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...once again in a no-war, no-peace stalemate and is likely to remain so for some time. That situation could be particularly dangerous for the U.S., with its enlarged commitments and interests in the area. So concluded TIME'S Middle East bureau chiefs-Wilton Wynn of Cairo, Karsten Prager of Beirut and Donald Neff of Jerusalem-after comparing notes and impressions on the neutral ground of Athens. Their collective estimate of the situation...
Washington's view was less extreme -"Syria is always on the eve of a coup," joked a Middle East expert-but the State Department does believe that Assad is under considerable pressure. TIME's Beirut bureau chief Karsten Prager, after a visit to Syria last week, confirmed that anti-Assad demonstrations had taken place in Palestinian refugee camps there and as many as 400 Syrian army officers had been detained for questioning or put under house arrest because they opposed the government line on Lebanon. But Prager found no imminent signs of a coup or precautions against...
...artillery. Most civilians, accustomed to gunfire and mortars, did not recognize the sound of howitzer fire as the first shells came arcing out of the mountains ringing Beirut to burst with gigantic splashes in the Mediterranean alongside the seafront boulevards. As the gunners found their range, reported TIME Correspondent Karsten Prager, the shells began to slam into office buildings and apartment houses. Sound trucks sped through the hastily cleared streets warning citizens: "Go to your basements and avoid elevators when the shells come." For some, the warning was too late. By one estimate, 200 Beirutis were killed and another...
...Last week, in retaliation for a rightist Christian attack on a Palestinian refugee camp at Dbayeh, leftist and Druze militiamen, led by fedayeen officers, laid siege to Damur, an important road junction and rightist stronghold. For five days it was shelled by mortars and rockets. TIME Beirut Bureau Chief Karsten Prager visited the town after the shelling and house-to-house fighting ended. His report...
Interviewing President Hafez Assad in Damascus last week, TIME Beirut Bureau Chief Karsten Prager and Correspondent William Marmon asked the question on everyone's mind - would Syria renew the Golan Heights mandate? "No decision, no decision," answered a grinning Assad in English. Prager and Marmon found Assad visibly delighted by the suspense he had created over the situation. Otherwise, though, the Syrian President was thoughtful and straightforward as he sketched his views on the prospects for a Middle East peace settlement. Excerpts from the 2½-hour conversation...