Word: assad
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Iraq has searched for peaceful ways to increase its oil exports. Saudi Arabia tried to persuade Syrian President Hafez Assad to reopen the pipeline to the Mediterranean, but to no avail. Baghdad struck an agreement in principle with the Saudis to move oil across the kingdom to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. A completely new pipeline, however, would take at least four years to build. Meanwhile, the Iraqis are trying to rebuild their facilities...
...northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. Scarcely three months ago, he had been expelled from Syria, which backed his opponents in a P.L.O. factional dispute. Now, as he spoke in an area of Lebanon controlled by the Syrians, he acknowledged that there had been "some differences" between himself and Assad, and added that "we are trying to limit these differences and close...
Back and forth went Special Envoy McFarlane, and back and forth to Saudi Arabia went Prince Bandar. On Bandar's only visit to Beirut, the people of the city, who were desperately eager for the fighting to end, were greatly encouraged. When he left, they again became despondent. Assad remained obdurate, and according to some diplomats, Gemayel too seemed less than eager to end hostilities. Each leader apparently thought he could still strengthen his bargaining position by making military gains on the ground...
During those periods last week when a cease-fire appeared to be at hand, some observers speculated that U.S. naval support of the Lebanese Army at Suq al Gharb might have convinced Assad that a simple military victory by his allies was not in the offing, and thus it would be more advantageous for Syria to accept a ceasefire. Others speculated that Gemayel had for a time been so impressed with the ability of his army that he thought it was now strong enough to push back the Druze, Syrian and Palestinian forces in the Chouf. According to this theory...
...then, just as all sides appeared ready to accept the agreement, Syria's Assad was reported to have imposed new conditions. He asked that the decisions of the proposed national reconciliation conference be binding upon the Lebanese government. In addition, Assad was said to be insisting that the conference take the position that the Israeli-Lebanese withdrawal accord be abandoned. And yet, just as Lebanon appeared headed for still another round of heavy fighting, McFarlane met with Gemayel this Sunday to tell him that the two sides had agreed, after all, to a ceasefire. Reagan later called Gemayel to congratulate...