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Syria ignores US sanction on its bank
Syria on Friday brushed aside the US decision to sever links to the state-owned Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS).
Syria-USA, Politics, 3/11/2006

Syria: Democracy activists beaten by students
Syria, Politics, 3/11/2006

Daily Star: Army delploys north along Syria border
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/11/2006

Syria firmly faces foreign pressures: Jordanian figure says
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 3/11/2006

Bush says no deal with Syria on Hariri investigation
Syria-Lebanon-USA, Politics, 3/11/2006

Syria confers resuming Lufthansa Flights
Syria-Germany, Economics, 3/11/2006

Junblat meets Annan in New York
The leader of the Lebanese Socialist Progressive Party, Walid Junblat, met in New York with the secretary general of the UN, Kofi Annan, during the visit made by Junblat to the USA.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 3/10/2006

Syria is strong and faithful to Arab nation, information minister says
Syria's information minister Mohsen Bilal expressed appreciation over the efforts exerted at the Arab Parties Conference held recently in Damascus, particularly the participation of 15 Lebanese parties which reflects the deep-rooted relations and historical relations between Syria and Lebanon.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/10/2006

Syria, China criticize American human rights report
Damascus criticized the report of the US Department Of State noting that Washington is mistaken "when it makes itself a patron for human rights" while it violates these very rights in more than one place in the world.
Syria-USA, Politics, 3/10/2006

Syria prepares to celebrate Aleppo capital of Islamic culture
Ottri underlined the need to provide all effort that keep the historical and archeological architectural heritage of Aleppo which poses as a qualitative development on the level of Syria and the Arab world urging to bolster the sharing approach among all spectrums of society and enhance the national link as well as display main figures of Aleppo history.
Syria-Regional, Culture, 3/10/2006

Syria eager for Iraq's unity, vice president says
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/10/2006

Syrian deputy FM meets with Iran's special envoy for Iraq
Visiting Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister in Political Affairs, Ahmed Arnous, met Wednesday with Foreign Minister Special Envoy in Iraq Affairs Ali-Asqar Khaji.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 3/9/2006

Brammertez arrives in Damascus within 48 hours
The chairman of the UN investigation committee into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, Serge Brammertez, is expected to arrive in the Syrian capital with the two coming days.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 3/9/2006

Lebanese figures condemn Junblat statements
Chairman of the Scholars Commission in the Lebanese town of Jabal Amel, Sheikh Afif Nabulsi, on Wednesday condemned Walid Junblat's latest statements against Syria and the resistance.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/9/2006

Fewer insurgents enter Iraq from Syria
On the reason fewer insurgents are crossing the border from Syria into Iraq these days to take part in attacks on Iraqi targets, a senior State Department official said the United States believed this was mainly due to US and Iraqi military operations.
Syria-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/9/2006

Arabs reject targeting Syria, Sudanese president advisor says
Sudan-Syria, Politics, 3/9/2006

Russia puts pressure on Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem is expected to visit Moscow next week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 3/9/2006

White House on Syria-Lebanon issue
Speaking about the visit of Lebanese opposition figures to the US seeking support to remove President Emile Lahoud, White House spokesman McClellan said "we support the Lebanese people and their desire to live in a free and sovereign nation -- free of interference from Syria and Syrian influence."
Syria-Lebanon-USA, Politics, 3/8/2006

Al-Thawra: Syria, Iran oil pipeline across Iraq
Syria and Iran are discussing the establishment of an Iranian strategic oil pipeline across Iraq, an official Syrian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Syria-Iran, Economics, 3/8/2006

Damascus bans non Arab Africans and Asians from residency
The Syrian ministry of interior issued a decision banning the stay of non-Arab workers from Asia and Africa on Syrian territories.
Syria-Regional, Local, 3/8/2006

Syria to issue a law on antitrust
Syria, Economics, 3/8/2006

Junblat: initiative failed to remove Lahoud
Lebanese Druze opposition leader Walid Junblat said that the coalition anti Syria rejected a middle solution according to which President Emile Lahoud resigns while at the same time permitting Hizbullah to keep its weapons.
Lebanon-Syria-USA, Politics, 3/7/2006

Syria releases Lebanese paper's correspondent
Syrian security services Monday released a Lebanese journalist they had arrested last week for allegedly publishing "false information."
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/7/2006

EU working to reopen of Civil Society Training Center in Syria
The delegation of the European commission to Syria is working for the reopening of a civil society training center, which was closed by Syrian authorities just days after it officially opened in Damascus as part of an EU- funded Global European Initiative for Democracy and Human rights program (EIDHR).
Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/7/2006

Arab parties pledge to support Syria in face of pressures
Arab Parties on Monday called for supporting Syria in the face of foreign pressures, stressing Syria's right to restore its occupied land till the June 4th 1967 line.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/7/2006

Iran, Syria to establish jointly-run bank
Bank Saderat of Iran and Commercial Bank of Syria are to establish a jointly-run bank, it was announced on Monday.
Syria-Iran, Economics, 3/7/2006

Asharq al-Awsat: Syria reaches confidential agreement with UN investigators
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 3/7/2006

Lebanese parliamentarian: Relations with Syria are Historical
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/7/2006

Syria closes EU-funded human rights center
Syrian authorities have shut down an EU-funded center for human rights barely a week after it opened, the head of the center said on Saturday.
Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/6/2006

Syria: Activists condemn closure of human rights center
Activists have condemned a government decision to close the country's first human rights center, which opened in mid-February with support from the European Union (EU).
Syria, Politics, 3/6/2006

Al-Assad: Often, Syria stood alone unbowed, and eventually proved correct
The president added that "starvation and instability were the method adopted before the Iraq war. The second method which started directly after the war was the killing of Iraqi scientists. Assassination was carried out deliberately. We should not have brains, should not develop. He continued to say that the other side is to create sedition among the Iraqis in order to obliterate the Iraqi identity
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/6/2006

Al-Manar TV: Syria pledges cooperation with UN Hariri probe
Syria pledged on Sunday to fully cooperate with a UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, saying the terms of the cooperation had been agreed on last month with the new head of the inquiry.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 3/6/2006

Amal Movement underlines distinguished ties with Syria
Lebanese ex-Minister Wiaam Wahab stressed that the Lebanese national resistance represents the Lebanese people's determination to stand against Israeli aggressions against their countries. "There is always a need for the resistance's weapons as long as Israel is occupying Lebanese land," he said in a statement.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/6/2006

Wakim rejects foreign mandate for Lebanon
Lebanese ex-parliamentarian Najah Wakim on Sunday reiterated rejection to any foreign mandate for Lebanon that "some Lebanese parties have been working for."
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/6/2006

Foreign Minister expresses satisfaction over Arab support to Syria
He pointed out that "Syria's commitment to her national and pan-Arab stances are the reason behind the American continued pressures against her," indicating that "what the American administration wants is controlling the region."
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/6/2006

Chirac warns Syria to stay out of Lebanon
France's President Jacques Chirac warned Syria that the world will respond to any attempt to destabilize Lebanon as he began a visit Saturday to Saudi Arabia.
Syria-Lebanon-France, Politics, 3/6/2006

Daily star: Syrians bank deposits withdrawals from Lebanon not leaving
Some Syrian papers claimed that over $3 billion of bank deposits were withdrawn from Lebanon in the past few weeks.
Lebanon-Syria, Economics, 3/6/2006


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