Word: assads
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...Israelis, concerned that the Syrian reinforcements would make Israeli reconnaissance flights exceedingly dangerous, asked the U.S. for help. Acknowledging to U.S. Envoy Richard Murphy that Israel had erred in firing at the Syrian planes, Peres persuaded the American, who was in Damascus at the time, to urge President Hafez Assad to withdraw the missile batteries...
After reportedly receiving from Murphy vague Israeli assurances that such air clashes would be avoided in the future, Assad withdrew the mobile missile batteries from Lebanon. That gesture eased tensions somewhat, but Assad left the SA-2s in place within Syria along the Lebanese border, perpetuating Israeli fears that the reconnaissance flights would still be threatened...
...hijack fallout left the Middle East peace process was harder to discern. After all the grief and travail of the previous two weeks, the U.S. might feel like excluding the P.L.O. from the peace process. Israel strongly supports such a stance. For very different reasons, Syria's Hafez Assad and, for the moment, Jordan's King Hussein are content to use this opportunity to hammer Arafat...
...Beirut is like "the last battle in a long war." Indeed, the major factions in Lebanon's ten-year civil war last week agreed to a Syrian-sponsored proposal to end the fighting. Gemayel endorsed the plan at week's end during talks in Damascus with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Whether the accord will prove to be any more durable than previous ones remains to be seen...
...remaining U.S. hostages. We are working very hard to obtain their release. Unfortunately, the kidnapers are established in areas where the Lebanese government has no authority. I am personally concerned about these (hostages). Some of them are my friends. I am in contact with President Assad, who also wants to help. We condemn any kind of kidnaping or hijacking, or any threat to innocent lives...