Word: syrians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arabs, of course, were dismayed by the agreement. Carter and Vance immediately began testing the working paper on Arab diplomats, including Egypt's Ismail Fahmy and Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam. The U.S. strategy was to discuss the working-paper provisions along with other American proposals that the Israelis had not agreed to, in hopes that Arab reaction might lead to further refinements of a formula for Geneva. Apparently the approach worked. As one leading Arab diplomat told TIME, "There have been more pluses than minuses for us in these sessions...
...Beirut, U.S. Ambassador Richard Parker handled the complex negotiations involving the Christians, the Syrian army stationed in Lebanon, and the Lebanese government. The Christians passed along Parker's cease-fire agreements to the Israelis, who delivered them to the embattled Christian military leaders in the south. The Syrians did the same for the P.L.O. "Neither Israel nor the P.L.O. is directly mentioned in the documents," said an official in Tel Aviv. "But it is obvious to all the parties that they are the most important elements in keeping or breaking the cease-fire...
...final Syrian checkpoint is at Zahrani, twelve miles north of the Litani River. There a large color poster of President Hafez Assad beams down at the red-bereted paratroopers. South of the checkpoint the road is deserted. The fields are desolate, showing no sign of care or life. Even the crows have flown to richer lands...
...Israeli incursion raised fears that a battlefield miscalculation could accidentally trigger a fifth Middle East war. Officials in Damascus complained bitterly that the Israelis were deliberately trying to provoke the Syrian troops in Lebanon. Since the official end of the major civil war in Lebanon last October, to avoid any such confrontation, the Israelis have stayed south of the Litani River -Israel's so-called red line (see map). There was also speculation in Damascus that the Israelis might use any response as an excuse for a pre-emptive strike against Syria. Even if they were not spoiling...
...Moshe Dayan, arrived in Washington after a mysterious side trip for some personal diplomacy of his own. He was followed by his counterpart from the most moderate of Israel's adversaries, Ismail Fahmy of Egypt. This week, when Carter and Vance meet with Jordanian Premier Mudar Badran and Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, the talk may turn tougher. Khaddam is expected to urge the U.S. to speed up the peace process by making use of its heavy leverage on Jerusalem...