Israel warns Syrian leader over war comments – CNN.com

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a stark warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that he and his family would lose their hold on power if Syria were to attack Israel.
Israel warns Syrian leader over war comments – CNN.com

Israel pushing Middle East to war: Syria’s Assad – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | no comment

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“All the facts point that Israel is driving the region toward war, not peace,” the official Syrian news agency quoted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as saying during a meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.
“Israel is not serious about wanting peace,” he added.
Israel pushing Middle East to war: Syria’s Assad – washingtonpost.com

Iran and Syria Are Leading a New World Order

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2009 | no comment

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Ahmadinejad and Assad: Iran and Syria Are Leading a New World Order; The Time of America and the West Is Over
In early May 2009, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus. In a joint statement issued after the meeting, the two declared that the relations between Iran and Syria were [...]

Syria says wants nuclear energy under Arab umbrella

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

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Syria is not seeking nuclear weapons but wants to have access to atomic energy for peaceful purposes through a collective Arab project, President Bashar al-Assad said in remarks published on Tuesday.
U.S. intelligence officials in April said they believed Syria had built the suspected reactor with the assistance of North Korea, which later also helped [...]

MI: Syria bolsters Hizbullah despite Israel-talks

Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2008 | no comment

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Damascus continues to strengthen Hizbullah, and “plays a significant role in transferring weapons to the south of Lebanon,” Head of Military Intelligence research division Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz told the Knesset on Monday.
He added that “at the same time as negotiating with Israel, Syria is working diligently on its own army, especially in terms of missiles [...]

The Shift Toward an Israeli-Syrian Agreement

Posted by Matt in April 29th, 2008 | no comment

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By George Friedman
The Middle East, already monstrously complex, grew more complex last week. First, there were strong indications that both Israel and Syria were prepared to engage in discussions on peace. That alone is startling enough. But with the indicators arising in the same week that the United States decided to reveal that the purpose [...]

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Posted by Matt in June 25th, 2007 | no comment

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Moscow’s respected business daily Kommersant reported that Russia’s arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport has begun to fulfill an arms deal it secretly signed with Syria this year to sell five MiG-31E jet fighters, considered among the best in the world, and an additional unspecified number of the newest MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers.
The paper reported the total price to be [...]