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Syria
Syria Fears Saddam "Revelations"

Tension is rising in Damascus as the U.S. continues to question Saddam Hussein in the basement of the international airport in Baghdad. The Syrians fear he could make embarrassing revelations. [...]

Published on 30/01/2004 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Syria & Iran Rooting for Saddam?

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AN UNDECLARED WAR

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Lebanon
WASHINGTON CUTS OUT SYRIANS

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Jordan
DIRECT EXCHANGES WITH ISRAEL

Information from sources in the American State Department have cast light on some of the secret agreements reached between the [...]

Subscribers only 13.05.1992

Spotlight | Italy
ARMS SALES: THE CASALEE MYSTERY

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Syria
A DIFFICULT VISIT TO THE CIS

Syrian Foreign Minister Farukh al-Chareh visited several of the CIS member countries from 27 March to 2 April in a [...]

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United Kingdom
SUPERGUN REPORT

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United States
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Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

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Information wars in the Caucasus

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Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

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Syria & Iran Rooting for Saddam?

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Operations Start in Iraq

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Iraqi Oil: Between War and Peace

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KURDISTAN THE ARENA FOR IRAN-IRAQ WAR

Spotlight | Turkey
AN UNDECLARED WAR

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