Israel and Syria have been in contact through third parties for a while, but the mediators have been unable to get the two sides to resume peace talks, an Israeli official said Wednesday.
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Syria rejects President George W. Bush's proposal for an international conference on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict because it wouldn't seek a comprehensive Middle East peace agreement, Syria's United Nations envoy said.
The United States expressed skepticism Wednesday over France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks with Syria, Washington's arch enemy.
Israel has confirmed third parties are being used to convey messages between its government and Syria's, Haaretz reported Wednesday.
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.S. said Wednesday there was clear evidence of arms smuggling across the Syrian border to terrorist groups in Lebanon, and accused Iran and Syria of playing a negative role in the country.
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.S. accused Syria and Iran on Wednesday of playing a negative role in Lebanon and said there is clear evidence of arms smuggling across the Syrian border to terrorist groups.
Syria would send a batch of humanitarian aid to Sudan to help the people suffered from the floods which swept many areas in the country, the official SANA news agency reported Wednesday. Upon the directives of President Bashar al-Assad, ...
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks in Damascus this week is a "sign on the road of conciliation" with Syria. Jean-Claude Cousseran, a former French ambassador to Syria, has been in the capital since Tuesday in the first high-level contact between the two countries in almost two years.
Israel has confirmed third parties are being used to convey messages between its government and Syria's, Haaretz reported Wednesday.The admission confirms earlier statements made by Syrian President Bashar Assad.Turkey, European countries and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi have all been relaying Israeli-Syrian messages for quite some time, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev ...
PARIS, July 18, 2007 (AFP) - France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks in Damascus this week is a "sign on the road of conciliation" with Syria, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday.