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...Fractured Relationship Our report on the mystery surrounding the February assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri [June 6] described the enormous influence that Syria has wielded in Lebanese political affairs for 30 years. In a Dec. 19, 1983, cover story, TIME explained the reasons for Syria's intense feelings about its neighbor...
...Damascus. Under the shrewd, ruthless, brutally dictatorial guidance of President Hafez Assad, 53, Syria has been making a bid for the past decade to grasp the torch of Arab unity and emerge as the pre-eminent power in the Middle East. By keeping its 62,000 troops in Lebanon ... Syria has become the key player in that fractured country's future ... Syrians consider Lebanon to be part of 'Greater Syria,' a vague concept of territorial grandeur that thrives more in memory than in reality. Indeed, the two countries share more than a millennium of history. Both Lebanon and Syria achieved...
...stress that any such attacks are condemned by us--and all sides in Lebanon know our attitude...
...ever wake up in the middle of the night, frustrated by what has happened in Lebanon since Syrian forces entered the country ten years...
...feel any frustration. The complications are difficult; outside intervention increases the complexity. But I believe the Lebanese will reach agreement, and we will continue to assist Lebanon no matter how long it takes...