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Asma Al Assad: Syria's First Lady And All-Natural Beauty (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style

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A couple weeks ago headlines were made when Syrian First Lady, Asma Al Assad invited the Obamas to Damascus. HuffPost readers ended up commenting more...

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Obama-Mania: An Opportunity but Also a Bottom Line

John L. Esposito | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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John L. Esposito

If Obama doesn't deliver significantly, disillusionment and anti-Americanism will increase among the very people who were euphoric at his election.

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Syrian President, First Lady Praise Obama

AP/Huffington Post | ALBERT AJI | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's leader praised President Barack Obama's outreach for dialogue and invited him to visit Damascus in remarks released Friday...

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Obama Sending Ambassador To Syria After Years

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to return an ambassador to Syria, filling a post that has been vacant for four years and marking an ac...

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Obama To Send Ambassador To Syria After 4 Years

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to return an ambassador to Syria, filling a post that has been vacant for four years and marking an ac...

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Syria's Assad Emails Sy Hersh: Peace With Israel Still Possible If America Mediates

New Yorker | Posted 04.28.2009 | World

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When the Israelis' controversial twenty-two-day military campaign in Gaza ended, on January 18th, it also seemed to end the promising peace talks betw...

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Obama's Needs A 'Game Changer' In Middle East: Analysis

Salon | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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Trying to figure out what Barack Obama intends to do in the Middle East is like trying to read the leaves in a cup of tea stirred by Jackson Pollock. ...

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Syria's Assad Praises Obama, Asks For Meeting

AP | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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ROME — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed worry over what he sees as Israeli society's turn to the right, according to a newspaper inte...

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Understanding Syrian Rapprochement: Optimists Versus Cynics

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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Stuart Whatley

Underlying the prospect for renewed diplomacy with Damascus is the universally accepted possibility that Assad will merely feign peace efforts without ever following through -- for which he, and his father before him, are notorious.

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Syria Dialogue Not A Threat To Lebanon, Says US

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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BEIRUT — The United States sought Friday to reassure Lebanon that its efforts to repair relations with that country's long-dominant neighbor, Sy...

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Syria Wants Better Ties With US: Assad

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria must change its behavior if it wants its relations with Washington to change, two U.S. senators visiting the Middle East...

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The U.S. Attack on Syria: Implications for the Next Administration

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

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Obama's refusal to criticize the U.S. attack on Syria raises the prospect that rather than pursue the diplomatic route, he will instead "pick up where the Bush Administration has now ended."

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What is Syria Up To?

Howard Schweber | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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Howard Schweber

It's a little difficult to put all the pieces together, and it is tempting to fall into one of several made-to-order narratives. Which might, in fact...

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Pennsylvania Campaign Journal: Obama Hams It Up, Flirts, And Gets A Bit Cocky

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.

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Obama Adviser Leads Delegation To Damascus

New York Sun | Eli Lake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A foreign policy adviser to Senator Obama is scheduled to arrive in Syria today as the leader of a RAND Corp. delegation. Zbigniew Brzezinski will tr...

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