United States agreed yesterday to join high-level talks with Iran and Syria on the future of Iraq, an abrupt shift in policy that opens the door to diplomatic dealings the White House had shunned in recent months despite mounting criticism.