Syria offers to send peacekeepers to Iraq; The aid comes with conditions...

The Christian Science Monitor;  September 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......opponent to the US-led invasion of Iraq, Syria now says it is willing to dispatch...of volunteer fighters entering Iraq from Syria. But five months after the fall...unfounded. While trade between Iraq and Syria has yet to reach prewar levels...

Iraq, Syria to Discuss Security Issues

AP Online;  January 14, 2007 ;     637 words ...DAMASCUS, Syria - Iraq's president was expected in Syria on Sunday, in a landmark...supply lines coming into Iraq from Syria and Iran. Despite that...not decide the future of Iraq, but it can help." Engaging Syria in the search for peace...

Minority activists see beacon in a new Iraq Letter from Syria

International Herald Tribune;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......suggested that in some sense, Iraq and Syria were mirror images of one another...there was little movement between Iraq and Syria.Basil Dahdouh, a member of the...could not help but be influenced by Iraq.''In Syria, gradually it's becoming safer...

Oil melts enmity between Syria and Iraq: Syria voted in favor of UN...

The Christian Science Monitor;  May 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......relationship has not always been so cozy. Syria and Iraq are ruled by rival branches of...on the Mediterranean. Last year, Syria and Iraq signed a free-trade agreement and...peace. A formal alliance between Syria, Iraq, and Iran is unlikely because of...

Syria Feeling U.S. Pressure Over Iraq

AP Online;  September 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ......foreign fighters to cross from Syria into Iraq. The American civil administrator...foreign fighters are entering Iraq via "ratlines" from Syria. He added that of 248 non-Iraqi...official crossing points between Iraq and Syria," al-Sharaa said. "Therefore...

Syria Rejects Charges on Lax Iraq Border

AP Online;  September 14, 2005 ;     453 words ......running out of patience with Syria's continuing role in Iraq's violence. Iraqi Foreign...of foreign fighters into Iraq," and that Syria is "going to become more...significant measures" taken by Syria to control its frontier with Iraq, such as sending thousands...

Motivated by economics, longtime enemies Syria and Iraq find common cause

AP Worldstream;  August 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......have come between longtime enemies Syria and Iraq _ despite U.S. irritation at the...London-based Arabic daily Al Hayat in June. Syria and Iraq are natural economic partners, said...targeted next. The first step toward a Syria-Iraq rapprochement was taken in 1997...

Iraq President Makes Landmark Syria Trip

AP Online;  January 15, 2007 ;     577 words ......doesn't benefit the situation in Iraq." Syria's official news agency SANA said...insurgent supply lines coming into Iraq from Syria and Iran. Syria denies it is providing...guard their side of the border. Iraq and Syria restored diplomatic relations late...

Syria fears it may be next in line for regime change after a U.S. war on...

AP Worldstream;  March 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......U.S. leadership in Iraq, analysts and diplomats say. Syria, a central participant...to the north, and Iraq to the east. Syria would be snookered...A U.S. victory in Iraq would rock Syria's economy. Iraq has become Syria's biggest trading...

Head of Iraqi Governing Council says Syria is cooperating to prevent...

AP Worldstream;  December 21, 2003 ;     335 words ......There must be cooperation (between Syria and Iraq) in order to stop (militant) operations...Nevertheless, al-Hakim said: "Syria does not want Iraq to be unstable and ... it doesn...of militants infiltrating into Iraq. Syria has said it is opposed to such...

Syria Fears Aftermath of an Iraq War

AP Online;  March 5, 2003 ;     692 words ......U.S. leadership in Iraq, analysts and diplomats say. Syria, a central participant...to the north, and Iraq to the east. Syria would be snookered...A U.S. victory in Iraq would rock Syria's economy. Iraq has become Syria's biggest trading...

Under pressure, Syria reiterates offer to join efforts to stop violence in...

AP Worldstream;  September 18, 2005 ;     470 words ......flow of foreign fighters to Iraq, Syria offered on Sunday to participate...from crossing its border into Iraq. "Syria is fully ready to contribute...Bush's stated reason for the Iraq invasion, Tishrin said, "Did Syria fabricate the pretext of Iraq...

Breakthrough for Iraq diplomacy: Healing starts with Syria, seen as...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 20, 2006 ;     429 words ...BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Syria's foreign minister called Sunday...Damascus for help in ending Iraq's violence. Syria and Iraq share a long and porous desert...shootings and mortar attacks. Syria broke diplomatic ties with Iraq in 1982, accusing Iraq of inciting...

Syria rejects accusations on Iraq, dares U.S. to provide evidence on...

AP Worldstream;  September 14, 2005 ;     488 words ......foreign fighters into Iraq." He said Syria is "going to become...measures" taken by Syria to control its borders with Iraq. Syria has sent thousands...foreign fighters into Iraq across the long and porous border. Syria has always denied it...

News Analysis: Syria is firmly against possible US strikes on Iraq

Xinhua News Agency;  September 1, 2002 ;     599 words ......issue. Analysts here believe that Syria, once Iraq's bitter foe, became its most vocal...following the ouster of Saddam. Syria and Iraq's other neighbors, especially Turkey...wealth, or even a civil war, in Iraq. Syria does not want to see a turbulent...