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DAMASCUS, Syria: Secretary of State Warren Christopher met with Syrian President Hafez Assad Wednesday for a marathon 4 1/2 hour session of talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire between Israel and Hizballah guerrillas in Lebanon. Despite canceling a Tuesday meeting with Christopher, Assad insists he was not snubbing the U.S. envoy. U.S. officials speculated that Assad, who has battled health problems for more than a decade, may have been sick. As soon as Christopher's meeting with Assad ended, the secretary traveled in a heavily guarded motorcade to Chtaura, in the heart of Lebanon's Bekaa valley, to meet...
...inexperienced freedom fighters of 1948 are today waging a campaign fought for the same ideals of liberty, yet on a completely new set of tactical terms. The Israel of today is the only democracy of the Middle East (not to be confused with Lebanon's Syrian-controlled puppet government). For this reason, along with its renowned military capabilities, which have been tested to the utmost degree in the wars over the past years, Israel is the United States's foremost ally in a turbulent area of our globe...
...Israel to curtail its military activities, hoping that the attacks will bolster Peres' popularity and secure his reelection." Adding to the volatility of the situation, McGeary says, is that Syria would like to see hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu, who is unlikely to pursue a peace agreement, replace Peres. "The Syrians have been under Western pressure to deliver peace and have been stalling in the negotiations. Hafez al Assad is not ready for a comprehensive peace, which would entail opening up Syrian borders to trade and tourism. Assad's dictatorial hold on the country might be severely undermined by open borders...
...previous bombings in Israel and urged them to keep up the attacks. Habibi promised more financial aid and extra training at bases in Lebanon supported by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Tehran said it would also press Damascus to let Hamas fighters continue to operate in Syria and in Syrian-controlled sectors of Lebanon. After the latest attacks, will all these be empty promises...
...Hosni Mubarak. Clinton decided to go ahead. He and Mubarak jointly invited Peres, the P.L.O.'s Yasser Arafat, Jordan's King Hussein, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and European and regional leaders to a conference this week at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik. Christopher also telephoned Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara. "I'll be pleasantly surprised if the Syrians attend," he said...