Word: syria
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rusted wreckage of the convoys as memorials along the highway. ''I remember the names of those who died inside those vehicles,'' Rabin says. By age 32 he was a general; 12 years later, he became chief of staff and devised the tactics for Israel's brilliant victory over Syria, Egypt and Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War. Swashbuckling Defense Minister Moshe Dayan took most of the credit -- an injustice that rankles Rabin to this day. Nevertheless, he always subscribed to the Labor Party doctrine that one day Israel would have to trade back territory for peace. The general first...
While regime change was the case with regard to Iraq, Saivetz said behavior change is what the U.S. wants for Syria. This behavior change would include an increased closure of Syria’s border with Iraq, an end to Syria’s involvement with the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah, and a full withdrawal of Syrian influence from Lebanon...
...Syria has announced its own probe into Hariri’s death on Saturday in response to criticism that it wasn’t investigating the death. In Lebanon, two brothers, Ahmed and Mahmud Abdel-Al, are in custody in connection to the killing...
Joseph A. Pace ’06, a Social Studies concentrator who is writing his thesis on U.S. foreign policy toward Syria and the Syrian opposition, said he thinks that Syria will be unable to effectively act on these charges...
...Assad’s sphere of influence has shrunk to a degree that he relies on very few people to stay in power,” he said. Asking Syria to investigate its own top level security officials is “equivalent to asking a Saudi thief to chop off his own hand...