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...Syrian coast when the retired Manhattan appliance manufacturer, who was partly paralyzed by two strokes and confined to a wheelchair, had been killed and his body thrown overboard. Abbas and P.L.O. Chairman Arafat, among others, had publicly questioned whether Klinghoffer had actually been shot. The Syrian government of President Hafez Assad, a foe of Arafat's, quickly reported the discovery of the corpse, and an FBI agent flew to Damascus to help make an identification based on Klinghoffer's dental records. Later the body was flown to Rome, where it was confirmed that Klinghoffer had suffered gunshot wounds to both...
...where the 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...
Syria's hostility toward Tawheed is rooted partly in the group's close ties to Yasser Arafat's P.L.O., which Syrian President Hafez Assad is determined to prevent from gaining a new foothold in Lebanon. In addition, in its bid to pacify Lebanon and strengthen President Amin Gemayel's authority, Syria wants to reduce the power of religion-based militias like Tawheed...
...deployment of Syrian observers in all of Beirut." With the U.S. no longer playing a leading role in trying to end the car nage, Syria has increasing influence over its neighbor, largely due to the 25,000 Syrian troops stationed mostly in the eastern part of Lebanon. President Hafez Assad sought to extend that influence last month when Lebanese Muslim leaders, meeting in Damascus, drew up a 16-point plan that would increase their political power. Lebanese Christian politicians predictably denounced the Damascus accord, and new bickering broke out between them and Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt and Shi'ite Amal...