WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell heads to Damascus during the weekend in an effort to persuade Syria to join comprehensive peace efforts.
DAMASCUS, Syria, June 20 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Saturday with his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, officials said.
DAMASCUS, Syria, June 12 (UPI) -- Damascus remains tied to a land-for-peace initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, the Syrian president said ahead of meetings with a top U.S. envoy.
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad was in Tehran Saturday, paying his second visit since Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took power in 2005.
DAMASCUS, Syria, April 9 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad has reportedly agreed to meet with the U.N. envoy investigating the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) --
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 10 (UPI) --
DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 15 (UPI) --
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 3 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived Sunday in Beirut on a first such "historical" visit to Lebanon by a Syrian leader since 1975. Tight security measures were
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The first child of Syrian President Bashar Assad was born last week in Damascus and was named after his grandfather Hafez Assad, the weekly magazine "al-Iktissa
