Word: syrian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Israel, widely assumed to possess a chemical arsenal, has purchased gas masks for its entire civilian population of 4.2 million and stored them throughout the country. The Israeli army medical corps has developed an injection that neutralizes gases. The investment in time and money stems from a fear of Syrian chemical attacks on Israeli air bases and military installations. According to the Israelis, a military research institute north of Damascus code-named Sers is preparing a new warhead for Syria's Soviet-made Scud B ground-to-ground missiles, which have a range of 175 miles. If the project...
Since there is virtually no U.S. contact with Iran, the Syrian government remains the main U.S. channel for information from Tehran. Syria is Iran's main Arab ally...
...Damascus airport by Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa before heading to the U.S. Embassy...
While the U.S. State Department routinely affirms its support for Lebanon's indpendence, Syrian influence in the war-battered country is considered preferable to the rise of Iranian sponsored Islamic fundamentalists believed to hold U.S. and other foreign hostages there...
...plight of American hostages and the Syrian military deployment in Lebanon were also on the agenda...