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• Joe Lieberman: Al Qaeda's Travel Agent - Damascus International Airport is a hub for terrorists

  Published: August 28, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Senator Joe Lieberman, Al Qaeda, Terrorists, Damascus International Airport

  Qaeda's road to Iraq through Damascus.Thanks to Gen. David Petraeus's new counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq, and the strength and skill of the American soldiers fighting there, al Qaeda in Iraq is now being routed from its former strongholds in Anbar and Diyala provinces. Many of Iraq's Sunni Arabs, meanwhile, are uniting with us against al

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• Syrians Disassembling Ruins at Site Bombed by Israel, Officials Say

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Syrians, Disassembling, Ruins, Site, Bombed, Israel, Officials, Say, International Atomic Energy Agency, Syria, Israel, United States, Iran, North Korea, John Bolton, Pyongyang, Bill Clinton, Damascus, Daryl Kimball, Euphrates River, Gary Samore, Joseph Cirincione, Tehra

  Syria has begun dismantling the remains of a site Israel bombed Sept. 6 in what may be an attempt to prevent the location from coming under international scrutiny, said U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the aftermath of the attack.

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• Getting to Know the New Neighborhood (Watch Your Briefcase)

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Getting, Know, The, New, Neighborhood, Watch, Your, Briefcase, Condoleezza Rice, George W Bush, United Nations, Baghdad, David Manning, Siddarth Chatterjee, Union Station, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Washington Dc, Ban Ki Moon, Bashar Jaafari, Colum Lynch, Damascus, London, Osc

  Folks at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just can't stop fussing about their eviction next summer from the posh headquarters at 18th and L streets NW to the wasteland -- or "developing" neighborhood -- known as NoMA.

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• Iraq Pledges Action on Kurdish Guerrillas, Warns Turkey Against Force

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Pledges, Action, Kurdish, Guerrillas, Warns, Turkey, Against, Force, Condoleezza Rice, United States, Kurdistan Workers Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ryan Crocker, Baghdad, Istanbul, Iran, Syria, Ankara, Bosphorus Strait, Damascus, Europe, George W Bush, Jerusalem, Manou

  ISTANBUL, Nov. 3 -- Iraq vowed Saturday to take strong measures against Kurdish guerrillas on the Turkish border but warned Turkey and other parties at a conference of neighboring governments against moves that would "destabilize" Iraq's already tenuous security.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, United States, Vojislav Seselj, Chad, France, Syria, U S Army, Uh 60 Black Hawk Helicopter, Guizhou Province, Helmand Province, Damascus, Europe, Pyongyang, Afghanistan, Bosnia And Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Italy, Naval Historical Center, North Korea, Serb

  North Korea expressed rare gratitude Thursday for U.S. help in ending a high-seas standoff with Somali pirates, a sign of warming ties between the longtime foes, fostered by progress on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.

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• Returnees Find a Capital Transformed

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Returnees, Find, Capital, Transformed, Baghdad, Syria, Iraq, Karrada, Melal Al Zubaidi, Al Mahdi Army, United States, Saddam Hussein, Anbar Province, Anwar Mahdi, Damascus, Europe, Muqtada Al Sadr, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Iraqi Police Service, U S Armed Forces, United Nations

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 -- Iraqis are returning to their homeland by the hundreds each day, by bus, car and plane, encouraged by weeks of decreased violence and increased security, or compelled by visa and residency restrictions in neighboring countries and the depletion of their savings.

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• Stormy Divorce Scarred Md. Family In Murder-Suicide

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Stormy, Divorce, Scarred, Family, Murder Suicide, David P Brockdorff, Gail L Pumphrey, Samuel Williamowsky, Frederick Maryland, Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Frederick County, Ford Taurus, Nissan Altima, Pennsylvania, Bob Lyford, Damascus, Howard County, Julia Schettig, Karen

  In the hours before they were killed, the three Brockdorff children made the most of the unseasonably warm Thanksgiving morning, playing kick the can and football with neighbors on the quiet street in Howard County where their mother had moved recently in search of a fresh start.

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• A Time to Kill, And a Time to Heal

  Published: November 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Time, Kill, And, Heal, All Yuval, Gaza Strip, Israel, Nasima Abu Hamed, F 16 Fighting Falcon Aircraft, Annapolis Maryland, Damascus, Hassan Nasrallah, Huda Isstefou, Majdi Assassa, Middle East, Oslo, Peter Rabbit, Sderot, Svetlana Kakazanov, Tel Aviv, Hezbollah, Iraq

  HOLON, Israel -- The 2-year-old's flawed heart beat backward, pumping blue blood to his lips and inking rings around his eyes.

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• Moscow May Host Middle East Follow-Up

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Moscow, May, Host, Middle, East, Follow Up, Annapolis Maryland, United States, Israel, Syria, Middle East, Russia, Ehud Olmert, Damascus, Golan Heights, Sergei Lavrov, U S Department Of State, Condoleezza Rice, Ehud Barak, Fayssal Mekdad, Martin Indyk, Sean Mccormack, Iran, Pal

  Russia and the United States are tentatively planning a second Middle East peace conference, in Moscow in early 2008, with major parties hoping to begin a comprehensive peace effort that would include direct talks between Israel and Syria, according to U.S., Russian, Arab and European officials.

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• Female Bomber Wounds 7 GIs in Iraq

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Female, Bomber, Wounds, Gis, Iraq, United States, Baghdad, U S Armed Forces, Diyala Province, Ali Al Dabbagh, Baghdad Green Zone, Baqouba, Damascus, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Syria

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 28 -- A woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up near a U.S. patrol about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven U.S. troops and five Iraqis, the U.S. military said Wednesday. The attack Tuesday near Baqubah, in Diyala province, was a rare example of a female suicide...

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• Dam good bargains

  Published: January 4, 2008, 6:43 pm

  Tags: Shopping Trips, Damascus, Syria, Short Breaks, Travel

  Why bother with all your Christmas woolies when you could warm up in Damascus instead?

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• Hezbollah's Top Commander Killed by Car Bomb in Syria

  Published: February 13, 2008, 9:05 am

  Tags: Exclusive, Middle, Middle East, World News, Damascus, Syria, Islam, Islamism, War On Terror

  has died in a bombing in Damascus. Death of the original Bin Laden' (First Post) List of Attacks He Was Responsible For (Haaretz) Hezbollah Blames Israel (AP) Israel Elevates Alert on Lebanese, Syrian Borders, Airlines and Embassies Worldwide (Debka) Israel Denies Any Involvement; Heavy Gunfire Breaks Out in Shia-Dominated Suburbs of

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• Bombing Kills Top Figure in Hezbollah

  Published: February 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bombing, Kills, Top, Figure, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, United States, Beirut, Damascus, Imad Mugniyah, Israeli Mossad, Danny Yatom, Jerusalem, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Tehran, Iran, Mitsubishi Pajero, Middle East Airlines Airliban S A L, The Washington Post Company, Trans

  BEIRUT, Feb. 13 -- The killing of Imad Mughniyah, a shadowy Hezbollah leader blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans and Israelis in some of the most spectacular attacks in a generation, ends a 25-year pursuit of a man whose brand of political violence matched devastating carnage with...

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• U.S. Increases Sanctions On Syria Over Terrorists

  Published: February 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Increases, Sanctions, Syria, Over, Terrorists, Iraq, George W Bush, United States, Damascus, U S Department Of The Treasury, Hamas, Hezbollah, Annapolis Maryland, Gordon Johndroe, Middle East, The White House, Lebanon, Washington Dc

  President Bush ordered a new round of financial sanctions against Syria yesterday after concluding that its government is not doing enough to stem the flow of fighters into Iraq.

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• Hezbollah Official Dies in Car Bombing

  Published: February 13, 2008, 6:23 pm

  Tags: Israel, News, Car Bomb, Damascus, Died, Heznbollah, Imad Mughniyeh, Iran, Syria

  in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Eye witnesses in Damascus claim that a civilian was killed as security forces secured the area and removed the body but Syrian authorities refused to give further details. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini was quoted as saying, “This action is yet another brazen example of

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