Word: damascus
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...powerless figurehead like my predecessor, Mohammed Khatami. My friends in the Revolutionary Guards give me veto power over any deal. It would not be difficult for Ahmadinejad to send the message, via the Guards, to both Hizballah and the military wing of Hamas, which is based in Damascus and funded in part by Iran: Let's rile up the Israelis and start a crisis. Let's change the subject from the Iranian nuclear negotiations. At the very least, let's lay down an opening marker in the negotiations: If you mess with Iran, we have a multitude of ways...
...geopolitical crisis between Lebanon and Israel intensifies, Harvard has decided to evacuate students and staff in Lebanon by busing them to Damascus, Syria...
Ziad El-Zaatari ’09 wrote in an e-mail from Lebanon Saturday that “a bus left from north Beirut today for Damascus (the only way out of the country at present) and another one is leaving Sunday,” adding that most students “have left or are planning to leave the country...
...from Lebanon, saying that “this is quite a sensitive operation as you might imagine.” But in a statement, the group said that its focus is on “Southern Beirut, the Rafik Hariri International airport and the principal road between Beirut and Damascus...
...Syria's troop withdrawal from Lebanon last year has also reshaped Iran's dealings with Hizballah, analysts here say. Before the Syrian withdrawal, Iran and Damascus competed for influence through their various Lebanese proxies, but now Iran is finding it to easier to funnel its support for Hizballah via Damascus. "Iran and Syria are now standing behind each other," says Laylaz. "Their strategy is more unified." Does this mean that Iran micro-manages Hizballah or vets its major operations? "Hizballah sees the need to confer with Iran," says Atrianfar. "But it doesn't necessarily do so over tactics...