Syrian President Bashar Assad says peace talks with Israel could resume if the Jewish state showed willingness to fully engage in the process.
"Is it really true that you have falafel in America," an educated, English-speaking Syrian asks me at the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus. And if so, he wondered, "what do you call it there?"
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Tuesday ordering the establishment of diplomatic ties with Lebanon, the president's adviser told CNN.
Syria hopes a series of indirect talks with Israel will soon lead to direct negotiations, President Bashar al-Assad told CNN's Cal Perry Thursday in an exclusive interview.
While the US and its allies have long sought to isolate Damascus, isolating Tehran may be a higher priority
The re-emerging Cold War tensions are spreading, as Russia agrees to strengthen military ties with Syria
An explosion targeting a bus rocked a business district in central Tripoli Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people and wounding 50 others, a senior member of Lebanon's internal security forces told CNN.
Syria and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to establish full diplomatic relations for the first time, taking a step toward healing tensions that have fueled decades of turmoil in Lebanon
The assassination of a top general close to President Assad may be a sign of internal rifts within the regime
President Bashar al-Assad's Visit to the French capital is another victory for Syria, a reward for indirect talks with Israel. But is peace in sight?
Syrian President Bashar Assad says peace talks with Israel could resume if the Jewish state showed willingness to fully engage in the process.
"Is it really true that you have falafel in America," an educated, English-speaking Syrian asks me at the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus. And if so, he wondered, "what do you call it there?"
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Tuesday ordering the establishment of diplomatic ties with Lebanon, the president's adviser told CNN.
Syria hopes a series of indirect talks with Israel will soon lead to direct negotiations, President Bashar al-Assad told CNN's Cal Perry Thursday in an exclusive interview.
While the US and its allies have long sought to isolate Damascus, isolating Tehran may be a higher priority
The re-emerging Cold War tensions are spreading, as Russia agrees to strengthen military ties with Syria
An explosion targeting a bus rocked a business district in central Tripoli Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people and wounding 50 others, a senior member of Lebanon's internal security forces told CNN.
Syria and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to establish full diplomatic relations for the first time, taking a step toward healing tensions that have fueled decades of turmoil in Lebanon
The assassination of a top general close to President Assad may be a sign of internal rifts within the regime
President Bashar al-Assad's Visit to the French capital is another victory for Syria, a reward for indirect talks with Israel. But is peace in sight?
A Mideast peace deal has never been closer to fruition, Israel's prime minister said Sunday, ahead of a summit to launch the French-brokered Union for the Mediterranean.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says that Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to a peace deal
France's president says Syria and Lebanon will open embassies in each other's countries
The French President's recent guest list of world leaders hasn't done a lot for his approval ratings. The American President's last visit probably won't either
Syria's president said the recently restarted peace talks between his government and Israel will eventually need U.S. sponsorship
Analysis: Each side has reasons to negotiate, but a deal may have to wait for a new Israeli -- and American -- leadership
Israeli and Syrian officials confirmed Wednesday they are indirectly negotiating a possible peace deal under Turkish mediation.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has been indirectly negotiating with Israel for a year, through Turkey, according to Arabic language newspaper published this week.
The investigation into the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister continues to roil the Middle East
"Mr. B" and his family dodged militias by moving from house to house in Baghdad -- but they couldn't escape being Sunni or the fact that Mr. B had served in Saddam Hussein's military.
Robert Baer, a former CIA operative, assesses the life and bad times of a man he once hunted, one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world
Syria convenes a conference of rejectionists demanding an end to peace talks with Israel
France is the latest country to lose patience with Syria, the country that holds the key to ending Lebanon's political impasse
Syrian air defenses opened fire on Israeli aircraft after they violated Syrian airspace, Syrian officials said Thursday, sharply elevating cross-border tensions
Syrian air defenses opened fire on Israeli aircraft that violated Syrian airspace, a Syrian military spokesman said Thursday.
President Bashar Assad won another seven years in office, getting 97 percent of the vote in a nationwide referendum on his leadership in which he was the only candidate
Former President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, rejecting White House criticism of the visit.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Tuesday in the Syrian capital, where she is expected to tackle an issue complicating the U.S. mission in the Middle East -- Damascus' alleged support for militants in Iraq and Lebanon.
The White House has criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plans to stop in Syria next week during a Middle East trip that began Friday.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syria has pledged to step up border patrols and work with the Lebanese army to stop the flow of weapons to Hezbollah.
Last year, when Syrian intelligence operatives were implicated in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, their motive seemed clear: to neutralize a political opponent of ...
Last year, when Syrian intelligence operatives were implicated in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, their motive seemed clear: to neutralize a political opponent of Syria's three-decade occupation of Lebanon.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threatened to "break" Lebanon if the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri did not support a longer term for President Emile Lahoud, a pro-Syrian politician, Lebanon's prime minister claimed Sunday.
A year after the brutal slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, hundreds of thousands of supporters gathered in Martyrs Square to celebrate his life and sustain political support for the country's so-called Cedar Revolution that swept Syrian troops out of the country last year.
President Bush on Friday promised the son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri that his father's assassination will receive a "full and firm investigation."
The presidents of Iran and Syria were meeting for talks in Damascus on Thursday -- two regional allies facing prospects of showdowns with the U.N. Security Council.
The United States has put Syria on notice, warning that further action would be taken by the U.N. Security Council if Damascus continued to obstruct the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria's former vice president says the country's leader is a "traitor" who has damaged Syria and caused it to be alienated from the Arab world.
U.N. investigators looking into the assassination of a former Lebanese leader have asked to interview Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa, a spokesperson for the investigators said.
A day after Syria's former vice president made a series of damning remarks about President Bashar al-Assad, the country's lawmakers stood behind their leader and said that Abdul Halim Khaddam should be tried for treason for his comments.
Syria has asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to intervene and help broker a cooperation agreement between Damascus and an inquiry into the killing of Lebanese ex-premier Rafik Hariri.
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Saturday vowed to back a crackdown on al Qaeda after confirming that four people from the terror group carried out the Amman hotel attacks -- three suicide bombers and the wife of one of the attackers.
Two members of a U.N. team investigating the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Friday interviewed Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, his office said.
Syria's president has lashed out against his country's critics, particularly the United States and Israel, but said the nation will cooperate -- to a point -- with a United Nations investigation into the assassination of a Lebanese politician.
Iran is a friend and a staunch supporter of Syria, and believes international pressure on Syria stemming from a United Nations inquiry into the assassination earlier this year of a former Lebanese prime minister is unjust and unacceptable, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday as reported by Iranian media.
U.N. investigators have found "converging evidence" of Lebanese and Syrian involvement in the February killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a released report has concluded.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad sat down Wednesday and, in an exclusive interview, spoke to CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad denied Wednesday that he or his country was involved in the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syria's interior minister, who was head of the country's military intelligence in neighboring Lebanon for nearly 20 years, has committed suicide, officials said.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has said the media and technological revolution sweeping the region and the world is helping his country's foes to undermine and crush the Arab identity.
I land in Beirut around 4 p.m. after a pretty exhausting set of flights from Atlanta. I am immediately met by my producer and driver and whisked to a double-parked van outside the airport.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has committed to a complete withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence services from Lebanon by April 30, according to U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen.
Syria's ambassador to the United States said his government is planning a quick withdrawal of troops from Lebanon, likely before summer.
Under pressure from the United States, Europe and significant portion of Lebanon's populace, Syrian intelligence units Tuesday were in the process of leaving Beirut, a Lebanese army source told CNN.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she saw "positive elements" coming out of a meeting between a U.N. envoy and the president of Syria over the presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon.
A U.N. envoy has said that the leader of Syria gave him a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence agents out of Lebanon, a commitment the diplomat hails as "historic."
Lebanon's pro-Syria parliamentary majority has nominated former Prime Minister Omar Karami -- who resigned nine days ago in the face of anti-Syria demonstrations -- to resume his post.
People power is changing the face of the Middle East, but the democracy deal isn't sealed--yet
The leaders of Syria and Lebanon have announced the pullback of Syrian troops to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley by the end of March.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Syrian leader Bashar Assad will meet Monday in Damascus to discuss details of a pullback of Syrian troops in Lebanon, Lebanese and Syrian government officials said Sunday.
The United States has criticized Syria's announcement that it will withdraw its forces in Lebanon in a two-step process, saying the troops "must withdraw completely and immediately."
Syrian President Bashar Assad, facing increasing international pressure, is expected to announce a pullback of Syrian troops to eastern Lebanon, Beirut political sources have said.
A meeting of Lebanese opposition leaders has ended with a list of demands calling for the immediate resignation of Lebanese security chiefs and the immediate withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence assets from Lebanon.
The eldest son of the late leader of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to his father, official sources have told CNN.
Battling a deadly insurgency on the ground in Iraq, U.S. officials are taking a harder line at the diplomatic table and applying significant pressure to a key Middle East power.
A U.S. delegation directly confronted Syrian President Bashar Assad -- on the third anniversary of 9/11 -- with evidence that Syrians were aiding militants crossing the border to foment deadly violence in Iraq, a senior U.S. government official has told CNN.
Israel's president invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Jerusalem for peace talks Monday, but a Syrian official dismissed the offer.
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