Word: habib
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Special Envoy Philip Habib finally seemed on the verge of achieving a deal that would defuse tensions over Syrian antiaircraft missiles in Lebanon. The surprise Israeli raid altered those priorities -and the attention the White House had hoped to focus on them-and presented the President and his chief advisers with their most delicate foreign policy test since Reagan took office...
...regimes, which still see a U.S. hand behind any Israeli military adventure. The attack rendered far more difficult the simultaneous Reagan Administration bid to support Israel, cultivate Arab friendships and further the 1978 Camp David peace accord. The assault also imperiled the Lebanese peacemaking mission of U.S. Envoy Philip Habib, who returned to the Middle East last week after a 12-day absence. Habib had seemed close to working out an agreement among Israelis, Lebanese and Syrians that would cool the missile crisis in Lebanon. Indeed, the Israeli raid posed the question of whether the U.S. had any means...
...work with the Jordanians and the Iraqis to end the support that these two nations have been giving the fanatical Muslim Brotherhood, which is seeking to overthrow Assad's regime. One possible indication of the growing importance of the Saudis in working out an agreement is that Habib's first port of call will be the capital city of Riyadh...
...very fact that Assad had not yet backed down in the face of the Israeli threats and the Habib peace mission enhanced his standing with the Arab states, which were rallying to his support against Israel. The Arabs were still concerned about Syria's ties to the Soviet Union, which supplied the SA-6 missiles that were the cause of contention. At their summit meeting, Sadat said that he and Begin had a "full understanding," in the words of the Prime Minister, about the dangers of the Soviets' getting a firmer foothold in the Middle East...
...week's end, as Habib prepared to resume his shuttle, Arab League foreign ministers from Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were gathering at Beiteddin, southeast of Beirut. Lebanon's President Elias Sarkis was expected to submit a series of proposals aimed at restoring stability to his shattered land. The way out was yet to be found, but the fact that diplomacy had for five straight weeks averted a military conflict raised hopes that a lasting solution was at least conceivable...