Word: assad
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...bold action, which could expose British nationals around the world to new terrorist violence, was the strongest in many years against the hard-line and secretive regime of Syrian President Hafez Assad, who has long been accused of both harboring and sponsoring terrorists in his country's fight against Israel and its Western allies. An Israeli official immediately called the shutdown of Britain's diplomatic mission a "courageous...
...dozens of actions, including the bombing of a TWA plane over Greece last April, attacks at the Vienna and Rome airports last December and the bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut in October 1983. But solid proof has been hard to come by, which has allowed Assad to assert his innocence. Just three weeks ago, in an interview with TIME editors, he insisted that "no terrorist acts are carried out from Syria, by Syrians or others...
...Aviv, meanwhile, an Israeli expert on Syria said Hindawi was under orders from Syrian air force intelligence chief Gen. Mohammed el-Khouli to blow up the Israeli El Al plane. El-Khouli reports to Syrian President Hafez Assad...
...were afoot as well. The White House confirmed that Vernon Walters, shifting from his role as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., will travel to Europe this week to explore the effectiveness of present economic sanctions against Libya and possibly urge that stronger measures be taken. Syria's President Hafez Assad turned up in Benghazi to meet publicly with Gaddafi and declared that Syria "stands with all its potential by the side of Libya . . . to face the threats of America...
...problems, Iran under the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini seems increasingly confident and active. Earlier this month Tehran persuaded its partners in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to limit oil production and thus push up the price. Last week it received two high-level envoys from Syrian President Hafez Assad, the most influential power broker in the Arab world, who called the alliance between the two countries "invulnerable." Now Iran is negotiating with France for the return of $1 billion in Iranian funds that were frozen by Paris after the Ayatullah came to power...