Palestinian PM meets Syria's Assad
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday to discuss efforts to form a unity government, the official SANA news agency said.
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Top Palestinians are to meet the French president and government ministers in a bid to see their ailing leader, Yasser Arafat, who is in hospital in Paris.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he respected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and was prepared to hold peace talks with him, following reports of an Israeli air raid on Syria this month.
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Israel and Syria must conduct direct peace talks, without a mediator, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying, in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad who proposed third-party involvement.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas met with top Russian officials Monday in a bid to win Moscow's support in upcoming peace talks with Israel, while expressing high regard for Russia's role in the Mideast peace process.
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Palestinian leader Abbas meets the German chancellor to press for support for a unity government.
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Senator Bill Nelson met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, a week after a U.S. bipartisan panel recommended the Bush administration engage Syria to help stabilize Iraq.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is offering to make peace with Israel and says he is ready to cooperate with the United States in stabilizing Iraq, a former senior State Department official said Wednesday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday for talks aimed at finalizing a unity government deal, a Palestinian official said.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Iran Saturday to discuss Iraq and other Middle East issues with President Mahmoud Ahmadinajed, state-run television reported.
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Clamart, France - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei was allowed to see ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Tuesday, unconfirmed reports say.
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NRG Maariv has learned that head of Peres Center for Peace, Ron Pundak, met Palestinians close to Arafat, signaling possible thaw in Peres-Arafat relations.
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Israel's prime minister says he hopes to meet the Palestinian leader for a summit in the coming days.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Iran on Saturday to discuss instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Fearful of being left behind, Syrian President Bashar Assad has been saying something quite startling &#151; that he is willing to resume peace talks with Israel unconditionally.
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DAMASCUS: PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas held a second day of talks Tuesday with Syrian officials on a mission to patch up strained ties with the government and with Damascus-based Palestinian opposition groups.
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During a two-day visit to Damascus by Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and official candidate of the Fatah movement in the elections, the Palestinians