<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Syria</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/neareast/syria?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><description>Syria</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45576-2005May8.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45576-2005May8.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Longtime Exile, Foe of Syria Returns to Cheers in Beirut <br>   BEIRUT  --   Lebanon's most prominent anti-Syria Christian leader returned to a hero's welcome in Beirut on Saturday, ending more than a decade in exile.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syrian Intelligence Still in Lebanon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18717-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18717-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Syria has not withdrawn a significant part of its intelligence presence in Lebanon, undermining its claim yesterday to have ended its 29-year intervention in its western neighbor, U.S., European and U.N. officials said.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Syrian Soldiers Depart Lebanon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18716-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18716-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MASNAA, Lebanon, April 26  --  The last Syrian soldiers slipped out of Lebanon on Tuesday in a convoy of flatbed trucks, buses and jeeps, ending a 29-year deployment that began during the civil war and ended with only scant acknowledgment from opponents of the long military presence.]]></description><author> Scott Wilson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Finds No Evidence Syria Hid Iraqi Arms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16470-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16470-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. investigators hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have found no evidence that such material was moved to Syria for safekeeping before the war, according to a final report of the investigation released yesterday.]]></description><author> Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 29 Years, Syrians Go Quietly]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16312-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16312-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RIYAQ, Lebanon, April 25  --  Crouching over a small stone pedestal amid a grove of pines, Maj. Hadi Husseini on Monday quietly marked the imminent end of Syria's nearly three-decade military presence in Lebanon. He carefully put the finishing touches on a monument he designed, simple and solemn, to memorialize the thousands of Syrian soldiers who have died in his country over the years.]]></description><author> Scott Wilson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Allies Upset by Delay of U.N. Report]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3099-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3099-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/syria</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In a new spat with the U.N. leadership, the United States, France and Britain have expressed alarm at a decision by Secretary General Kofi Annan to delay a final report on whether Syria is fully complying with a Security Council resolution calling for its withdrawal from Lebanon, according to U.S. officials and Western diplomats.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item></channel></rss>