Word: assad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudi Arabia, there were worries that this might be the last chance for his step-by-step approach. Foreshadowing Kissinger's visit, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko concluded a Middle East tour of his own to press the Russian preference-a return to Geneva. Syrian President Hafez Assad, the most unbending leader of the Arab confrontation powers, supports that preference. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat still has hopes that Kissinger can achieve further progress; nonetheless, the joint Egyptian-Soviet communiqué issued after Gromyko's visit reflected Sadat's desire for eventual resumption of the Geneva conference. Even...
...Damascus, President Assad had broken off his dialogue with the Americans to send for a war map to make his point. Two nights later in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Rabin illustrated his opposing position with a map of the same territory. The balanced view of the Golan's strategic terrain provided an invaluable understanding for the group, but the emphasis put on the Heights by both sides underscored the ominous possibility that renewed fighting there might shatter the Middle East's fragile peace...
Syria's President Hafez Assad and Lebanon's President Suleiman Franjieh met briefly in the Lebanese town of Chtoura, a honeymoon resort that is the local equivalent of Niagara Falls. The setting was significant: though their discussions concerned the situation with Israel, the meeting was the first formal summit between leaders of the two often contentious neighbors since 1947. Franjieh reportedly refused to allow Syrian troops inside his country short of an all-out Israeli assault, and agreed only to "military coordination" with Damascus. Even Israeli diplomats decided that the meeting had temporarily lessened tension along the northern...
...sake of Arab unity, Sadat cannot afford to get too far ahead of Syria, and the Israeli-Syria situation still seems hopelessly bogged down. Israel demands guarantees of border security, along with political recognition from Damascus, before it will hand back any more of the Golan Heights. Assad, so far, is unwilling to recognize Israel. Unless the Israelis pull back farther on the Golan, moreover, he is unlikely to accede to another six-month renewal of the United Nations peace-keeping force that is separating the belligerents on the Heights when the present U.N. mandate expires in May. Israel already...
...East influence they lost last year when Sadat turned to the West for support and Kissinger scored his disengagement successes. Moreover, Sadat knows he must not move too quickly lest he seem to be abandoning Syria, his principal ally in the October war. For his part, Syrian President Hafez Assad, whose forces have already been resupplied by the Soviets, believes he has a better chance of getting a satisfactory peace settlement for his country through a Geneva conference than through bilateral negotiations with Israel...