President Bashar Assad extolled the virtures of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iraqi insurgency, and admitted his involvement in terrorism. “To the east there is the resistance in Iraq, to the west there is the resistance in Lebanon and to the south there is the resistance of the Palestinian people,” Assad said at a rally. “We, in Syria, are at the heart of all these events.”

Syrian election protests ‘put down by army’

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Syria against arms smuggling into Lebanon. The US has targeted 14 entities with sanctions designed to disrupt arms trading between Syria and Iran. Syria sentenced a human rights activist to 5 years in prison.

Syria, Saudi Arabia Renew Relations

Syria, Hizbullah, Iran prepare in case of war

What’s going on in Syria?

UN to Lebanon: Force needed on Syrian border

Syria Denies Arms Crossing Border into Lebanon

Syria’s failure to prevent al Qaeda and Islamists terrorists from entering Iraq will be on Iraq’s agenda for the upcoming regional conference. “Most of the terrorists, especially suicide bombers” in Iraq pass through the Syrian border said the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations.

Israel gripped by Syria war fears

Syria Rejects Limited Talks With US

Assad, Ahmadinejad vow to form alliance against US, Israel

Syria’s Assad in Iran for talks on Iraq

My secret talks with Syria, by Israeli envoy

Iraq halts flights to and from Syria

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah is in Damascus to hold talks with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. He is expected to call for early elections if a unity government is not formed. President Bashar Assad says Syria ready to “stand alongside” Iraq after diplomatic visit from President Talabani. Potential US discussions with Syria are heavily debated.

Syria insists it is cooperating on Iraqi security

Three Entities Targeted by Treasury for Supporting Syria’s WMD Proliferation

Plan B: Syria™s forgotten – but dangerous – nuclear program

Syrian Islamic militant leader killed

Syria may not cooperate with Hariri tribunal

Syria welcomes talks on Iraq

Syria a ‘dangerous’ country, says Rice

Blair urges Syria to help halt killing by insurgents in Iraq

Syrian Official May Visit Baghdad

Syrian suicide bomber who finds a welcome in the living room

Israel denounces Assad ‘threat’

(Syria) US Embassy raid ‘planned in Saudi Arabia’

Syria shifts troops to Lebanon border

US to blame for attack on its embassy: Syria
