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  • U.S. Blames Syria for Bombing In Israel

    In news on Syria, the Bush administration for the first time blamed Syria for last week’s suicide bombing in Israel that killed five. The accusation came as Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice...

    March 02, 2005 | Headline

  • Syrian Presidents Says Troops Will Withdraw From Lebanon

    Meanwhile Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad told Time Magazine that his country will withdraw its troops from neighboring Lebanon in "the next few months."

    March 02, 2005 | Headline

  • GOP Congressman Calls for Nuking Syria

    In Washington, Republican Congressman Sam Johnson of Texas has recommended to President Bush that the U.S. consider attacking Syria with nuclear weapons. Johnson recently told a church gathering, "Syria...

    March 01, 2005 | Headline

  • Syrian-Backed Lebanese PM Resigns Amid Protests

    In Lebanon, the Syrian-backed prime minister has resigned along with his entire government. The surprise move came Monday as tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters took to the streets of Beirut calling...

    March 01, 2005 | Headline

  • Syrian President Concerned of U.S. Attack

    Meanwhile pressure continues to mount on Syria from both the U.S. and Israel. Syrian President Bashar Assad told the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica," "the language used by the White...

    March 01, 2005 | Headline

  • Pro Syrian Lebanese Government Resigns Amid Mass Street Protests

    In an unexpected move, the Prime Minister of Lebanon announced his resignation in front of the country’s parliament Monday, effectively terminating the rule of the current Syrian-backed government,...

    March 01, 2005 | Story

  • Syria Hands Over 30 Baathists To Iraq

    In other news from Iraq, Syria has handed over 30 Baathists to Iraq including Saddam Hussein’s half-brother. The men are believed to have been arrested in Syria and connected to the Iraqi resistance....

    February 28, 2005 | Headline

  • Israel Blames Syria For Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv

    Israel is now blaming Syria for Friday’s suicide bombing outside a karaoke bar in Tel Aviv that killed five. The attack marked the first suicide bombing in Israel since November 1st and the first...

    February 28, 2005 | Headline

  • Katrina vanden Heuvel on U.S.-Russian Relations

    President Bush is due to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava today on the last leg of his European tour. We examine U.S.-Russian relations with Katrina Vanden...

    February 24, 2005 | Story

  • Rep. Markey Introduces Bill to Ban 'Extraordinary Rendition'

    Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Edward Markey last week reintroduced legislation calling for a "Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act." The legislation would formally prohibit...

    February 23, 2005 | Headline

  • Bush Calls on Syria To End Occupation of Lebanon

    President Bush also used his trip to Europe to send a message to Syria. He said Monday "Syria must also end its occupation of Lebanon." Bush’s comments came as tens of thousands of...

    February 22, 2005 | Headline

  • Bush Calls for "New Era of Trans-Atlantic Unity" Between the US and Europe

    Two years after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described Germany and France as "problems" and part of "Old Europe," President Bush travels to Europe to try to mend ties and increase...

    February 22, 2005 | Story

  • Iran & Syria To Form United Front

    Iran announced Wednesday that it would join with Syria to face any "challenges and threats" from the United States. Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref said "We are ready to help...

    February 17, 2005 | Headline

  • Rice: "We Have an Increasing List of Problems w/ Syria"

    The announcement comes at a time that relations between the two countries and the United States are quickly worsening. Earlier this week the U.S. pulled its ambassador in Syria following the assassination...

    February 17, 2005 | Headline

  • Iran in the Crosshairs?: As U.S. Increases Threats, Iran Vows to Form "United Front" With Syria

    Iran and Syria directly confronted the Bush administration Wednesday by declaring they will form a "united front" to confront possible threats against them by the United States. The move...

    February 17, 2005 | Story

  • Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History of America’s "Extraordinary Rendition"

    Journalist Jane Mayer outlines her major new article in The New Yorker on the practice known as "extraordinary rendition," where prisoners, such as Maher Arar, are shipped to countries known...

    February 17, 2005 | Story

  • 150,000 Attend Ex-Premier's Funeral In Beirut

    In Lebanon, over 150,000 mourners have filled the streets of Beirut to mark the funeral of Rafik Hariri. The former prime minister was assassinated on Monday along with five bodyguards and eight others...

    February 16, 2005 | Headline

  • Robert Fisk on the Beirut Bombing, U.S.-Syrian Relations and the Iraqi Elections

    Longtime foreign correspondent Robert Fisk joins us from his home in Beirut. He is the author of "Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon." He arrived at the scene of the assassination...

    February 16, 2005 | Story

  • Lebanese Army On High Alert After Bombing

    Lebanon’s army has been put on high alert after former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in a massive bomb explosion Monday. At least 14 other people were killed and 135 wounded in the blast....

    February 15, 2005 | Headline

  • Ex-Lebanese Prime Minister Assassinated in Car Bombing

    Lebanon’s army has been put on high alert after former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in a massive bomb explosion Monday. We go to Beirut for a report on the ground and talk to longtime...

    February 15, 2005 | Story