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Eight die in US attack inside Syria: official media

American helicopter-borne troops launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village with Iraq, killing eight civilians, official Syrian media reported.

The government has summoned the official US and Iraqi representatives to protest, state television and the official SANA news agency said.

Syria: Facebook Banned | Orato

Last Friday, Facebook, the popular social networking site, was banned in Syria. Though the reasons for this ban are still unclear, there is talk of the possibility of government attempts to combat a propaganda e-mail proliferated in Syria's network. What are the marooned Facebookers to do? Global Voices reports.

Washington and Israel discuss possible war against Syria

The Bush administration has used discussions between Israeli Transportation Minister and former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns to insist that there should be no talks between Israel and Syria.

The Flight From Iraq

At a meeting in mid-April in Geneva, convened by the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, the numbers presented confirmed what had long been suspected: the collapse of Iraq had created a refugee crisis, and that crisis was threatening to precipitate the collapse of the region. The numbers dwarfed anything that the Middle East had seen since the dislocations brought on by the establishment of Israel in 1948. Most of this movement has occurred in the last two years.

Bill Clinton: Israel-Syria peace deal could be reached within 35 minutes

Clinton said Israel and Syria were very close to reaching an agreement in 1998, adding that an accord could be reached assuming Iran does not play a role in the issue. The former U.S. president also said that, in his opinion, the 1995 assassination of then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin led to the failure of the peace process.

Is Syria talking peace with Israel?

Syria has rejected statements by a Syrian-American businessman who said that he had been at the heart of unofficial peace talks with Israel.

Pelosi Meets Syrian President

Pelosi (D-Calif.), the highest-ranking U.S. government figure to visit Syria since 2003, said President Bashar al-Assad assured her of his willingness to engage in peace talks with Israel. The pledge appeared to diverge little from past public statements by Syria.

A Syrian's risky choice to help young Iraqis heal

Noor and her family fled Baghdad. But three years later she was still haunted by her memories. They joined some 1 million Iraqis now living in Syria among them an untold number of children struggling to cope with the emotional wounds of war. For Noor, and many other Iraqi children like her, there appeared to be no place to turn until a Syrian psychiatrist, risking his job at a state institution, defied authorities and decided to help.

Syria Says US Behind Attack On Own Embassy

A Baath party official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told WorldNetDaily, "We in the government are 100 percent sure America was behind this attack, which is not the same as other attacks by Islamic groups." He explained, "Only the Americans can succeed in carrying out an attack just 200 meters from President [Bashar] Assad's residence in the most heavily guarded section of Syria."

Al Qaeda offshoot suspected in U.S. Embassy attack in Syria

Syrian security forces killed four attackers Tuesday outside the U.S. Embassy in Damascus after a car exploded near the walls of the American compound, the Syrian Information Ministry said. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, but an al Qaeda offshoot group called Jund al-Sham -- or Soldiers of Levant is suspected, said Imad Moustapha, Syrian ambassador to the United States. SANA reported 13 others were wounded, including an embassy policeman, a security worker and 11 civilians, among them two Iraqis and a Chinese.

Syria threatens to close border with Lebanon

Syria said it would close its border with Lebanon if the UN stationed troops along it as part of its mission to enforce a UN-backed truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerillas.

Farrah Hassen: Bush's Nutty Syria Policy

This article aims to point a finger at the lack of a viable American policy vis-a-vis Syria a country that the Bush administration has blamed for the current crisis in Lebanon. The author of this piece, Farrah Hassen an expert on Syrian political affairs outlines the disintegration of U.S.-Syrian relations since the launch of Bush s much vaunted War on Terror and explains the tough position in which Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad currently finds himself sandwiched between Lebanon to the west and Iraq to the east in the absence of a partner with whom to negotiate.

Israel strikes deep into Lebanon near Syria

sraeli aircraft flew support missions as troops hit the ground about 10 km north of Baalbeck in the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border, the sources said. The Lebanese army also reported heavy helicopter traffic east and west of the town. Israeli troops entered Hikma Hospital in northern Baalbeck, where they checked the identification cards of all staff and patients, the sources said, adding that there was no indication that anyone was taken from the hospital.

Raise readiness, Assad tells Syrian Army

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel. It may hit the fan soon.

Middle East Violence: Neocons' Fantasy

The champions of American global empire are using the latest upsurge of violence in the Middle East to give new life to their discredited plan to extend the war in Iraq to Syria and Iran. The neo-con Weekly Standard has taken the lead in its July 24th cover issue, proclaiming that the current violence is "Iran's Proxy War" against the West.