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Nov 10, 2008
Syria will drop Iran if it replaces Saudi Arabia as US ally in ME

Beirut - Representatives of President-elect Barack Obama recently told Syrian officials that Obama supports ending their county's isolation and that as president he would work to bring Damascus into the international community, a Syrian diplomatic source revealed to WND.

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Oct 15, 2008
'Al-Hayat' Damascus Bureau Chief Explains His Resignation: I Refuse to Take Part in Media and Politi

The September 27, 2008 Damascus car bombing stepped up the tension between Syria and Saudi Arabia(,1) as manifested by, inter alia, the Syrian authorities' decision to ban the distribution of the Saudi daily Al-Hayat in Syria. In response to this decision, an Al-Hayat source stated that Syria was persecuting the paper because it was funded by Saudi Arabia, and because it followed its professional conscience rather than the dictates of the Syrian regime. Al-Hayat's Beirut bureau chief added th

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Nov 13, 2008
Syria rejects 4 Lebanese ambassador candidates

Beirut /Damascus - A setback was reported in restoring diplomatic ties between Lebanon and Syria as Damascus has rejected four Lebanese ambassadorial candidates, Lebanon's media reported Thursday.

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Oct 25, 2005
Overview History

Angusreid.com - The Arab Syrian Republic shares borders with Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. It was once the heart of the Islamic Empire. Syria became a fully independent nation in Jan. 1, 1944, after being under French administration since the end of World War I.