PARIS, July 13 (UPI) -- Syria and Lebanon will resume diplomatic relations, which were suspended in 2005, French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced Saturday.

MADRID, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The head of the Syrian delegation to a conference on the Middle East said there must be no preconditions to any talks between Syria and Israel.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Syrian officials have not responded to a U.N. commission's request to interview President Bashir Assad about the assassination of Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 5 (UPI) -- Lebanese army troops and armored vehicles took up positions Saturday near the Syrian intelligence headquarters in Beirut, the Telegraph reported.