Word: damascus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week's end, the Egyptians had not taken the Sinai and the Syrians apparently had suffered a major reversal in the Golan Heights as Israeli tank brigades broke through the Arab lines and advanced northward in the direction of Damascus...
...week ended with Israeli tanks and soldiers pushing down the Damascus road, Egypt claiming victory in a major tank battle in the Sinai and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 predicting that the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, will be able to keep out of the fighting. A lot of people were hoping Kissinger would beat the week's prediction jinx...
Israeli jets carried the air war into Syria for the second consecutive day, bombing Syrian ports as well as Damascus, the Syrian capital. Attacking Israeli jets also hit Egyptian air bases and radar stations...
Israeli jets bombed the Defense Ministry and the government radio station on the eastern edge of Damascus Tuesday. There were reports of heavy civilian casualties and damage to diplomatic installations, including a Soviet cultural center. The Syrians claimed attacks yesterday also caused civilian casualties...
...traveled to Saudi Arabia late last month to tighten relations with conservative King Feisal, enlist his aid in oil diplomacy, and persuade him to part with sizable financial aid for Egypt. Sadat also began seeking closer relations with Syria and with the oil-rich Gulf states; he visited Damascus and Qatar and met with the ruler of Kuwait in Cairo...