Syria

Assad, Ahmadinejad 'On the Same Front'

Syrian President Assad visits Ahmadinejad in Iran, calls to continue cooperation, denounces “foreign intervention.”

Tying the easing of import restrictions, the U.S. will press Syria to resume talks with Israel.

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has announced his party's withdrawal from the March 14 anti-Syrian alliance.

The US told Syria that it will reduce trade restrictions towards Damascus, which were imposed five years ago for supporting terror against Israel.

The United States has alerted Syrian diplomats that America will lift various embargos against Syria, with more suspensions of embargos on the way.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan will be in Syria on Wednesday for a surprise trip that may be an attempt to revive Israeli-Syrian talks.

Obama said that the US and Syria have begun diplomatic relations. However, he didn't explicitly state whether he would accept Assad's invitation.

Syria’s Foreign Minister mocked President Peres’s refusal for Israel to hand over the Golan on a silver platter. “Make it gold instead.”

The Golan is negotiable, but Israel will not hand it over while Syria continues its ties with Iran and Hizbullah, said President Peres.

The ringleader of the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro ship, in which a Jewish passenger was murdered, will be expelled from Italy to Syria.

Obama is resuming diplomatic ties with Syria as he aims for a regional peace, which in Syria’s eyes includes Israel’s surrender of the Golan.