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December 2009 - Syria Special Weapons News

  • Lebanese PM Calls for Renewed Relations with Syria VOA 20 Dec 2009 -- The visit was symbolic to both countries, since no Lebanese Prime Minister has visited Damascus since the slaying of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005. Relations between the two countries went into a deep freeze that year, after the younger Hariri accused Syria of the crime.
  • Syrian, Lebanese Leaders Hold Groundbreaking Talks VOA 19 Dec 2009 -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus Saturday, in an effort to repair relations between their two countries.
  • Defense Min’s 3-day visit of Syria ends IRNA 12 Dec 2009 -- 3-day official visit of IRI Minister of Defense and Logistical Support of Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi of Syria ended Friday night, when he left for Tehran.
  • Iran, Syria endorse defense pact IRNA 11 Dec 2009 -- Iran and Syria inked a defense cooperation protocol on Friday, based on which they will share experience in the defense domain and form a joint defense cooperation committee for the purpose.
  • Syria, Iran strongly willing to face common enemy – Min. says IRNA 11 Dec 2009 -- Syrian Minister of Defense Lieut. Gen. Ali Habib said here Friday that Tehran and Damascus are strongly resolved to face common enemy, a goal for whose materialization they have entered a d
  • Syrian President receives Iran’s Defense Minister Vahidi IRNA 10 Dec 2009 -- Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad here Wednesday evening received visiting Iranian Defense and Armed Forces Logistical Support Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.
  • Iran minister in Syria for defense talks IRNA 09 Dec 2009 -- Iran’s Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi arrived in the capital city of Damascus Tuesday evening to confer on defense cooperation with Syrian officials, it is reported on Wednesday.
  • Minister says enhanced Iran-Syria defense ties will deter threats IRNA 09 Dec 2009 -- Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said boosting defense ties with Syria will deter the threats posed by the Zionist regime against regional nations.
  • Iran, Syria support Palestinians vis-a-vis Israeli occupation IRNA 03 Dec 2009 -- Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad renewed support for the Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation.
  • Blast Hits Iranian Pilgrims' Bus in Syria VOA 03 Dec 2009 -- Witnesses in Syria's capital say a blast hit a bus that had been carrying Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims.
  • Three dead in explosion in Syria RIA Novosti 03 Dec 2009 -- At least three people died in a blast involving a bus in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
  • Blast Hits Iranian Bus in Syria VOA 03 Dec 2009 -- Syrian officials say a massive explosion ripped through a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the capital, Damascus, killing at least three people.
  • Blast in Iranian bus in Syria IRNA 03 Dec 2009 -- An explosion in an Iranian bus on Thursday killed or wounded a number of people in Zeinabieh, a district near the Syrian capital.



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