Syria: Time for Pragmatism and Statesmanship
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Those who think there should be no compromise and concessions in politics will end up paying a heavy price. That is the lesson of history and, hence, a basic principle accepted by all nations.
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US Secretary of State says Washington wants tough report from Annan on Syria&#39;s compliance with UN resolution. By Matthew Lee - WASHINGTON.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday praised Syria for its plan to redeploy some of its troops in Lebanon and its willingness to do more to control its border with Iraq.
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President Bashar al-Assad, whose political survival was questioned a year ago, is now almost certain to be re-elected for a second term.
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Despite deep differences with Syria,  Washington has initiated talks with Damascus in an effort to  create a military-to-military relationship to help stabilize  war-torn Iraq, Time magazine reported on Sunday.
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By Khaled Yacoub OweisDAMASCUS - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began talks with Syrian officials on Thursday to seek Syria's help in bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.Before arriving ...
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The United States and Europe must talk to  Syria and Iran if they want a comprehensive solution to Iraq  and other Middle East conflicts, Syrian President Bashar  al-Assad said in an interview published on Friday.
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DAMASCUS, Syria  - Twenty years ago Ahmed  Shukmarra went to Lebanon as one of tens of thousands of Syrian  soldiers, believing his presence would help halt a civil war in  Syria's small neighbor.
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WASHINGTON -- Even as pressure mounts for the United States to work with the Syrian government, the White House and the State Department have been quietly building ties with Syrian dissidents, holding meetings in Washington and Damascus that some describe as a search for credible alternatives to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Syriana may have been hard to follow, but it was hard to   follow in its own way.
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On the face of it, the worst appears to be behind Bashar Assad. There's much less talk of regime change in Damascus, or of prosecuting the Syrian president over the murder of a Lebanese politician.
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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria made a rare, often confrontational foreign policy speech on Saturday, suggesting that the efforts by the United States and France
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The United States told Syria to stay out of the Lebanese politics after Lebanonâs Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri resigned. âLeave it to the Lebanese to work out the political implications and factors involved
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 -- Syria's foreign minister, in a rare visit to Baghdad by a Syrian official, on Sunday pledged cooperation in stemming the sectarian violence that threatens Iraq, even as scores of people were killed or found dead across the country.
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A look at the times and career of the Palestinian leader
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Former US presidential candidate John Kerry said that relations between Syria and the United States could be improved, following talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
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Syria Monday rapped the UN Security Council for passing a resolution which demands Syria&#39;s respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and withdrawal of its troops from the neighboring