Article: Syrians continue pro-Assad demonstration

Article: Ties With Iran Paralyze Syrians in Lebanon; Assad ...
The Washington Post;  May 25, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... suicide squads in Lebanon, and able to impose ... fearful Arab world. Assad almost certainly ... of 1976, when Assad sent troops into Lebanon despite Moscow ... troops first entered Lebanon at the request ... At that time, Assad acted out of fear ...

Article: Assad voices Syrian backing for Lebanon's ...
The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon);  July 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... exchange of embassies with Lebanon, Assad said that he had suggested ... exchange of embassies with Lebanon, Assad said that he had suggested ... Syrian government denies Lebanon's independence and sovereignty. Assad added that the presence ...

Article: Jackson takes 'moral' plea to Syrian leader: Asks Assad to ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... between Israel and Lebanon, Assad did not speak with ... up meeting with Assad. "He supports the ... humanitarian aid through to Lebanon and Haifa [Israel ... his dialogue with Assad. Jackson's trip will also take him to Lebanon and Israel later ...

Article: Writethru: Syria, Lebanon to appoint ambassadors before ...
Xinhua News Agency;  September 4, 2008 ;     533 words ...Writethru: Syria, Lebanon to appoint ambassadors before yearend: Assad DAMASCUS, Sept. 4 ... process of dialogue in Lebanon," Assad asserted. For his part ... done by President Bashar Assad on Lebanon has had a significant ...

Article: Syria, not too subtly, runs Lebanon: Assad's photo, ...
The Washington Times;  July 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... new posters of Mr. Assad and even his son, heir ... region. The capital of Lebanon is Beirut, but the ... after the French gave Lebanon independence in 1943 ... since 1976, when Mr. Assad first tried to quell Lebanon's nascent civil war ...

Article: Assad Confirms He Will Visit Lebanon This Year
Xinhua English Newswire;  July 18, 1998 ;     466 words ... ... day state visit, Assad was asked if he would visit Lebanon as was announced by ... independent and free Lebanon with sovereignty over all its territory. Assad also told the press ... security zone" in south Lebanon, Assad said that Israeli ...

Article: A threat in Damascus; later, a bomb in Beirut If thwarted, ...
International Herald Tribune;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... its secret police out of Lebanon.Assad's decision to force Lahoud onto Lebanon again is now widely seen ... to acting with impunity in Lebanon. But by 2004, the Lebanese ... something different from Assad, not least because the United ...