nytimes.com - 3/4/2009
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An understanding with Syria could increase pressure on Iran to respond to the United States’ offer of direct talks. >
commentarymagazine.com - 3/4/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
Footnotes 1 The notable exception to these disappointments,
cited by Miller, was the “shuttle diplomacy” between Jerusalem...
and Damascus of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger following the 1973 Yom Kippur war. In his book, The Much Too Promised Land ...
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The Syria Temptation—and Why Obama Must Resist It
timesonline.co.uk - 3/2/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
It was a brief but significant gesture: in
the hubbub of the Gaza donor s conference in...
Egypt, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, shook hands and exchanged a few words yesterday with Walid Mouallem, her Syrian counterpart. In the Middle ...
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Hillary Clinton offers handshake of friendship to Syria
telegraph.co.uk - 3/3/2009
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Little Signs
Talking Points Memo —
Obama administration to dispatch two senior officials to Syria for talks with Assad regime.
Splitting Syria from Iran
Winds of Change.NET —
... The New York Times reports on Feltman's service in Lebanon and his service as Clinton's emissary, but unfortunately the facts of the article are prefaced with silly assertions about Syria's relations with Iran and the potential for a change in US policy regarding Syria. ...
Perspectives and Context on U.S.-Syria Negotations
The Washington Note —
... President Obama's decision to reopen negotiations with the Syrians is about much more than bilateral relations between the two countries. Syria's cooperation is integral to initiating game-changing policies toward Iran and to achieving progress on the Israeli-Palestinian track. ...
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