Lebanon Hangs in the Balance
… the United Arab Emirates into a reinvigorated containment strategy for Iran, and while US and Iranian warships played chicken in the Strait of Hormuz, another conflict between Washington and Tehran was quietly unfolding in Lebanon. …
middleeastprogress.org/2008/01/lebanon-hangs-in-the-balance/

Lebanon: Ministerial statement recognises problems of violence …
Date: 23 Jan 2008 Source: UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/
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Syria to host Iranian expo
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
Iran’s commerce minister has arrived in Syria to inaugurate the first exposition of Iranian goods in the capital city of Damascus. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=39904&sectionid=3510213

Bonaparte Writes from Syria
By David L. Boyle(Juan Cole)
I INFORMED you, by the courier whom I dispatched on the [23d April], of the events so glorious for the Republic, which have taken place during the last three months in Syria, and of the resolution which I have adopted of repassing the …
napoleonsegypt.blogspot.com/2008/01
/bonaparte-writes-from-syria.html

Un report & Iraqi refugees in Syria
One in five Iraqis registered with the UNHCR in Syria since January 2007 are listed as victims of torture and/or violence in their homeland.
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news
/iraq/2008/01/iraq-080122-unnews01.htm

Lebanon: Under the Sword
Pacific Free Press – Victoria,BC,Canada
Syria has vital security issues with regard to Lebanon, and sees its lesser neighbour as an essential geo-political partner. …
pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2191/1/

Your opinion is welcome
By Marillionlb(Marillionlb)
Is Hizbollah finally claiming that Lebanon is theirs and theirs only? That they are the masters of my destiny? That they, and only they hold the decision of war and peace? It sure looks like it to me. , or at least those were the word …
forabetterlebanon.blogspot.com/2008/01
/your-opinion-is-welcome.html

Syria Imposes Food Blockade On Lebanon
Muslim American Society – Falls Church,VA,USA
22, 2008 – Lebanon is braced for hard times following a food blockade imposed by Syria Tuesday. According to local reports, Syrian customs authorities had …
www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=4782

Syria denies delaying Lebanon exports
Gulf Times – Doha,Qatar
DAMASCUS: Syria yesterday denied imposing tight procedures on food exports going through its borders from Lebanon, as alleged earlier by a Lebanese official …
www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item
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Bush blunders, enables Syria to get US weapons from Saudis
President Bush ignored warnings from senior military officials against providing an advanced air munition to Saudi Arabia.
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