Thursday, May 8th, 2008 | One comment
DAMASCUS, May 8 (Reuters) - Worse than expected weather will plunge Syria’s wheat production to a nine-year low this year and the government may use its strategic reserve to help meet domestic needs, a senior agriculture official said on Thursday.
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | One comment

MEMORIAL: Hezbollah fighters hold a ceremony for Imad Mughniyah, who was slain in a bombing in Damascus that was blamed on Israel. He was wanted by the West in terrorist attacks.
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | 2 comments
Syria, the NPT, and the IAEA INSS Insight No. 53
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | Post a comment

Syria will not sever ties with Iran and Hezbollah even as part of a possible peace agreement with Israel, a senior Syrian analyst who is handling the government’s contacts as it relates to the peace process said on Tuesday.
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Friday, April 25th, 2008 | One comment
Statement by the Press Secretary
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Satellite imagery collected in Syria before the Israeli bombing in September reveals a large building thought to have housed a nuclear reactor.
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008 | Post a comment
Washington - North Korea helped Syria build a secret nuclear reactor “not intended for peaceful purposes” before it was destroyed last year by an Israeli air strike, the White House said Thursday.
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008 | Post a comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that North Korea’s secret work on a nuclear reactor with Syria was “a dangerous and potentially destabilizing development for the world,” raising doubts about Pyongyang’s intention to carry through with a promised disclosure of its nuclear activities.
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008 | Post a comment
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for immediate presidential elections in Lebanon without foreign interference and told Syria and Iran they must support the disarmament of Hezbollah’s well-armed militia.
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Takes time to prove N. Korean claims, says Rice
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