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Syria (Arabic: سوريا ‎or سورية ), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية ), is a country in the Middle East, bordering Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. The modern state of Syria attained independence from the French mandate of Syria in 1936, but can trace its historical roots to the fourth millenium BC; its capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mameluke Empire. Read more at Wikipedia

What Do Egyptians Want? Key Findings from the Egyptian Public Opinion Poll

...Another 40% indicated support for international or Arab arming of the rebels. When it comes to international actors’ roles in Syria, Turkey was identified by 31% as playing the most constructive role, followed by Saudi Arabia, 26%, and the United States, 20%....

Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president

...Libya is torn among militias. Yemen's leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, stepped down earlier this year but remains a shadow power. Syria has turned into a bloodbath. Bahrain, a vital U.S. ally and home to the U.S. Navy in the region, still suffers spasms of sectarian...

The fundamental misconception about Arab-Israeli peace

...statehood means abandoning five million Arabs who live in 58 UNRWA-sponsored “refugee camps” in Judea, Samaria, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, and hundreds of thousands living throughout the world who would no longer be considered “refugees.” Statehood means...

Tripoli Is Just the Beginning

...Syria, in order to strengthen support to Syria in a sensitive area of Lebanon. The investment paid handsome dividends to the Syrian regime, when in 1973, the then Sh'ii Mufti of Lebanon, Imam Musa Sadr -- the famous leader who later made the mistake of his...

Beirut tense after violent clashes linked to Syrian unrest

...was badly shaken Monday after a night of fighting in which factions for and against the embattled president of neighboring Syria clashed, stoking fears that Syrian unrest could spark serious violence here. The fighting, between two Sunni Muslim factions, was...

G8 helps Europe and Africa once again

...economic faith and almost succeeded in doing so. They prepared documents for signing on other items of the agenda (Iran, Syria, etc) that required brief discussions. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev summed up in detail the results of the summit. Europe will...

Nike creator's daughter-in-law axed over prom date

...killed one person and wounded 10.More >> Syria's war barreled over the border with an angry, raucous funeral Monday for an anti-Syrian cleric whose killing set off a night of deadly street battles in Beirut and raised fears that Lebanon is getting drawn into...More...

The Global Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

...nuclear rogues such as Iran to defy successive, fairly weak UN sanctions resolutions with virtual impunity. The IAEA did however, refer Syria to the UNSC in June 2011 due to an "absence of confidence that Syria's nuclear program is exclusively for peacef...

Third element in Syrian crisis

...leaders believe that the Arab League is not impartial in the Syrian crisis especially after the League passed a resolution calling on President Bashar al-Assad to step down and delegate power to one of his vice presidents. The Syrian government officially...

'US seeks to taint OWS with terrorism'

...officials as far as making decisions to NATO goes? -Because right now, NATO in Libya, NATO in Afghanistan and potentially NATO in Syria seems to be not catering to the needs of the public of these NATO member states? Gupta: I think it is true but who are we...

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A Lebanese man rides his scooter as he takes pictures of a burned car that was damaged during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian Sunni groups, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday May 21, 2012. Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding and killed several people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighboring Syria was bleeding across the border. The clashes erupted hours after an anti-Syrian cleric and his bodyguard were shot dead in northern Lebanon.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) - Published on 2012-05-21 11:36:00 by Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

A Lebanese man rides his scooter as he takes pictures of a burned car that was damaged during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian Sunni groups, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday May 21, 2012. Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding and killed several people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighboring Syria was bleeding across the border. The clashes erupted hours after an anti-Syrian cleric and his bodyguard were shot dead in northern Lebanon.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Published by Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor on 2012-05-21 11:36:00

iol pic wld damascus syria - Published on 2012-05-21 06:30:00 by Independent Online (South Africa)

iol pic wld damascus syria

Published by Independent Online (South Africa) on 2012-05-21 06:30:00

iol pic wld beirut syria battle - Published on 2012-05-21 06:28:00 by Independent Online (South Africa)

iol pic wld beirut syria battle

Published by Independent Online (South Africa) on 2012-05-21 06:28:00

Front an-Nousra claims responsibility for terrorist attack in Syria - Published on 2012-05-21 04:22:00 by Voice of Russia

Front an-Nousra claims responsibility for terrorist attack in Syria

Published by Voice of Russia on 2012-05-21 04:22:00

File image of Rajiv Gandhi waving to the public during a visit to Damascus, Syria - Published on 2012-05-21 03:45:00 by Rediff

File image of Rajiv Gandhi waving to the public during a visit to Damascus, Syria

Published by Rediff on 2012-05-21 03:45:00

Syrian security work at the site of an explosion in Deir Al-Zour, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA, May 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Sana) - Published on 2012-05-21 01:41:00 by Lebanon Daily Star

Syrian security work at the site of an explosion in Deir Al-Zour, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA, May 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Sana)

Published by Lebanon Daily Star on 2012-05-21 01:41:00

An anti-Syrian regime protester, chants slogans during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Syrian revolution in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 18, 2012. The head of a U.N. observer team in Syria cautioned Friday that the mission cannot achieve a permanent end to the violence without genuine talks between the two sides that have been locked in a violent conflict for more than a year. - Published on 2012-05-20 22:59:00 by Boston.com

An anti-Syrian regime protester, chants slogans during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Syrian revolution in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 18, 2012. The head of a U.N. observer team in Syria cautioned Friday that the mission cannot achieve a permanent end to the violence without genuine talks between the two sides that have been locked in a violent conflict for more than a year.

Published by Boston.com on 2012-05-20 22:59:00