BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 18 (UPI) -- A London Arabic paper is quoted as saying Iran has sent its foreign minister to Syria to urge the Hezbollah to restrain its rocket attacks on Israel.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. team that recently visited Damascus carried back to Washington a Syrian proposal to help the United States in Iraq, reports said Wednesday. Saudi daily newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted a U.S. source as saying the team of moderate Republicans and

BAGHDAD, July 25 (UPI) -- The head of the tribunal trying ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein said the former dictator's aides would testify against him in court.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 12 (UPI) -- Syrian security forces detained 11 suspected members of a terrorist group as they attempted to cross into Iraq, Saudi daily al-Sharq al-Awsat reported Tuesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 10 (UPI) -- Syrian authorities recently handed over 1,300 suspected terrorists to Arab Gulf countries, Algeria and Tunisia, it was reported Sunday.

LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- A top former Syrian security official Sunday denied having any accounts in foreign banks outside his country after the U.S. Treasury froze his assets.

LONDON, June 29 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari lashed out at Arab media, accusing them of being biased and hostile to his country.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 19 (UPI) -- Saudi newspapers Sunday identified a security officer who was shot and killed Saturday as a terrorism investigator who advocated pre-emptive strikes.

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 1 (UPI) -- Israel's outgoing army chief Tuesday accused the Palestinian Authority of not making progress in the war on terror. Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon Tuesday completed his term as chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces.