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...Elsewhere, Iran provides crucial support to Syria, Hamas and Hizballah, the three Arab players most visibly defying American and Israeli designs for the Middle East. Syria may prove another tempting target for Israeli forces, which buzzed President Bashar Assad's palace last month as a warning to end its backing for terrorist groups. Jordanian authorities recently accused Hamas of smuggling weapons into Jordan from Syria with the intention of staging terrorist attacks against King Abdullah II's rule. But any military action against Damascus could backfire by plunging Syria itself into a sectarian conflict between Alawite loyalists and the Sunni...
When Israeli F-16 fighter jets shrieked low over the summer palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad last Wednesday morning, the message was clear: Stop sheltering Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of Hamas who is No. 1 on Israel's hit list. "He is definitely in our sights," says Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon. "He is a target...
RECUPERATING. CHARLIE ROSE, 64, anchor of PBS's highly acclaimed Charlie Rose show; after heart surgery to repair a valve; in Paris. Rose, who had felt short of breath while in Syria to interview President Bashar Assad, hopes to be back on air in several weeks...
...Bashar al-Hroub gouges a square of chipboard with a chisel until the image of a woman's genitals emerges. The 27-year-old Palestinian artist is making prints for an exhibit that will highlight "things that are forbidden in our society," he says. Denounced in his own village near Hebron as immoral, al-Hroub came to this town of more than 100,000 citizens to join a new generation of artists whose focus is surprisingly free of the nationalism and violence for which Palestinians are usually noticed. The relative freedom of expression in Ramallah has fueled a major revival...
...instance, on Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Rice was asked about the Syrian leader Bashar Assad?s torrent of criticism of the UN investigation into the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. ?What I?ve seen is, so far, a lot of criticism of the process and a lot of criticism of the investigation,? Rice asserted. ?That just isn?t going to - it?s not going...