Post by Tulameen on Feb 17, 2005 11:12:29 GMT -5
Tension mounts between U.S., Syria
Thursday, February 17, 2005 Posted: 10:10 AM EST (1510 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Relations between the U.S. and Syria are coming under increasing pressure after the U.S. admitted it has "an increasing list of problems" with the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice refused to say how long the U.S. ambassador to Syria will stay away from her post following the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Hariri, killed in a huge bomb blast in Beirut on Monday, had objected to Syrian domination of political and military affairs in his country.
Tens of thousands of Lebanese used Hariri's funeral on Wednesday to vent their fury against Syria, whom many blame for Hariri's assassination. (Full story)
Thursday, February 17, 2005 Posted: 10:10 AM EST (1510 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Relations between the U.S. and Syria are coming under increasing pressure after the U.S. admitted it has "an increasing list of problems" with the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice refused to say how long the U.S. ambassador to Syria will stay away from her post following the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Hariri, killed in a huge bomb blast in Beirut on Monday, had objected to Syrian domination of political and military affairs in his country.
Tens of thousands of Lebanese used Hariri's funeral on Wednesday to vent their fury against Syria, whom many blame for Hariri's assassination. (Full story)