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...White House launched a diplomatic rescue effort that one U.S. envoy called "a full-court press on everybody we know." Characteristically, the President worked the phone with the heads of state of most European allies and nations in the Middle East -- with the notable exception of Syria's Hafez Assad, whom Bush does not trust...
Aoun claims a larger aim -- "a war of liberation" against Syria's occupation army. While some Lebanese laud his moves as patriotic, his tactics risk locking the Christians in a perilous confrontation. Syrian President Hafez Assad adamantly refuses to withdraw, insisting his troops are necessary to maintain at least a semblance of order. Making the situation more ominous, the Christians are getting substantial military support from Assad's archenemy, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who seeks to avenge Assad's support of Iran in the gulf...
...being held. Against his wishes, p.l.o. Chairman Yasser Arafat has recognized Israel's right to exist. The U.S. and Britain chastise him for harboring a Palestinian guerrilla group, some of whose members are leading suspects in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Yet Syria's wily President Hafez Assad appeared unruffled and even jovial last week, as he maneuvered through the region's perilous political landscape for three hours in a rare interview with TIME Assistant Managing Editors Karsten Prager and John F. Stacks, Cairo bureau chief Dean Fischer and correspondent David S. Jackson. Excerpts...
...White House and Congress make peace over the contras. -- In a rare interview, Syria's President Assad talks about Arafat, Khomeini and the hostages. -- Mix a party girl, Members of Parliament and Gaddafi's cousin and, presto!, another British sex scandal. -- Amassing a superpower's arsenal, India asserts itself on the world stage...
...this were not bad enough, Syria's campaign to achieve national unity in Lebanon, a goal the U. S. supports, is also being challenged by Iraq, which is determined to exact revenge against Assad for his support of Iran during the gulf war. Syria claims that Iraq is already funneling money and arms to, of all people, the Lebanese Forces, thereby encouraging the right- wing Christians in their resistance to Assad's reforms...