Nov 10 Syrian President Promises Limited Cooperation With U.N. By Admin, PBS News Hour Syrian President Bashar Assad pledged Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri but said he would not place his country's national interests at risk in doing so. Continue reading
Oct 31 U.N. Urges Syrian Cooperation in Hariri Death Probe By PBS News Hour Syria must cooperate "unconditionally" with a United Nations investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face "further action," a U.N. Security Council resolution said Monday. Continue reading
Oct 28 Syrian President Faces International and Internal Pressure By Admin, PBS News Hour A meeting of the U.N. Security Council over whether to impose sanctions on officials implicated in a recent investigation into the death of former Rafik Hariri is adding to mounting pressure on Bashar Assad to cooperate with investigators. Continue reading
Oct 26 International Pressure Builds on Syria Over Hariri Case, Lebanon Role By PBS News Hour The United States, France and Britain have drafted a resolution that could impose sanctions on Syria unless it more fully cooperates with an ongoing United Nations investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Continue reading
Oct 21 Top Syrian Officials Implicated in Lebanese Assassination By PBS News Hour A report issued Thursday by the United Nations implicates top Syrian officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and says Lebanese officials helped organize it. Continue reading
Jun 09 Syria’s Ruling Party Votes for Political Reform By PBS News Hour Syria's ruling Baath Party, weakened by a struggling economy and the country's military withdrawal from Lebanon, voted for limited legal and political reforms at the end of a national conference Thursday. Continue reading
May 30 Baath Party Conference to Open Amid Calls for Democratic Reform Battered by its withdrawal from Lebanon under international pressure and a continued weak economy at home, Syria may usher in a new period of transition when the Baath Party, which has ruled the country for more than 30 years, meets… Continue reading
May 11 U.S. Forces Push Toward Syria; Car Bombs Shake Iraq By PBS News Hour A series of suicide bombers killed at least 60 people and wounded 100 in several Iraqi cities Wednesday as U.S. forces continued an offensive aimed at uprooting insurgents near the Syrian border. Continue reading
Mar 08 Pro-Syrian Protesters Rally in Beirut By Admin, PBS News Hour About 500,000 pro-Syrian demonstrators gathered in the Lebanese capital of Beirut Tuesday, chanting anti-American slogans in response to a call from the militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group to counter anti-Syrian rallies held earlier this week. Continue reading
Mar 07 Syria Announces Partial Lebanon Troop Pullback By PBS News Hour Syria will immediately begin a phased troop pullback in Lebanon, the presidents of both countries announced Monday in a joint statement. Continue reading