But most importantly, the activists hope Israel, Jordan and Syria can create an international commission to manage the Jordan River.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Other experts say glass making first started four to five thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and Syria.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

At the same time,he has decided to send two high-level officials to Damascus for talks with Syria.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The United States has not had an ambassador in Syria since former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was killed in two thousand five.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Mahmoud Solh directs the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas,or ICARDA, in Aleppo,Syria.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Syria has long had a single-party system led by the Ba'ath party of the Assad family.

VOA: special.2011.08.06

The United States has criticized Syria and Iran for supporting militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The United States has condemned what it called "brutal repression of demonstrations" in Syria.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

Egypt,Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon, the West Bank,Syria and Yemen are all taking part in the project.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Israel's Foreign Minister says the ships are expected to sail toward Syria.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

It begins in the mountains of Lebanon and Syria.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

And Mister Obama strongly condemned Syria's president,Bashar al-Assad.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

In time, he reached Damascus, Syria.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Hamas is supported by Iran and Syria.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

"When I lived in England I traveled many places in the world playing in Tennis tournament like Buglara,Romania,Syria, Algeria and Ireland.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

But he said Israel would not agree in advance to Syria's long-time demand to withdraw from the strategic Golan Heights.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Peace talks collapsed in 2000 when Israel refused to give Syria a foothold on the Sea of Galilee.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

In Syria, women are trafficked from South and Southeast Asia and are forced to work as domestic servants.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

Syria has been allied with Tehran since the outset of the war between Iran and Iraq in 1980.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Israel captured the Golan from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1981.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said his government is ready to open peace talks with Syria.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26