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

VOA: special.2011.03.26

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

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

"Turkey was fighting a war against an insurrectionary movement whose leader was sitting in Syria,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is offering to mediate between the West and Iran and diplomatic initiative that could further help in Syria's own rapprochement with the U.S.and Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

"And the U.S.State Department sentenced no opposition figures, intellectuals,journalists or bloggers to prisons in Syria,Egypt,Saudi Arabia and elsewhere around the Middle East, where they were subject to torture, rape and murder.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

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

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

VOA: special.2009.08.18

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

VOA: special.2010.02.08

It begins in the mountains of Lebanon and Syria.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

In time, he reached Damascus, Syria.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

"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

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

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

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

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

On the one hand, there is Iran and its allies in the so-called "resistance" block, including Syria, the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Now,Israel says Iran and Syria are rearming Hezbollah in violation of a United Nations ceasefire resolution.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"Each side has a position,". He explained that Syria "may demand the Golan Heights in exchange for peace, while would demand peace for peace."

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Both countries were isolated regionally and at that time shared common foes, Syria in particular.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Baghdad blamed Syria for harboring the suspects in that attack, a charge Damascus denies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

His trip to the region includes stops in Lebanon and Syria.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Iran,Syria,and North Korea are not taking part in the summit.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Kelly said the visit to Syria is in line with President Barack Obama's commitment to outreach with regional adversaries, reaffirmed in his recent policy speech on U.S.-Islamic relations in Egypt.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The visit to Damascus by U.S.envoy Mitchell is another step in what has been a cautious effort by the Obama administration to draw Syria into diplomatic engagement after years of strained relations.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Shaul Mofaz, an Israeli parliamentarian and former army chief of staff, says a radical axis of Iran,Syria, Hezbollah and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza are trying to destabilize the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But U.S.officials have lately credited Syria with tightening border controls with Iraq and largely refraining from interference in Lebanon's election process, which culminated in this week's victory by the pro-Western "March 14th" coalition.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

One of the rabbis arrested, Saul Kassin,is considered the leading cleric of the U.S.Sephardic community, comprised of families that emigrated mostly from the Middle East, Syria in particular, following the formation of the state of Israel in 1948.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24