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...stage the names of the people who might or might not be in a swap." Hamas negotiators who have been consulting their exiled leadership in Damascus would return Wednesday evening to Egypt, which together with Germany has been mediating the...

In this article: Hamas, Marwan Barghouti, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Salam Fayyad, Gaza, and Fatah

...the deadlock was the recent improvement in relations between Saudi Arabia and Syria. In October, the two country's leaders held talks in Damascus. Not long after, the rival Lebanese coalitions reached a compromise that many say put the...

In this article: Hezbollah, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Caesarean, and Lebanon's parliament

In this article: Gilad Schalit, Hamas, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, Marwan Bargouti, Rafi Eitan, Salam Fayyad, and Ehud Barak

...1:10 PM (GMT+02:00) Closer to freedom than ever before DEBKAfile reports high suspense in Jerusalem as Hamas representatives from Damascus and Gaza Strip head for Cairo Monday Nov. 23 to review the new list of jailed Palestinians Israel is...

In this article: Hamas, Debkafile, Gaza Strip, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Cairo, and Islamic

While negotiations have been dragging on for years, conditions appear to be ripening for a deal. However, late Monday, the Hamas leadership in Damascus, Syria, issued a statement charging that Israel was trying to create pressure through...

In this article: Hamas, Gilad Schalit, Israel, Marwan Barghouti, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, and Shimon Peres

...be expected to abandon its regional alliance with Iran in return for Israeli territorial concessions on the Golan Heights. Damascus, however, has made abundantly clear that such a realignment is not on the table. The reasons are fairly...

In this article: Syria, Israel, Iran, France, Iraq, and Golan Heights

...also includes a section on Syria and a demand to inspect suspicious sites there too. The inspectors clearly suspect Both Tehran and Damascus of concealing from the UN nuclear watchdog secret facilities related to nuclear weapons production.

In this article: IAEA, Uranium, Syria, Tehran, Plutonium, Uranyl nitrate, UN, and Iran

...return home, including those who had fled to Syria. Relations between Washington and the Syrian government have improved this year, but Damascus remains under U.S. sanctions. Schwartz said that in his meeting Wednesday with Deputy Syrian...

In this article: United States, Syria, Washington, European Union, Saddam Hussein, Sweden, and Iraq

...match, they must first find themselves trailing. Tuesday night in the Maryland 3A semifinals, the lull came in the third game as Damascus stood two points away from forcing a fourth. Patriots outside hitter Sammi Swann turned to her...

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When the evidence was presented to the Syrians, they failed to provide convincing explanations, senior IAEA officials were quoted as saying. Have a question about something in this story? Ask it here and get answers from other users like...

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