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Economic ties between Syria and Saudi Arabia have improved, though regional issues could undermine any substantial developments, analysts say. Syrian and Saudi Arabian relations were strained in the wake of a U.N. resolution calling for the disarming of Hezbollah in...

The idea was to follow in the footsteps of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddhafi, who was rewarded by the international community for his candor in a thawing of relations with the West. According to the report, North Korea was quick to...

An Ottawa city councillor is questioning why a provincial bill aimed at limiting corporate contributions to municipal election candidates doesn't just ban those donations. Some residents of a west-end Ottawa community housing development say unchecked mould in their buildings is...

A U.S. court of appeal on Monday denied Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar the right to sue the United States over his deportation to Syria, where he was tortured. Two Ottawa swine flu immunization clinics began turning people away by about...

Turkey and Syria celebrated on Tuesday the inception of the new Syrian-Turkish Strategic Cooperation Council, which was created during Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent visit to Turkey. Syrian and Turkish ministers meeting in Aleppo on Tuesday outlined the agreement between...

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz began a two-day visit to Syria on Wednesday, his first since acceding to the throne in 2005, in a further sign of warming ties between the two Arab states. He was welcomed at the...

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The Spanish Prime Minister starts a three day trip to the Middle East The Spanish Prime Minister was in Damascus at the start of a three day visit to the Middle East on Wednesday. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero took the...

Yishai needs to make humane decision on foreign kids Minister for Minority Affairs Avishay Braverman said on Sunday that the government's decision to allow the 1,200 children of foreign workers to complete the school year in Israel is a step...