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Le Novelle Observateur: Khaddam says $20 billion stolen in Lebanon and Syria by al-Assad friends
In the framework of the continued media campaign by the Syrian former vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam from his exile in Paris against the current Syrian government, he said in an interview with Le Novelle Observateur " magazine that more than $ 20 billion were stolen in Lebanon and Syria by persons close to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/14/2006

Lebanese personnel on need for strategic relations with Syria
Lebanese ex-premier condemned Friday US pressures as aiming at passing the so-called Greater Middle East project "to destroy Arab nationalism, and tear the region in the service of the Israeli entity."
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 1/14/2006

13 Lebanese were accused of planning for attacks in Lebanon
Lebanese government commissioner, the assistant at the military court in Beirut, judge Ahmad Oweidat, said that Lebanon addressed accusations on Friday against 13 detainee suspected to be members in al-Qaida organization of planning for "terrorist attacks."
Lebanon-Palestine, Local, 1/14/2006

Syrian witness held in Lebanon
In another development in Lebanon, a Lebanese judicial source said that the judiciary detained on Friday a Syrian citizen under the pretext of giving "false testimony" to the investigation into the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 1/14/2006

Siniora meets Mubarak, calls Syria to support Lebanon's stability
Siniora called on Damascus to "stop its support for the Palestinian men outside the camps, as a strong message that Syria supports stability in Lebanon."
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 1/13/2006

Saad al-Hariri meets Chirac; urges Syria to cooperate
Saad al-Hariri, the son of the murdered former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, urged Syria to cooperate with the UN investigation committee warning that Syria's rejections to collaborate will bring the region to chaos.
Lebanon-Syria-France, Politics, 1/13/2006

The Guardian: response to UN investigation meeting al-Assad misunderstood
The Syrian government signaled yesterday that it would allow United Nations investigators to talk to president Bashar al-Assad about the assassination of the Lebanese prime minister, Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/13/2006

Annan urges Damascus to collaborate with UN committee
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged Syria to cooperate fully with the UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese leader Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/13/2006

Damascus rejects al-Assad meet UN investigators
Syria has officially rejected the request of the UN investigator committee into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri to meet with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, information minister Mahdi Dakhlalluah said.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006

Assafir: Syria's Ghazali in Vienna for Hariri investigation
The Lebanese daily Assafir said in its today's issue that the former chairman of the security department of the Syrian forces in Lebanon, Maj. Gen. Rustoum Ghazali, will once again be brought today to Vienna before UN investigation into the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006

Belgian to head UN Lebanon-Syria Hariri probe
A Belgian prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be the new head of a UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, the United Nations announced on Wednesday.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006

Rice continues threats against Syria
Syria-Lebanon-USA, Politics, 1/12/2006

Khaddam: al-Assad made the decision to assassinate Hariri
Former Syrian vice president Abdul Halim Khaddam escalated accusation against the current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad saying al-Assad was the one who issued the order to assassinate the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/11/2006

French pressure on Syria regarding Lebanon
In the framework of continued French pressure against Syria, the French President Jacques Chirac said that the "time of interference and escaping punishment in Lebanon can no longer be accepted."
Syria-Lebanon-France, Politics, 1/11/2006

Lebanese policemen injured by pro Syrian Palestinian group
Two Lebanese policemen to the south of Beirut were injured on Tuesday by the bullets of fighters belonging to a Palestinian group that supports Syria.
Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 1/10/2006

Denial of Douba, Shihabi joining Khaddam
A senior Syrian official source has mocked at tidings recently circulated by some Arab and international media means with regard to the defection of the former chief of the Syrian military security department Major General Ali Douba and former Syrian staff Lt. Gen Hikmat Shihabi in order to join former vice president Abdul Halim Khaddam in exile.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/9/2006

Syrian mixed reaction to Khaddam as leader of opposition
The Syrian opposition has been moving to tighten the belt around the Syrian regime, as it welcomed Abdul Halim Khaddam's defection from the regime and his joining its ranks, on the ground this his defection serves its objectives which aim at introducing democratic change in the country, as this opposition alleged.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/9/2006

On the interrogation of President al-Assad
Syria has responded to the request of the UN committee into the murder of the Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri to interrogate President Bashar al-Assad and the foreign minister Farouq al-Sharaa.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/9/2006

Syria's National Progressive Front discuss current political situations
Syria's Secretary Generals of the National Progressive Front ( NPF) discussed in its regular meeting on Sunday the political situations in the region and "the fierce campaign directed against Syria's national and pan-Arab stances."
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/9/2006


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