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Arabs Back Syria After Israeli Flyover

DAMASCUS, Syria - The flyover by Israeli warplanes that buzzed President Bashar Assad's summer home may have embarrassed Syria, but it also rallied Arab support around Damascus.

Even Lebanon's anti-Syrian prime minister, Fuad Saniora, put aside his differences with Assad to send expressions of sympathy to Syria, which has been largely isolated since the Feb. 14, 2005, assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Jordan, which has a peace treaty with Israel, and Qatar, which has also differed with Syria over the peace process, did the same.

"We might not agree with Syria on everything, but the least we could do in these circumstances is to take a clear stance, not ...

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