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...Peres has been holding talks in Israel with Jordan's foreign minister, who condemned the air strike as an "unjustified escalation.") Syria remains militarily the most powerful of Israel's neighbors, and its domestic political situation increases the danger of the latest Israeli action provoking further escalation. President Bashar Assad has not been tested since taking over the reins from his late father last year, and the reform-minded 38-year-old may feel pressure to prove his manhood to Damascus hard-liners and his regime's key power base, the Syrian military...
...about the best Washington can hope for. After all, the success of sanctions depends less on the demeanor of Congress than on the actions of Iraq's neighbors, where the Republican hard line finds very little echo. Powell will point to the agreement by Syria's President Bashar Assad to stop paying Baghdad directly for oil pumped through his country as a sign that Saddam's neighbors are ready to play ball if they believe Washington is pursuing a sound strategy. The problem, of course, is that the Arab states who lined up behind the U.S. in the Gulf...
...through a pipeline to Syria. Unlike the revenues he gets from petroleum sales allowed under the U.N.'s oil-for-food program, this money can go straight into Saddam's military coffers. One of Powell's toughest days will come in Damascus, where he wants to persuade the Assad regime to shut off the pipeline...
...through a pipeline to Syria. Unlike the revenues he gets from petroleum sales allowed under the U.N.'s oil-for-food program, this money can go straight into Saddam's military coffers. One of Powell's toughest days will come in Damascus, where he wants to persuade the Assad regime to shut off the pipeline...
...Hafez Assad 69 Syria's President held an iron grip on power for 30 years...