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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BEIRUT4016 | SLOUCHING TOWARD THE GRAND SERAIL (II) -- [...]) SUMMARY: FORMER PM HARIRI IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED VERY SHORTLY AS LEBANON'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, WITH A NEW CABINET PRESENTED FOR P[...] |
2000-10-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY |
| 00DAMASCUS2976 | ASAD SITREP 01: PRESIDENT ASAD HAS DIED; [...]) SYRIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION AT 1800 BROADCAST THE OFFICIAL SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TO PARLIAMENT THAT PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASAD[...] |
2000-06-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SY IS |
| 00DAMASCUS2985 | ASAD SITREP 03: BASHAR PROMOTED TO COMMANDER- [...]) SYRIAN TELEVISION REPORTED THE AFTERNOON OF 6/11 THAT VICE PRESIDENT KHADDAM HAD SIGNED DECREE NUMBERS 9 AND 10, PROMOTING COLONEL B[...] |
2000-06-11 16:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SY |
| 00DAMASCUS3013 | ASAD LAID TO REST, BASHAR ERA BEGINNING, SYRIANS ADJUST TO NEW REALITY [...][...] |
2000-06-13 18:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SY |
| 00DAMASCUS3050 | SYRIAN MEDIA SAYS BASHAR CONTINUES HAFIZ AL- [...]) SUMMARY. SYRIAN PRESS JUNE 14-15 EMPHASIZED UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR BASHAR AL-ASAD UNDER THE BANNER OF CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY. [...] |
2000-06-17 04:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC PROP KPAO KMDR LE SY |
| 01BEIRUT1018 | KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...]) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH [...] |
2001-04-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT1935 | ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...]) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLI[...] |
2001-08-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT3057 | BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...]) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AL[...] |
2001-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY |
| 01DAMASCUS3036 | ASAD: ISRAEL DOES NOT DESIRE PEACE [...]) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH GERMAN NEWS MAGAZINE DER SPIEGEL 7/9, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL- ASAD ACCUSED ISRAELI PM SH[...] |
2001-07-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SY |
| 01HANOI2817 | VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...]SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND[...] |
2001-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY |
| 01VATICAN1390 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN [...]) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . ¶2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE �[...] |
2001-03-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT |
| 01VATICAN2600 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...]THE MAY 5 - MAY 11 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED [...] |
2001-05-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GR SY VT VTPREL |
| 02AMMAN2310 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PLANE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING [...]) On May 11, upon receipt of NIACT precedence message, poloff/duty officer passed reftel information regarding the impending 5/12 flig[...] |
2002-05-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IR SY JO |
| 02AMMAN2554 | UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS [...]U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut and Damascus. ¶2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press[...] |
2002-05-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO |
| 02AMMAN2693 | JORDAN DECLINES TO DEMAND SEARCH OF IRANIAN PLANE; [...]S) The Ambassador made ref points on Iranian aerial resupply of Hizballah May 27 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns and Mu[...] |
2002-05-28 07:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR SY JO |
| 02AMMAN2907 | DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...]S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE [...] |
2002-06-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY |
| 02AMMAN5839 | PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY, [...]S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria (other topics septels, [...] |
2002-10-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON IZ SY JO |
| 02AMMAN6024 | S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH [...]/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed the U.S.'s appreciation[...] |
2002-10-17 04:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SY SA JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN6610 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...]/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the inf[...] |
2002-11-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER JO LE SY IR |
| 02AMMAN6699 | MUASHER ON CAIRO AL MINISTERIAL: SHARA, IRAQ AND [...]C) NEA DAS David Satterfield called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher November 13. Ambassador, PolCouns, Muasher's personal aide Al[...] |
2002-11-14 19:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ SY JO |
| 02AMMAN6735 | DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING OF HIZBALLAH [...]) Following receipt of ref A demarche request, poloff conveyed points to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed t[...] |
2002-11-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR JO |
| 02AMMAN6990 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...]S) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in reftel regarding a possible forthcoming Hizballah resupply flight to Ali Ay[...] |
2002-12-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY IR JO |
| 02DAMASCUS1761 | ASAD TELLS NODEL US LACKS VISION [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5 B/D. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR DISCUSSION WITH CONGRESSMAN[...] |
2002-05-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY |
| 02DAMASCUS625 | ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE [...]C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD[...] |
2002-02-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS SY |
| 02ROME3379 | ITALY ON UNIFIL: REDUCE IT BUT DON'T DISMANTLE IT [...]) POL OFF DISCUSSED THE GOI'S ASSESSMENT OF UNIFIL WITH GIUSEPPE PERRONE, THE MFA'S DESK OFFICER FOR LEBANON AND ISRAEL AND DEPUTY DIR[...] |
2002-07-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | LE IS KPKO MARR PREL SY IT UNIFIL |
| 02ROME5125 | ITALIAN MFA ON LEBANON-ISRAEL WATER ISSUE, SYRIA, [...]) SUMMARY: MFA REPORTS THAT THE ITALIAN WATER EXPERT CURRENTLY WORKING THE ISRAELI-LEBANESE WATER DISPUTE MAY SEEK TO HELP BROKER A LO[...] |
2002-10-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT IZ |
| 02ROME66 | UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...]) SUMMARY. THE GOI WILL VIEW WITH GREAT INTEREST, AND SOME CONCERN, PRECISE PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING/DOWNSIZING OF UNIFIL. THIS STEMS[...] |
2002-01-04 18:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MARR IT IS LE SY UN |
| 02STATE250963 | DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...]) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINIST[...] |
2002-12-07 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN |
| 02VATICAN1171 | THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...][...] |
2002-03-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG |
| 03ABUDHABI2733 | SYRIA'S BASHAR URGED TO WORK WITH THE [...]) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: Former UAE Oil Minister and Za[...] |
2003-06-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KPAL SY IS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3914 | SYRIAN FM SHARA'A VISITS UAE [...]) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Shara'a visited the UAE August 24-25, meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed [...] |
2003-08-26 13:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IZ TC |
| 03ADANA109 | MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME [...]SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. &#[...] |
2003-04-16 13:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA |
| 03ADANA25 | THE VIEW FROM SIRNAK PROVINCE: [...]SBU) Summary: In southeastern Turkey's Sirnak province, one of two bordering Iraq, the preoccupation of government officials, NGOs, an[...] |
2003-01-28 17:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU SY IZ ADANA |
| 03ADANA44 | INCREASING UNREST IN SE TURKEY [...]SBU) Summary: Imprisoned PKK/KADEK leader Abdullah Ocalan has been denied access to lawyers and family by the GOT since November 200[...] |
2003-02-07 13:00:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA |
| 03AMMAN4417 | US-FUNDED NEIRAB REFUGEE HOUSING PROJECT NEARS [...]U) Embassy Damascus cleared this message. ¶2. (C) Summary and Comment: The first U.S.-funded units in UNRWA's Neirab hou[...] |
2003-07-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL SY JO |
| 03AMMAN5339 | BIRTH OF A JORDANIAN "SUPERSTAR" -- AND SOME [...]U) Diana Corazan, a young Jordanian singing sensation, was declared the new "Superstar" of Lebanon's Future TV August 18 after winnin[...] |
2003-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM SY JO |
| 03AMMAN5501 | PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ, [...]S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a border incursion[...] |
2003-08-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN5620 | PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN [...]) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, met with Kin[...] |
2003-09-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN6261 | JORDAN'S AMB. IN SYRIA ON TERRORISM IN IRAQ, HAMAS [...]) An Embassy contact outlined for us a recent meeting he had with Jordan's Ambassador in Syria. The Ambassador worried about the flow[...] |
2003-09-30 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO JY |
| 03AMMAN6409 | GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS [...]U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling[...] |
2003-10-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS JO SY |
| 03AMMAN7115 | MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...]U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. ¶2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of f[...] |
2003-10-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY SA KU JO IQ |
| 03AMMAN7225 | JORDANIAN READOUT ON DAMASCUS FOREIGN MINISTER [...]) SUMMARY: Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher described the foreign ministerial in Damascus in Iraq as unimportant, and faulted[...] |
2003-11-04 17:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN8242 | JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY [...]C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and[...] |
2003-12-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SENV SY JO |
| 03AMMAN8360 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN: [...]C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amma[...] |
2003-12-21 18:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS SY JO GE |
| 03AMMAN8450 | GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...]) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discus[...] |
2003-12-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO |
| 03ANKARA1044 | POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY FLIGHT [...][...] |
2003-02-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR TU |
| 03ANKARA1666 | S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS [...]S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked that the informatio[...] |
2003-03-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW |
| 03ANKARA2259 | IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...]) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views [...] |
2003-04-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY |
| 03ANKARA2386 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON STATE OF US-SYRIA BILATERAL [...]) During a late afternoon April 11 meeting with MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Burcuoglu (after FM Gul had announced he [...] |
2003-04-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU SY IZ ETTC |
| 03ANKARA4385 | PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN [...]C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syri[...] |
2003-07-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SY IS KWBG |
| 03ANKARA5002 | TURKISH MFA READOUT OF SYRIAN P.M. MIRO'S VISIT TO [...]) In a readout of Syrian P.M. Miro's July 29-30 visit to Ankara, MFA Acting Head of Department for the Middle East Kemal Tuzun told us[...] |
2003-08-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD TU SY |
| 03ANKARA6779 | SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...]C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt i[...] |
2003-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03ANKARA6923 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...]) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Go[...] |
2003-11-05 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03BEIRUT3697 | FORMER HIZBALLAH LEADER RESURFACES TO DENOUNCE ... [...]C) SUMMARY: SPEAKING AT THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER HIZBALLAH SECRETARY GENERAL SHAYKH SUBHI TUFAYLI DENOUNCED GOL OFFICIALS AS[...] |
2003-09-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KISL IR LE SY |
| 03BEIRUT4562 | LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...]) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Be[...] |
2003-10-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY |
| 03BEIRUT908 | TFIZ01: LEBANESE SPEAKER BERRI DISCUSSES SHI'ITE [...]C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI MARCH 31. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED AROUND AMERICAN-LEBANESE REL[...] |
2003-03-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SY LE |
| 03DAMASCUS1684 | TFIZO1:SYRIA CLOSES BORDER AND SAYS IT WILL SET UP [...]) SUMMARY. SARG MINISTER OF LOCAL AFFAIRS CONVENED UN/IO REPS AT 23:00 ON MARCH 19 TO INFORM THEM THE BORDER WITH IRAQ HAD CLOSED, BUT[...] |
2003-03-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | KREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ SY |
| 03DAMASCUS6920 | ASAD: HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND? [...]C) Summary. During a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on November 30, Syrian President Asad asked former NEA A/S Richard Murphy for advice[...] |
2003-12-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MEPP PTER LE IZ IS SY |
| 03HANOI264 | VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...]SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, Nor[...] |
2003-02-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK |
| 03KUWAIT1250 | (U) GOK TO TAKE ITS CASE ON THE ROAD [...]) Summary: During their April 2 meeting, the Ambassador and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed the prog[...] |
2003-04-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ SY SA |
| 03KUWAIT4681 | (C) SYRIA: GOK TO HOST BASHAR AFTER RAMADHAN [...]C) SUMMARY: The GOK is concerned that Bashar al-Asad lacks the power to remove his late father's old guard and adapt to the new regio[...] |
2003-10-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IS TU KU |
| 03KUWAIT4960 | SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...]) This is an action request. Please see para 5. ¶2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador[...] |
2003-10-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03KUWAIT4988 | (C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING [...]) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had con[...] |
2003-10-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03KUWAIT5057 | (C) IRAQ: GOK WANTS TO REBUILD PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sh. Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told the Ambassador Kuwait wants to coordinate with Iraqis on[...] |
2003-11-04 08:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SY IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT5129 | (C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...]) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but[...] |
2003-11-10 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU |
| 03KUWAIT5342 | (C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...]) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After[...] |
2003-11-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY |
| 03OTTAWA1779 | CANADA SUPPORTS UNDOF RENEWAL, HOPES TO REDUCE [...]) Canada supports renewing the mandate for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), where it currently provides 194 personnnel. P[...] |
2003-06-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL IS SY CA JA UNDOF UNSC |
| 03OTTAWA2103 | UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT [...]) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 1[...] |
2003-07-23 17:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL IS SY CA JA |
| 03ROME1414 | ASSISTANCE FOR SYRIAN PORT DEVELOPMENT: ITALY [...][...] |
2003-04-03 10:21:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EAID ETTC PREL SY IT EUN |
| 03ROME2737 | FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO [...]) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's p[...] |
2003-06-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN |
| 03ROME5363 | ITALY: ON SYRIA TO PRESENT VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...]) Summary: MFA Eastern Mediterranean Office Chief, Luca Ferrari gave a read-out on MFA Mediterranean and Middle East Director General [...] |
2003-11-25 17:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SY IT EUN |
| 03ROME5473 | ITALY: SYRIA SEEKS HIGHER LEVEL DIALOGUE WITH [...]) Summary: During recent closed talks with the Italian MFA, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Muallem expressed a desire to improve[...] |
2003-12-05 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SY IT UN |
| 03ROME98 | ITALY ON UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: WANT OUT [...]) SUMMARY: THE GOI WILL NOT OPPOSE THE RENEWAL OF THE UNIFIL'S MANDATE THAT EXPIRES ON JAN 31, 2003. NONETHELESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME,[...] |
2003-01-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL IS LE SY IT UNIFIL UNSC |
| 03STATE9334 | NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: [...]) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGT[...] |
2003-01-11 02:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY |
| 03VATICAN5644 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH VATICAN FM [...]) In a December 12 meeting, A/S Burns told the Holy See's new Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo that the U.S. saw an opportunity to mov[...] |
2003-12-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS IZ PREL SY |
| 04ABUDHABI2508 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...][...] |
2004-07-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3253 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRELICENSE CHECK ON 05-934075 [...]FTEL REQUESTED THAT POST CONDUCT AN ON-SITE VISIT TO MICROHIT TECHNOLOGIES, THE INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE ON THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED APPLICAT[...] |
2004-09-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC TC SY |
| 04ABUDHABI4411 | CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE [...]) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chi[...] |
2004-12-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC |
| 04ABUDHABI905 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA, [...]/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leader[...] |
2004-03-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC |
| 04ABUDHABI923 | U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...]) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and C[...] |
2004-03-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC |
| 04ADANA160 | SHARP DROP IN SE TURKISH EXPORTS TO SYRIA SEEN [...][...] |
2004-12-15 17:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND EAGR SY IZ TU ADANA |
| 04ADANA68 | AHMET GUVENER: PROTESTANT CHURCH LEADER ACQUITTED, BUT LATER [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A Diyarbakir court acquitted Protestant church leader Ahmet Guvener on May 12 based on the latest constitutional amend[...] |
2004-06-14 06:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ ADANA |
| 04AMMAN1288 | MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...]) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the n[...] |
2004-02-19 20:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO |
| 04AMMAN1294 | MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...]S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and prod[...] |
2004-02-19 21:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO |
| 04AMMAN2735 | BASHAR AL-ASAD IN AMMAN: PROGRESS ON REFORM, MEPP [...]S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that Bashar al-Asad's April 7 visit to Amman had been productive, with the Syrians assenting to[...] |
2004-04-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3829 | ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...]C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Partici[...] |
2004-05-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO |
| 04AMMAN4052 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYRIA [...]C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on the implementation of the Syria Accountability Act May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Dir[...] |
2004-05-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD SY JO |
| 04AMMAN407 | FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...]) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for [...] |
2004-01-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP |
| 04AMMAN4200 | UNRWA SEEKS ADDITIONAL USD 1 BILLION IN [...]U) Summary: In a May 19 briefing, UNRWA unveiled its draft medium-term plan (MTP), designed to make up for ten years of austerity mea[...] |
2004-05-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG SY LE JO UNRWA |
| 04AMMAN469 | KING COVERS SYRIA, BORDER ISSUES, SECURITY [...]S) King Abdullah told visiting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 11 that increasingly sophisticated weapons continue to be smuggled acr[...] |
2004-01-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SA SY JO |
| 04AMMAN5395 | JORDAN ARGUES LIMITING REFORM DIALOGUE SCOPE COULD [...]C) King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Muasher argued to A/S Burns in separate meetings June 27 that the best way for the Broader Midd[...] |
2004-06-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN6369 | JORDANIAN ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN-AL-QA'IDA/ZARQAWI [...]S/NF) Jordanian officials over the last several weeks have expressed their concern about alleged Syrian support for al-Qa'ida and Abu[...] |
2004-07-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER SY JO |
| 04AMMAN6669 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER SECURITY [...]S) Charge delivered reftel points on Syria-Iraq border security to Royal Court Minister Samir al-Rifai on August 3 and on August 8 to [...] |
2004-08-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ECON ETRD IZ JO PREL PTER SY |
| 04AMMAN6973 | KEEPING U.S. SYRIA POLICY OUT OF N.A.M. STATEMENT [...][...] |
2004-08-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SY JO |
| 04AMMAN7179 | IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...]) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on Augu[...] |
2004-08-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO |
| 04AMMAN7200 | JORDANIAN PM'S VISIT TO SYRIA: "SOME POSITIVENESS" [...]C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade said the recent Jordanian visit to Syria found "some p[...] |
2004-08-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON JO SY |
| 04AMMAN8809 | UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...]) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that[...] |
2004-10-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS |
| 04AMMAN9468 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...]) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall majo[...] |
2004-11-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO |
| 04AMMAN9484 | JORDAN AND SYRIA CLOSING IN ON BORDER AGREEMENT [...]) An MFA participant in the Jordanian delegation to Damascus that discussed the border dispute told PolOff November 24 that the talks [...] |
2004-11-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI JO SY |
| 04ANKARA1086 | TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN RISING TRUCKING COSTS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish officials at the Trade Undersecretariat and Turkish Petroleum International (TPIC) warned that truck transport [...] |
2004-02-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL SY TU |
| 04ANKARA1373 | TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...]C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/manageme[...] |
2004-03-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 04ANKARA1624 | CLASHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA CAUSE CONCERN IN SE [...]BU) In response to the March 12 violence in Kamisli, Syria and neighboring area, Turkish officials temporarily closed the nearby Nusa[...] |
2004-03-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU SY IZ |
| 04ANKARA1717 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...]BU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, [...] |
2004-03-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ |
| 04ANKARA1804 | EARLY SNOW MELT FORCES LARGE WATER RELEASE FROM [...]n early snow-melt in north-eastern Turkey filled Turkey's Euphrates dams, forcing authorities to release a record amount of water down[...] |
2004-03-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 04ANKARA215 | TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...]) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in[...] |
2004-01-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY |
| 04ANKARA226 | PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...]C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and Presi[...] |
2004-01-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU IS |
| 04ANKARA2897 | SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE: [...]C) We delivered ref A points, orally supplemented with unclassified points from ref B, on May 24 to Turkish MFA SIPDIS �[...] |
2004-05-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL SY TU |
| 04ANKARA340 | INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...]) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism coop[...] |
2004-01-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU |
| 04ANKARA5780 | TURKISH MFA VIEWS ON TIGRIS-EUPHRATES COOPERATION [...]C) Summary: During the August visit to Ankara of IIG President al-Yawar, Iraqi Water Minister Rashid proposed beginning talks on Tigr[...] |
2004-10-08 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 04ANKARA6170 | TURKEY/IRAQ JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO MEET [...]mmary: (SBU) The first post-war meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee will take place November 4 in Ankara, co-chaired [...] |
2004-11-02 05:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IZ PREL SY TU |
| 04ANKARA6258 | SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN [...]urkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until Oc[...] |
2004-11-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PREL SY TU |
| 04BEIRUT3300 | LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...]C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covere[...] |
2004-06-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE |
| 04BEIRUT3713 | LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...]C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this[...] |
2004-07-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT4423 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS LARGE NATIONAL UNITY [...]C) Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, in a 10/11 meeting with the Ambassador, said that he wanted the next cabinet to be a n[...] |
2004-10-12 08:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT4941 | LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...]S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, cor[...] |
2004-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KISL PTER LE SY |
| 04BRUSSELS2277 | EU AGREES NEW NON-PROLIFERATION TEXT FOR SYRIA [...]C) Summary. On May 26, the EU agreed to new non-proliferation language for inclusion in the draft EU-Syria Association Agreement. La[...] |
2004-05-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4624 | EU-SYRIA: NEA A/S BURNS MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS [...]) Commission officials told A/S Burns that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with Syria will only go into effect after signatu[...] |
2004-10-27 06:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD KNNP SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DAMASCUS5065 | HAMAS LEADER REJECTS US INDICTMENT [...]) In an August 21 interview with the Associated Press, Moussa Abu Marzouk, Deputy Chairman of Hamas' politbureau, responded to the ann[...] |
2004-08-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 04DAMASCUS6857 | HAMAS MEMBER TARGETED IN CAR BOMBING [...]C) Summary: On December 13, a car bomb exploded in the Old Mezzeh section of Damascus, wounding some passers-by but apparently killing[...] |
2004-12-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PTER PGOV PREL IS SY |
| 04HELSINKI1010 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-IRAQ [...][...] |
2004-08-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY FI |
| 04KUWAIT1500 | (S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...]S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pres[...] |
2004-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU |
| 04KUWAIT180 | NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...]) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 J[...] |
2004-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM |
| 04KUWAIT1809 | (C) ASAD TELLS GOK HE WANTS DIALOGUE WITH USG, [...]C) SUMMARY: According to the Kuwaiti FM, Syrian President Asad used a brief visit June 6 to ask the GOK to tell the USG he is seriou[...] |
2004-06-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IZ KU |
| 04LJUBLJANA377 | SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: PREVENTING KONGRA-GEL [...]) ON 23 APRIL, ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO PETER JAPELJ, FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE MFA OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DISARM[...] |
2004-04-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER IZ TU SY JO SI |
| 04LONDON3070 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...][...] |
2004-04-23 17:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK |
| 04MADRID2619 | SPANISH RESPONSE: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...]) We delivered reftel demarche on July 6 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora[...] |
2004-07-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SY SP |
| 04MADRID2992 | SPAIN LOOKS TO SYRIA RELATIONS AND UNSC ROLE TO [...][...] |
2004-08-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY SP |
| 04MADRID4015 | UNSCR 1559: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP RESOLUTION [...]) Poloff disscussed Ref A points on 4/13 with MFA Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno Humet. He said the GOF had[...] |
2004-10-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID4341 | BEST WISHES AND PENDING ISSUE [...] was saddened to hear of the President' acceptance of your resignation. The Administration is losing one of its most effective leader[...] |
2004-11-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC SP SY |
| 04MANAMA1882 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...]C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf S[...] |
2004-12-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM PGOV SA IR SY IZ |
| 04MANAMA1886 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...]C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December [...] |
2004-12-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA |
| 04PARIS3123 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...][...] |
2004-04-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR |
| 04ROME2590 | ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...]) MFA SYRIA DESK OFFICER ALESSANDRA PASTORELLI TOLD POLOFF THAT ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERNS OVER THE RECENT UPTICK IN POLITICALLY RELAT[...] |
2004-07-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04STATE89155 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...]) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE H[...] |
2004-04-22 00:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO |
| 04TELAVIV1661 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...]) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian trac[...] |
2004-03-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1952 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...]) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here[...] |
2004-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6259 | PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...]C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, U[...] |
2004-12-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6285 | PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...]C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, U[...] |
2004-12-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6455 | MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...]C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not[...] |
2004-12-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04THEHAGUE1705 | NETHERLANDS: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...]BU) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH, AS CURRENT EU PRESIDENT, WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS[...] |
2004-07-08 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NL EU SY PHUM |
| 04ZAGREB1034 | U.S. SANCTIONS NOT MAJOR OBSTACLE TO CROATIAN GAS [...]SBU) On June 1 we visited INA, the majority state-owned oil and gas company, to inquire about its overseas activities in general, and [...] |
2004-06-07 17:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC EPET HR SY IZ |
| 04ZAGREB454 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT MESIC'S PLANS TO [...]C) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PRESIDENT MESIC MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S UPCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND DELIVER POINTS CONCERNIN[...] |
2004-03-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR SY |
| 04ZAGREB552 | MESIC PLEASED WITH MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...](C) In a meeting on March 27 with the Ambassador arranged to discuss a Croatian proposal to refit a Libyan military vessel (ref), Croa[...] |
2004-04-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD HR QA IS SY |
| 04ZAGREB71 | CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...]) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the ti[...] |
2004-01-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO |
| 05ABUDHABI1069 | UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE - SYRIA MUST WITHDRAW [...]) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan on March 7, noting that the [...] |
2005-03-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1210 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...]) Charge discussed Ref. A points on Syria/Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Iraq, and Magen David Adom, with MFA Under Secretary A[...] |
2005-03-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IS TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2945 | PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...]) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan of[...] |
2005-07-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3244 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...]) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed For[...] |
2005-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3272 | SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...]) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halt[...] |
2005-07-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA |
| 05ABUDHABI3583 | (S) S29G-04: SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE [...]) This is an action request. Please see para 4. ¶2. (S) On August 15, the UAE's State Security Directorate passed A/Legat[...] |
2005-08-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL CBW ETTC SY AE |
| 05ABUDHABI3801 | DEMARCHE ON ISOLATING SYRIA AT UNGA [...]) In a September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche and argued that Syr[...] |
2005-09-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4045 | MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...]) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-s[...] |
2005-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4074 | MFA U/S ON IRAQ; WELCOMES IRAQ COORDINATOR'S VISIT [...]) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi September 24 to preview Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Jeffrey's Octobe[...] |
2005-09-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SA IR SY TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4102 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...]) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, al[...] |
2005-09-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4227 | SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON [...]) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Directo[...] |
2005-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK |
| 05ABUDHABI4308 | MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...]) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffr[...] |
2005-10-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4540 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS ABU DHABI, DUBAI [...]) Summary: During an October 18-20 visit to the UAE, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met leaders of Abu Dhabi and Dubai emira[...] |
2005-11-07 03:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY IZ AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4548 | SYRIAN DEPUTY FM MOALLEM VISIT TO UAE [...]) Summary: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Abu Dhabi October 31 for meetings with President Khalifa and Informat[...] |
2005-11-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4629 | DEMARCHE: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF [...]) Summary: On November 15, Ambassador discussed isolation of Syria with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed(AbZ), Minister of Information and ru[...] |
2005-11-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4742 | UAE -- DAS CARPENTER CALL AT MFA [...]) Summary: November 14, DAS Scott Carpenter met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi to seek UAEG views on Iran and Syria. Al Noai[...] |
2005-11-22 07:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SY AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5129 | GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION [...]) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's Dec[...] |
2005-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE |
| 05ABUDHABI767 | GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...]) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General[...] |
2005-02-20 02:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC |
| 05ADANA177 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...]BU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on [...] |
2005-10-07 14:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA |
| 05ADANA181 | LETTER FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...][...] |
2005-10-13 08:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SY TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA182 | GOOD NEWS AND BAD: DIYARBAKIR'S PROTESTANTS AND ADANA'S [...]BU) Summary: Diyarbakir's Protestant Church has been issued a license by local government offices designating its building as a "reli[...] |
2005-10-13 08:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ TU |
| 05ADANA199 | DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST [...]BU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of[...] |
2005-11-01 07:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA |
| 05ADANA2 | NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...][...] |
2005-01-03 07:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA205 | HABUR GATE CLOGGED BY CONSTRUCTION IN NEAR-TERM [...][...] |
2005-11-17 13:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN MOPS MARR IZ SY TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA41 | TURKISH CONGLOMERATE AND TRADE GROUPS WEIGHING SYRIAN [...]BU) Summary and guidance request: AMCON Adana in the last three weeks has engaged with a large Turkish conglomerate and a regional t[...] |
2005-02-25 15:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ETTC ELAB SY TU ADANA |
| 05ALGIERS2168 | SUBJECT: ALGERIA PREPARED TO COOPERATE ON CHAPTER [...]) In an October 26 meeting with the U.S., French, and British ambassadors, FM Bedjaoui confirmed he would participate in the October 3[...] |
2005-10-26 18:08:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IO LY SY AG |
| 05AMMAN1340 | FM MULKI CALLS OFF TRIP TO DAMASCUS, CAUTIONS [...]C) FM Mulki told Charge February 18 that he had canceled plans to travel to Damascus for bilateral discussions after confirming that S[...] |
2005-02-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL IR SY JO |
| 05AMMAN1651 | JORDAN RESOLUTE ON SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR [...]U) In a French television interview broadcast February 23, King Abdullah called on Syria to comply with UN resolution 1559. "What we [...] |
2005-02-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY JO |
| 05AMMAN1784 | JORDAN AND SYRIA FORMALLY END BORDER DISPUTE, BUT [...]C) The Prime Ministers of Jordan and Syria signed a raft of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Amman on February 28[...] |
2005-03-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON SY JO |
| 05AMMAN1829 | DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON: JORDAN [...][...] |
2005-03-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN1945 | MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS [...]C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "int[...] |
2005-03-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN2091 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...]C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki convoked the entire diplomatic corps on March 13 for what he billed as the first in a regu[...] |
2005-03-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI LE SY IS KPAL |
| 05AMMAN2093 | MULKI REITERATES CALL FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL; [...]C) Foreign Minister Mulki reiterated to Charge on March 13 Jordan's position that Syria must immediately implement Security Council 1[...] |
2005-03-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN2217 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...]C) CDA made ref A points March 16 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General Abdullah Madadha (FM Mulki and his private SIPDIS &#x[...] |
2005-03-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL SY LE IZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN2592 | KING EMPHASIZES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CODEL DREIER [...]) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Dreier, King Abdullah described the importance of comprehensive social, economic and political refo[...] |
2005-03-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IZ IS SY JO |
| 05AMMAN3330 | Lebanon's Approach to the Environment and [...]he message was prepared by the Amman ESTH office, and cleared by Embassy Beirut. ¶2. Summary: With Arab and international[...] |
2005-04-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TBIO KGLB LE SY NTDB |
| 05AMMAN3394 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1559: JORDAN [...]C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi on April 28 to deliver the demarche on the need to sustain pressure on Syria to com[...] |
2005-04-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN3503 | JORDAN'S PM BADRAN VISITS SYRIA [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Adnan Badran, accompanied by his foreign and interior ministers, conducted a two-day official visit to Sy[...] |
2005-05-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN4228 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...]U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. ¶2. (U) Participants: �[...] |
2005-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO |
| 05AMMAN4296 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...]U) The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on May 20, 2005, at 9:30 am, at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, J[...] |
2005-06-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL ECON IZ SY IR |
| 05AMMAN4417 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] C ) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche June 2 to Ambassador Rajab Suqairi, director of the Foreign Minister,s private office. On the op[...] |
2005-06-05 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IO IS IZ LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN5417 | JORDANIAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SYRIA [...]C) Post security contacts on July 5 confirmed press reports that Syrian authorities arrested a Jordanian fugitive, Sharif Ayid al-Sma[...] |
2005-07-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER SY JO |
| 05AMMAN5917 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...][...] |
2005-07-26 09:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN6563 | PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...][...] |
2005-08-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN6629 | STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...]S) Post continues to press for Jordanian support on the points made in paras 9 and 10 of ref A. On following up King Abdullah's effor[...] |
2005-08-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY JO GCC |
| 05AMMAN7157 | SAAD KHAYR ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA [...]C) IRAQ: Former GID Director (and head of Jordan's embryonic National Security Council) Saad Khayr told the Charge September 7 that Ki[...] |
2005-09-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IR IS IZ JO KWBG SY |
| 05AMMAN8144 | ICARDA and USDA Developing Cooperation on Water [...]ummary: USDA/FAS water specialist Sylvana Li and Amman-based ESTH FSN Rana Safadi visited the International Center for Agricultural Re[...] |
2005-10-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TPHY XF SY |
| 05AMMAN8166 | AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND DELEGATION MEET WITH [...]) SUMMARY: On October 9, S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and his delegation met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Farouq Kasrawi, Finance Mi[...] |
2005-10-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IR IZ SY JO |
| 05AMMAN8229 | JORDAN: LOCAL SYRIAN EMBASSY BLOCKS U.S. [...]C) The Syrian Embassy in Amman has unexpectedly rejected 15 U.S. diplomatic visa requests submitted during the last week. One of the [...] |
2005-10-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CVIS PREL SY JO |
| 05AMMAN8259 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S AMMAN [...](C) U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad pursued Iraqi Sunni outreach in Amman October 3 through a series of meetings with Iraqi politica[...] |
2005-10-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO IR SY |
| 05AMMAN8948 | FM KASRAWI ON SYRIA [...]) Ambassador met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Kasrawi November 17. Ambassador said the international community needs to ke[...] |
2005-11-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
| 05AMMAN9029 | JORDAN TO SEND CONFIDENTIAL EMISSARY TO SYRIA [...]C) Since receiving, and turning down, a message and invitation from Syrian President Bashar al-Asad conveyed by Walid al-Muallim (ref [...] |
2005-11-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN9299 | FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...]) Ecouns delivered reftel points November 30 to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf. Sharaf undertook to relay the na[...] |
2005-12-01 05:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN9327 | MGLE01: PLO REFUGEE DEPT. ON ZAKI'S NEXT MISSION [...]) SUMMARY: PLO Department of Refugee Affairs (DORA) DG Mohammed Abu Bakr is preparing to return to Beirut with Palestinian Commissione[...] |
2005-12-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PTER SY IS LE JO |
| 05AMMAN9329 | JORDANIAN EMISSARY CARRIES CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO [...]C) As previewed with us (reftel), Maarouf Bakheet ) then the King's acting National Security Advisor, now the Prime Minister-designate[...] |
2005-12-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN9515 | TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...]) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court began proceedings in four separate cases against groups charged with planning to use cyanide [...] |
2005-12-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC JO IZ SY |
| 05ANKARA1012 | TURKEY DOES NOT PLAN TO INCREASE EUPHRATES WATER [...]SBU) Turkey has no plans to increase the release of water from its dams along the Euphrates, according to Mithat Rende, MFA DG for Ene[...] |
2005-02-25 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 05ANKARA1213 | AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH MFA TO PRESS SYRIA ON [...]S) Summary: On March 4 Ambassador urged Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to have the MFA press the Syrians on troop withdrawal from Lebanon. A[...] |
2005-03-07 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL TU LE SY |
| 05ANKARA1230 | SHARING TIGRIS-EUPHRATES WATER DATA [...]C) Post understands from Embassy Baghdad's February 14-20 Essential Services Report that Iraqi Water Minister Rashid may be about to [...] |
2005-03-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PREL IZ SY TU |
| 05ANKARA1334 | TURKISH MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON, AND MIDDLE EAST [...]C) Summary. Turkish MFA DG Celikkol told us the MFA called in the Syrian Ambassador March 9 and urged Syria to "avoid a crisis" in Leb[...] |
2005-03-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY IS |
| 05ANKARA2100 | TURKISH MFA DEFENDS GOT APPROACH TO SYRIA, [...]) DCM discussed Turkey's Syria policy April 12 with MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol. Celikkol defended Preside[...] |
2005-04-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE TU |
| 05ANKARA2162 | TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER'S TRIP TO SYRIA [...]) Summary: President Sezer's April 13-14 visit appears indeed to have been symbolic (ref A), aside from his short one-on-one meeting [...] |
2005-04-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE TU PTER SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA2314 | TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...]) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- ¶2. (S) The GOT appears to be convince[...] |
2005-04-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY |
| 05ANKARA2389 | NEA WATER ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON DISCUSSES [...]SBU) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor for Science and Technology Issues Charles Lawson visited Turkey April 18-21 to explore GOT interest [...] |
2005-04-27 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 05ANKARA2478 | SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559: [...]C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before[...] |
2005-05-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE TU |
| 05ANKARA248 | TURKEY OK'S SYRIA'S REQUEST TO DRAW WATER FROM THE [...]U) In addition to positive rhetoric and signing of a trade agreement, Turkey and Syria reached symbolic agreements on two heretofore s[...] |
2005-01-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV SY TU |
| 05ANKARA2490 | JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text i[...] |
2005-05-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA |
| 05ANKARA2548 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING [...]) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, a[...] |
2005-05-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA |
| 05ANKARA2787 | TURKEY PREPARES FIRST STEP FOR COOPERATION WITH [...]SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA Water expert said water data received from the Iraqi Water Ministry showed Iraq's willingness to cooperate[...] |
2005-05-17 04:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 05ANKARA296 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO SYRIA [...]) Summary: The Turks, led by PM Erdogan, FonMin Gul, and chief foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, are selling improved relations with S[...] |
2005-01-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD TU IS IZ SY |
| 05ANKARA3165 | CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER [...]C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy[...] |
2005-06-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM |
| 05ANKARA3177 | TURKISH MFA AND MILITARY ON SYRIAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...]C) Summary: Despite a blase official statement and light media coverage, Turkish MFA official says privately that the MFA considers a[...] |
2005-06-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PINS PBTS SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA3841 | TURKEY DENIES RELEASING ADDITIONAL EUPHRATES [...]SBU) Summary. According to a Turkish MFA water expert, the GOT is indifferent to an announced increase of Euphrates flow from Syria [...] |
2005-07-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL IZ SY TU |
| 05ANKARA3889 | FM GUL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...]C) Summary: In Charge's introductory call with FM Gul, both agreed on the importance of frank private bilateral dialogue and conveyin[...] |
2005-07-06 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IR SY |
| 05ANKARA3892 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES UNDERSCORES USG PRIORITIES WITH [...]/NF) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Turkey's NSC Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) SIPDIS �[...] |
2005-07-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ SY IR TU |
| 05ANKARA3954 | GEN BASBUG AND CHARGE DISCUSS IRAQ, PKK, BILATERAL [...]) Summary: Deputy TGS Chief GEN Ilker Basbug believes that MNF-I has a new order to "track and capture" PKK personnel in Iraq. (We a[...] |
2005-07-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ IR SY PKK |
| 05ANKARA4079 | ASAD VISIT TO TURKEY [...]C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel points July 13 to MFA U/S Tuygan who, without providing details, defended as "private" the upcomi[...] |
2005-07-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU |
| 05ANKARA4187 | IRAQ: TURKS PLEASED WITH KORUTURK'S WASHINGTON [...]) On July 13, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff called on MFA Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk to get the Turkish assessment of the July [...] |
2005-07-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD IZ TU SY US |
| 05ANKARA4190 | TURKEY/LEBANON [...]S) Summary: In the wake of PM Erdogan's June visit to Lebanon, the first by a Turkish PM in 50 years, Turkish MFA and Lebanese embass[...] |
2005-07-20 06:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL TU LE SY |
| 05ANKARA4230 | TURKS ANNOYED WITH IRAQI AND IRANIAN INTERIOR [...]) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbo[...] |
2005-07-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM TU IZ IR BA EG SY KU SA JO |
| 05ANKARA4260 | SYRIAN DFM VISITS ANKARA, FM GUL REPORTEDLY FEELS "USED" [...]C) Summary: Syrian DFM al-Muallim met with FM Gul in Ankara July 22 to discuss Iraq, the Israel Palestine peace process, and a possib[...] |
2005-07-22 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SY SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA4364 | CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, [...]) Summary: GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Koruturk told Charge July 25 that Turkey hopes the Sunni Arabs will return soon to constitutiona[...] |
2005-07-27 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ SY |
| 05ANKARA5166 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN: TURKEY HAS INVITATION [...]) A/DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on September 2. Celikkol, wh[...] |
2005-09-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY TU UNGA SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA5499 | NSA HADLEY VISIT TO TURKEY: ANCHORING THE [...]) Your arrival in Ankara comes at an extraordinarily difficult moment between Turkey and the EU. Your presence and the message of sol[...] |
2005-09-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US IZ SY IR EU |
| 05ANKARA5825 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH PM ERDOGAN: [...]) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting with APNSA Hadley on September 23, Turkish PM Erdogan spoke of the challenges in the Middle East an[...] |
2005-09-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS KPAL CY |
| 05ANKARA5841 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...]UMMARY: In a one-hour meeting with APSNA Hadley on September 23, National Security Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan spoke of th[...] |
2005-09-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA |
| 05ANKARA5843 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...]) Summary. U/S Tuygan and APNSA Hadley both stressed the importance of U.S.-Turkish strategic partnership and agreed on the need for [...] |
2005-09-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA |
| 05ANKARA6370 | TURKEY SUPPORTS UNIIIC MISSION, VIEWS IMPACT ON [...]C) Turkey supports the UNIIIC investigation into the Hariri assassination and is anxiously awaiting publication of the Mehlis report.[...] |
2005-10-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA64 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH [...]) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent v[...] |
2005-01-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR |
| 05ANKARA6531 | TURKEY/SYRIA -- TURKISH MFA STATEMENT ON UNSC [...][...] |
2005-11-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6706 | FM GUL PLANS TO VISIT SYRIA TO URGE COOPERATION [...]C) Summary and Action Request. MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol called in CDA November 14 to inform her that FM Gul plans to travel [...] |
2005-11-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6771 | READ-OUT OF FM GUL'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...]U) This message contains an action request. See para 4. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- �[...] |
2005-11-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6827 | CHARGE TELLS TURKS NO MORE TALK ON SYRIA [...]) Charge re-engaged with Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on November 18 and told him the USG is definitely not[...] |
2005-11-18 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6883 | TURKS CONCERNED WITH LACK OF AGREED VENUE FOR [...]) Turkish MFA DG for Middle East Oguz Celikkol informed Charge November 22 that Detlev Mehlis had not accepted UNDOF as a proposed si[...] |
2005-11-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SY UN |
| 05ANKARA7073 | Turkish-Syrian Economic Relations Grow [...]SBU) Summary. Starting at very low levels, there has been substantial growth of Turkish business with Syria although bilateral trade[...] |
2005-12-02 06:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA7136 | MEHLIS REPORT FINANCING DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...]) Turkey is a likely refuge for Syrians implicated in the Mehlis report to try to hide their assets. Econcouns met separately with MF[...] |
2005-12-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN SY TU |
| 05ANKARA7376 | TURKEY/SYRIA/LEBANON: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...]) MFA Syria Department Head Sedat Onal told us December 15 that he had not yet seen any draft UNSC resolution based on the UNIIIC's l[...] |
2005-12-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA7423 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH TURKISH FM [...][...] |
2005-12-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL ETRD ECON PTER TU US IZ IR SY EU CY |
| 05ANKARA916 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON HARIRI MURDER AND SYRIA [...]C) Summary: Responding to our approach (ref A) by averring that evidence of Syrian involvement in the Hariri murder is currently uncle[...] |
2005-02-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE TU |
| 05BAGHDAD2452 | MFA ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAQ CONFERENCE, AND [...]) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. -------------------------------- SYRIAN DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED ------[...] |
2005-06-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PINS SY LE EU IZ UN |
| 05BAGHDAD2453 | IRAQ: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON POLITICAL DYNAMICS, [...]) SUMMARY: Describing his take on current maneuvering within the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG), Finance Minister Allawi told the[...] |
2005-06-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ SY LE |
| 05BAGHDAD2587 | KURDS WANT MAXIMUM DECENTRALIZATION WITHOUT [...]U) This is a REO Kirkuk cable. ¶2. (C) . (C) SUMMARY. Key Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I Political Military and Ec[...] |
2005-06-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ SY TU IR KDP |
| 05BAGHDAD2954 | ACTION REQUEST--CONTINUED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND [...]C/REL TO UK AND AUS) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. ¶2. (C/ REL TO UK AND AUS) Action Request: Post asks [...] |
2005-04-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PTER PINS PREL PGOV IZ IR JO KU SY SA TU |
| 05BAGHDAD2959 | IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AGREES TO UNDERTAKE [...]) SUMMARY: In order to support upcoming military operations in western Iraq, Minister of Defense Dulaymi agreed to help obtain conse[...] |
2005-07-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR |
| 05BAGHDAD2991 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...]S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist dem[...] |
2005-07-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR |
| 05BAGHDAD3018 | CHARGE'S TOUR D' HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...]BU) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Charge on July 19, President Jalal Talabani pledged to continue lobbying for Masoud Barzani's di[...] |
2005-07-20 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ SY KEDEM |
| 05BAGHDAD3068 | TALABANI PONDERS HOW TO REACH OUT TO SUNNI ARABS, [...]C) Summary: President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunni Arabs have to be brought back into the constitution-drafting [...] |
2005-07-24 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ TU SY |
| 05BAGHDAD3099 | PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...]) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. ¶2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghda[...] |
2005-07-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY EG |
| 05BAGHDAD3101 | PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...]) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. ¶2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghda[...] |
2005-07-27 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY EG |
| 05BAGHDAD3678 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS OF SYRIA'S [...]C) In the course of a broader September 5 discussion with poloffs (reftel), Deputy FM Albayati decried the Syrian Government's attitud[...] |
2005-09-07 21:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4107 | UPDATE ON SYRIAN RETURN OF IRAQI ASSETS [...]) Emboff met Dr. Saladin H. Al-Hadithi, Director General, Iraqi Fund for External Development (DFI), Ministry of Finance, October 4 fo[...] |
2005-10-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL SY IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4232 | 19 IRAQI PALESTINIANS IN NO MAN'S LAND AT AL [...]) Summary. Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT) told RefCoord and PolOff that the 19 Palestinians in the No Man's Land between the Iraqi [...] |
2005-10-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS IZ JO SY KCRS |
| 05BAGHDAD4511 | TALABANI VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SYRIA [...]) On October 31 (other topics septels), President Jalal Talabani commented to Charge that the SARG had been sending emissaries to make[...] |
2005-11-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD7 | FOREIGN MINISTER ZIBARI SAYS IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...]) SUMMARY: Iraqi Interim Government Foreign Minster Zibari told Deputy Secretary Armitage on December 31 that Iraq's Arab neighbors ne[...] |
2005-01-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PNAT IZ SY TU |
| 05BEIRUT1322 | MGLE01: SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH [...]S) Introduction and summary. Tyre businessman Qassim Daoud (strictly protect) provided econoff on April 19 with further details on H[...] |
2005-04-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE MOPS PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT2153 | THE NEW AND IMPROVED NABIH BERRI SAYS THE RIGHT [...]C) Newly re-elected Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, opening a 6/30 meeting with the Ambassador, growled about alleged USG attempts to[...] |
2005-06-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT2293 | MGLE01: DAS DIBBLE MEETING WITH WALID JUMBLATT -- [...]C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, defending (somewhat sheepishly) his public support for Hizballah, claimed to NEA DAS Dibble that doing[...] |
2005-07-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT2355 | MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH ON CABINET FORMATION: [...]C) The Maronite Patriarch suggested that, while he was trying to help Prime Minister-designate Siniora's efforts to form a Cabinet, he[...] |
2005-07-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT2425 | MGLE01--AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...]C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Fawzi Salloukh on 7/25 highlighted his long friendship with the United States, [...] |
2005-07-25 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3084 | MGLE01: SPEAKER NABIH BERRI CALMS DOWN, BUT [...]C) SUMMARY: Coming only a day after his public outburst against PM Fuad Siniora and the Core Group meetings, the Nabih Berri who met[...] |
2005-09-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 05BEIRUT3122 | MGLE01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...]C) Summary: On September 27, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh met with Ambassador and Poloff to discuss the recent Lebanese[...] |
2005-09-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY UNGA |
| 05BEIRUT3155 | MGLE1 MURR POINTS FINGER AT SYRIA AND REVEALS [...]C) Summary: At least until the 7/12 assassination attempt against him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr was [...] |
2005-09-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3291 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT'S STRAIGHT TALK [...]C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the afternoon of October 6, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt flatly stated his belief tha[...] |
2005-10-06 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3341 | MGLE01: A/S WELCH MEETING WITH LEBANESE FOREIGN [...]C) Summary: On October 12, NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by Ambassador and PolChief (notetaker), met with Lebanese Foreign Minister Faw[...] |
2005-10-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL SY LE IS |
| 05BEIRUT3498 | MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH DISCUSSES MEHLIS AND [...]C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was enthusiastic in his support of the Mehlis report findings, but was reluctant to send[...] |
2005-10-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3658 | MGLE01: FURY IN BEIRUT AT BASHAR AL-ASAD'S [...]C) Summary and Introduction: The full range of Lebanon's political spectrum has reacted angrily to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's[...] |
2005-11-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT3670 | MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO [...]S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and[...] |
2005-11-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE |
| 05BEIRUT3818 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI HALF-HEARTEDLY DEFENDS [...]C) SUMMARY: Speaker Nabih Berri tried to explain Hizballah's November 21 attack on an Israeli position in the Blue Line village of G[...] |
2005-11-29 08:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT523 | NABIH BERRI AUDITIONS FOR ROLE AS RECONCILIATOR [...]C) Add Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri to the list of prominent Lebanese who seem genuinely shocked by Rafiq Hariri's murd[...] |
2005-02-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT541 | OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET [...]C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc wer[...] |
2005-02-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT767 | MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER BERRI SEES SYRIANS [...]C) Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Shia Amal Movement, assured the Ambassador that Syrian forces wou[...] |
2005-03-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE |
| 05BRASILIA944 | LEBANON: SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...]C) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Foreign Ministry UN Division Chief Glivania de Oliveira late on 5 April. Pol Co[...] |
2005-04-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY UNSC |
| 05BRATISLAVA464 | S29F-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVAKIA [...][...] |
2005-06-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC SY AE LO CBW |
| 05BRUSSELS2455 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR [...]) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director [...] |
2005-06-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2735 | GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...]U FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effect[...] |
2005-07-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS3276 | EU WILL NOT MEET SYRIA AT THE UNGA; WANTS TO KNOW [...]S) SUMMARY. Syria has not yet approached the EU for possible meetings during the UNGA, but officials assure us they will send a unifi[...] |
2005-09-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS691 | EU RESPONSE ON ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PM [...][...] |
2005-02-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CAIRO2552 | MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...]C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the [...] |
2005-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO3175 | GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...]C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that[...] |
2005-04-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY |
| 05CAIRO3839 | EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...]C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to[...] |
2005-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO |
| 05CAIRO4441 | SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...]SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of tar[...] |
2005-06-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY |
| 05CAIRO4535 | EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...]C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that B[...] |
2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
| 05CAIRO5544 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...]U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secreta[...] |
2005-07-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO5746 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...]C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) Jul[...] |
2005-07-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO5925 | ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR [...]C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U[...] |
2005-08-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY |
| 05CAIRO6435 | PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...][...] |
2005-08-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO6913 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...]S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador so[...] |
2005-09-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO7510 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD'S SEPTEMBER 26 VISIT TO EGYPT [...]S) Senior Egyptian contacts have shared read-outs with Post on the September 26 visit to Cairo by Syrian President Asad. President Mu[...] |
2005-09-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN |
| 05CAIRO7725 | VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY [...][...] |
2005-10-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05CAIRO7946 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...]ummary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition partie[...] |
2005-10-17 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8136 | SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT "STILL STUDYING" MEHLIS [...]SBU) Senior Egyptian Presidency and MFA officials have so far offered minimal reaction to the Report of the International Independent [...] |
2005-10-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE MEPN UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8137 | SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA: [...]ummary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One oppositi[...] |
2005-10-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8244 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ VISIT AND SECURITY [...]C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Arab League's Moussa briefed on his recent trip to Iraq and described plannin[...] |
2005-10-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE |
| 05CAIRO8269 | EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...]) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO[...] |
2005-10-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IO LE SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8275 | AMBASSADOR'S 10/29 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...]C)Summary: Ambassador met with FM Aboul Gheit on October ¶29. Sticking close to the brief he gave the Secretary on October 28, th[...] |
2005-10-30 04:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PREL SY |
| 05CAIRO8288 | STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...]ummary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a [...] |
2005-10-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8434 | MUBARAK AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SYRIA [...]U) Neither the GOE nor the Arab League have have issued formal statements regarding UNSCR 1636. However, in a wide-ranging interview [...] |
2005-11-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SY EG IO UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8462 | CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...]ummary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initia[...] |
2005-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8617 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA COMMENTS ON [...]C) During a November 15 meeting, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador of his latest discussions with Syrian [...] |
2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9134 | MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...]C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad ga[...] |
2005-12-07 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG |
| 05CAIRO9249 | ASD RODMAN DISCUSSES FMF, REGIONAL AFFAIRS, AND [...]C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed the vulnerability of Egypt's Foreign[...] |
2005-12-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EAID IS IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO9252 | DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW [...]C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C.[...] |
2005-12-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG |
| 05CAIRO9254 | EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...]C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations [...] |
2005-12-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO9263 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...]) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian hi[...] |
2005-12-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO9313 | SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF [...]C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad December 15, sharing the draft UN Security Council reso[...] |
2005-12-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG LE SY UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9468 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL [...]S) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed recent Arab League and GOE interac[...] |
2005-12-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG LE SY UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9582 | EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...][...] |
2005-12-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG LE SY |
| 05DAMASCUS2165 | ASAD FIRES PRO-REFORM ADVISOR [...]C) Summary: On April 14, President Bashar al-Asad sacked his French-educated and reform-promoting advisor Dr. Nibras al-Fadil. Asad [...] |
2005-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5122 | SARG DENIES HAVING THREATENED MURR [...]U) The official Syrian Press Agency (SANA) September 28 published a denial of statements attributed to Lebanese Defense Minister Elias[...] |
2005-09-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5778 | SARG KEEPS QUIET ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON LEBANON [...]C) Summary. Economic relations between Syria and Lebanon remain problematic. In addition to security concerns, the SARG,s disincenti[...] |
2005-11-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5780 | INITIAL SYRIAN REACTION TO UNSCR 1636: SARG [...]C) Syrian contacts reacting in the immediate wake of passage of UNSCR 1636 predicted that the SARG, despite mounting pressure, would p[...] |
2005-11-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5788 | SUBJECT: SYRIA,S ACHILLES, HEEL : ITS OIL SECTOR [...]C) Summary. The SARG hopes to attract new investment in its oil sector by hosting an international bidders, seminar next week. Accor[...] |
2005-11-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5789 | OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR BASHAR'S RESIGNATION [...]) SUMMARY: Long-time SARG critic Riad al-Turk publicly called for President Bashar al-Asad to step down earlier this week, a statemen[...] |
2005-11-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5790 | DISMISSAL OF SYRIAN JUDGES POORLY PLANNED, BADLY [...]C) In the wake of the October dismissal of 81 judges on corruption charges (reftel), Poloff spoke to Ghimar Deeb, a Syrian lawyer who [...] |
2005-11-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5791 | Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria, [...]mmary: Syrian newspapers published the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1636 demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe[...] |
2005-11-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5812 | Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria, [...]mmary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian judicial committee announced its headquarters and communication numbers to receive any i[...] |
2005-11-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5829 | Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636, [...]mmary: Syrian papers led with reports on Arab and international contacts to discuss UNSC Resolution 1636, citing the planned visits t[...] |
2005-11-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5832 | BASHAR PARDONS 190 POLITICAL PRISONERS TO SHORE UP [...]C) SUMMARY: A November 3 presidential decree granted amnesty to 190 Syrian political prisoners as part of reforms aimed at shoring up [...] |
2005-11-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5833 | SMALL BAND OF SECULAR AND MINORITY GROUPS [...]C) SUMMARY: The impact of the Damascus Declaration continues to reverberate through civil society and opposition circles in Syria. A [...] |
2005-11-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5865 | Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today featured a press statement by Judge Ghada Murad, head of the Syrian committee established to investigate th[...] |
2005-11-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5866 | MALEH SLANDER TRIAL DELAYED BY TECHNICALITIES [...]C) Prominent human rights activist and lawyer Haitham al-Maleh,s trial continued at the Syrian Military Court on November 7. Maleh t[...] |
2005-11-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5887 | ASAD DELIVERS HARD-LINE SPEECH, PREPARING SYRIANS [...]C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad gave a strident speech at Damascus University today (November 10). While Asad did not com[...] |
2005-11-10 13:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5908 | Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Al-Hariri [...]mmary: Syrian papers over the weekend focused on President Asad's speech. Government-owned Tishreen and Al- Ba'th, which are usually n[...] |
2005-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5909 | DEPUTY PM DARDARI: REFORMER OR APOLOGIST? [...]C) Summary. After a two-week absence, Deputy PM Dardari spoke out last week to reassure the Syrian public that their government has a[...] |
2005-11-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5932 | Embassy Damascus 2006 HOLIDAY list [...] The Embassy will observe the following holidays during calendar year 2006: January 1, Sunday New Year's Day[...] |
2005-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ACOA KRIM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5933 | LABWANI ARRAIGNED ON FIVE CHARGES AND REMAINS IN [...]C) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition figure Kamal Labwani was arraigned on November 12 at the Palace of Justice. During a two-and-a-half-[...] |
2005-11-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY HRCS |
| 05DAMASCUS5934 | ASAD SPEECH CONTINUES TO REVERBERATE IN DAMASCUS [...]C) Summary and Comment: Damascus continues to buzz with a range of often conflicting reactions to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's N[...] |
2005-11-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5936 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Libya, Syria/Iran, [...]ummary: Syrian papers reported the visit of a Libyan delegation carrying a message of solidarity with Syria from Colonel Qaddafi. [...] |
2005-11-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5937 | POST,S ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT [...]U) This cable is post,s informal, in-house assessment of the cash courier environment in Syria as per ref A tasking. ¶2. [...] |
2005-11-01 18:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5961 | Damascus Media Reaction: Mehlis Report, Syria/Iran, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's messages to Arab and world leaders, the Security Council member states, the curr[...] |
2005-11-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5971 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, Syria/US, [...]mmary: All Syrian papers reported the visit to Bejing of a Syrian MFA delegation and cited a statement by a Chinese Deputy FM rejecti[...] |
2005-11-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS5973 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) NOVEMBER 16, 2005 [...]S/NF) The EAC convened on November 16, 2005 at 1430 hours to discuss the security situation in Syria after receiving several intellig[...] |
2005-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC SY IS CASC |
| 05DAMASCUS6010 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today reported the visits to Damascus by Russian FM Ivanov and Turkish FM Gul, who are reportedly mediating with [...] |
2005-11-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6014 | USG STATEMENTS ON POLITICAL PRISONERS OVERSHADOWED [...]) SUMMARY: Civil-society activists, especially those focusing on human rights, have expressed satisfaction with recent USG statements[...] |
2005-11-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6015 | SARG ATTRACTS NEW INVESTMENT IN ITS OIL AND GAS [...]C) Summary. Last week, the SARG opened for bidding, nine new blocks for oil and gas exploration. Though interest has been high, most[...] |
2005-11-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6040 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...]mmary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported visits to Damascus by Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi Security[...] |
2005-11-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6066 | ANTI-AMERICANISM IN SYRIA: ON THE RISE BUT NOT [...]C) Summary: Since the mid-October release of the Mehlis report, the SARG has developed a response strategy that has included fanning [...] |
2005-11-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6068 | ASAD SHOPPING AROUND FOR LEGAL COUNSEL? [...]C) Summary: Samir al-Taki, a long-standing Embassy contact, told Polchief November 20 that on behalf of the SARG he had engaged the [...] |
2005-11-21 13:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6072 | Damascus Media Reaction: Iraq, Syria/US, Lebanon, [...]mmary: Syrian papers led with reports on Iraq, featuring a statement by the Commander of US airborne troops in the Central Command in [...] |
2005-11-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6075 | WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? FISSURES (AND EGO [...]C) SUMMARY: The inability of Syrian civil-society players and opposition activists to put aside egos and ideological differences was o[...] |
2005-11-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6077 | THE VIEW FROM PARLIAMENT: MEHLIS, THE ASAD SPEECH, [...]C) Summary: In separate meetings November 15-16, three non-Ba'athist Syrian MP's sounded off about the Mehlis investigation, Presiden[...] |
2005-11-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6101 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Lebanon, [...]mmary: Syrian papers reported the visit of the Bahraini FM to Damascus carrying a message from the King of Bahrain to President Asad o[...] |
2005-11-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6134 | SYRIA NATIONAL PLAN FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...]ollowing is a translation of the SARG's national contingency plan for avian influenza, dated October 11, 2005, which was adopted by th[...] |
2005-11-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SY SYAI |
| 05DAMASCUS6136 | SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION AT STATE SECURITY COURT; [...]C) COURT SCUFFLE RESULTS IN BRIEF DETENTION: SARG security forces detained approximately 12 men who had participated in a spontaneous [...] |
2005-11-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY HRCS |
| 05DAMASCUS6165 | IRAQI OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING, PROSPECTS FOR [...]C) Summary: The head of the Iraqi Interests Section in Damascus Sabah al-Imam told PolChief November 27 that an Iraqi official from B[...] |
2005-11-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IRPE |
| 05DAMASCUS6223 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Mehlis, Iraq (11/28) [...]mmary: The Syrian press reported President Asad's meeting with Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi National Secur[...] |
2005-11-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6224 | REGIME INSIDERS ALREADY MOVED TO PROTECT ASSETS [...]) Summary: Contacts report that those who may be named in the UNIIIC report on December 15 already have protected their assets in anti[...] |
2005-11-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PTER KTFN SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6225 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ¶2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Post by dipl[...] |
2005-11-29 13:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6226 | Damascus Media Reaction: Euro-Med Summit, Al-Hariri [...]mmary: Syrian papers today reported in banner headlines FM Shara's address at the Euro-Med Summit in Barcelona and carried the full te[...] |
2005-11-29 13:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6254 | Damascus Media Reaction: False Witness/Al-Hariri [...]mmary: Syrian newspapers continued to focus on revelations by the Syrian "masked witness," Husam Tahir Husam, who gave false testimon[...] |
2005-11-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6255 | Damascus Media Reaction: False Witness/Al-Hariri [...]mmary: Syrian newspapers continued to focus on revelations by the Syrian "masked witness," Husam Tahir Husam, who gave false testimon[...] |
2005-11-30 14:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6256 | IRAQIS ARRIVE IN DAMASCUS TO RUN OCV [...]C) Sa'ad Samarai, an official of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) in Basrah, told PolChief November 30 that he arri[...] |
2005-11-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IZ |
| 05DAMASCUS6277 | Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri Probe/Masked [...]mmary: Syrian papers continued to comment on statements by Syrian witness Husam Tahir Husam that he was intimidated by a group of Leba[...] |
2005-12-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6280 | SARG EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE NEW SANCTIONS [...]C) Summary. The SARG has benefited initially from Syrians' fears of new international economic sanctions, as the average Syrian,s inst[...] |
2005-12-01 15:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6325 | A NERVOUS LULL IN DAMASCUS BEFORE THE NEXT MEHLIS [...]C) Summary and Comment: As five Syrian suspects arrive in Vienna for questioning set to begin on December 5, Syrians remain suspende[...] |
2005-12-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6326 | SARG HIGHLIGHTS TWO RECENT CLASHES WITH ISLAMISTS [...]C) Summary: Two Islamist militants were injured in a shoot-out with Syrian security forces the morning of December 4 in Aleppo, accor[...] |
2005-12-05 16:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SY HRCS |
| 05DAMASCUS6327 | FATAL EXPLOSION IN LATTAKIA PORT [...]BU) Local and international press reported widely yesterday a huge explosion in the Lattakia port that resulted in eighteen injuries, [...] |
2005-12-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ELTN ECIN SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6328 | SARG POLICIES AND ACTIONS IN CUBA: TITLE III OF [...]U) Reftel requested information regarding the SARG's trading relationship with and investments in Cuba. The SARG signed a commercial[...] |
2005-12-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6342 | MAPPING SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY: A WILDERNESS OF [...]C) Summary: Developments in Syria over the past 18 months have focused fresh attention on the need for USG support for democratizatio[...] |
2005-12-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6344 | IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING COMMISSION RACING [...]ummary: Members of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) explained details of out-of-country (OCV) voting arrangements [...] |
2005-12-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY IZ IRPE |
| 05DAMASCUS6367 | HIGHLIGHTING FRAGILITY OF REFORM, REGIME LOYALIST [...]) Summary: A regime insider recently announced that the SARG will not reduce the subsidy on diesel or other basic commodities, publicl[...] |
2005-12-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6368 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: LABWANI UPDATE; MALEH TRIAL [...](C) SUMMARY: The SARG pressure on human rights activists continues unabated, with authorities using detention, legal cases and police[...] |
2005-12-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY HRCS |
| 05DAMASCUS6383 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOW PROGRAM: DAMASCUS POINTS OF [...][...] |
2005-12-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6384 | FOR SOME SYRIANS, CIRCUMVENTING TRADE SANCTIONS IS [...]) Summary: Trade sanctions under the Syria Accountability Act (SAA), which place a general ban on U.S. exports to Syria, have negativ[...] |
2005-12-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ETTC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6389 | STATUS OF SYRIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR (C-TN5-01284) [...]C) SARG long-term plans, (five to ten years), for foreign upstream investment are to encourage outside investment in the exploration a[...] |
2005-12-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6392 | Damascus Media Reaction: OIC Summit, Syria, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today focused on the summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Mecca. Papers reported FM Shara's repres[...] |
2005-12-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6394 | NEW MEMBERS OF THE BA'ATH PARTY REGIONAL COMMAND: [...]C/NF) Summary: The new, downsized, Ba'ath Party Regional Command announced at the conclusion of the June Party Congress includes nine[...] |
2005-12-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6395 | HOISTING THE FLAG FOR SYRIA AND BASHAR, FOR [...]C) Summary: The Syrian flag and banners supporting Syria's President now crowd streets and squares leading to prominent Damascus neig[...] |
2005-12-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SY DRIP |
| 05DAMASCUS6423 | TWO MORE SHOOT-OUTS BETWEEN ARMED ELEMENTS AND [...]C) Summary: Two more shoot-outs between armed elements and SARG security services have occurred in Syria, a week after two earlier c[...] |
2005-12-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6439 | THE SARG PRESENTS ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO THE [...][...] |
2005-12-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6444 | TUENI ASSASSINATION PROVOKES SHOCK, DENIAL, AND A [...]C) Summary: SARG officials condemned the December 12 assassination in Beirut of an-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni, calling it an act of[...] |
2005-12-12 15:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
| 05DAMASCUS6445 | DENEHY TALKS TO BA'ATHIST REFORMER AND MODERATE [...]C) Summary: As part of his December 2-10 round of discussions, NEA senior advisor David Denehy, accompanied by PolChief, spoke with B[...] |
2005-12-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6472 | SARG GENERALLY AVOIDING COMMENT ON MEHLIS REPORT; [...]C) Summary: As of midday December 13 there has been very little official SARG reaction to the release of the second Mehlis report on [...] |
2005-12-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6474 | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY EXPRESSES GENERAL [...]C) SUMMARY: Human rights activists in general reacted positively to the December 10 White House statement calling for Syrian Governmen[...] |
2005-12-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6509 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: PROMINENT ACTIVIST CONSIDERS [...]C) PROMINENT ACTIVIST MULLS RELOCATION TO UK: Civil society and women's rights activist Maan Abdul Salaam told PolOff and visiting N[...] |
2005-12-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6521 | Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, [...]mmary: Syrian newspapers continued to criticize the second report of the International Investigation Commission into the assassination[...] |
2005-12-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6544 | SARG STABILIZES ITS CURRENCY [...][...] |
2005-12-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6547 | LABWANI INTERROGATED BY JUDGE; PRAISES USG [...]C) SUMMARY: Prominent human rights and opposition activist Kamal Labwani was interrogated for a second time by a Criminal Court judge [...] |
2005-12-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6571 | SARG TRUMPETS COSMETIC STEPS TO CRAFT AML/CFT [...]BU) In a further attempt to reach out to the international community and promote the Asad regime as reform-minded (ref A), SARG offici[...] |
2005-12-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6578 | Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today reported a lecture delivered by Dr. Mahdi Dakhlallah, Minister of Information, entitled "Propaganda Campaig[...] |
2005-12-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6579 | THE KILLING OF GEBRAN TUENI: WHAT WAS THE SARG [...]C) Summary: A minority view in Syria of the December 12 assassination of an-Nahar publisher Gebran Tueni argues that careful scrutin[...] |
2005-12-19 15:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6597 | ABDUL AZIM TRIAL BEGINS; DETAINED ACTIVIST BEGINS [...]C) SUMMARY: The military court trial of opposition figure Hassan Abdul Azim began on December 18, as he faced charges of publication [...] |
2005-12-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6600 | Damascus Media Reaction: GCC Summit, IIC, Iraq, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today reported the final communique of the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) summit that underlined commitment to the[...] |
2005-12-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6624 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/Iran, [...]mmary: Syrian papers on 12/21 reported President Asad's meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak, which focused on Lebanon and Iraq. &#[...] |
2005-12-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6626 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT GOES TO EGYPT [...]C) Summary: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Asad in a December 20 meeting attended by Arab [...] |
2005-12-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY EG |
| 05DAMASCUS6640 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian [...]mmary: Weekend Syrian papers reported statements by Lebanese personalities emphasizing distinguished ties with Syria, listing among th[...] |
2005-12-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6662 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's message to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir conveyed by Deputy Foreign Mi[...] |
2005-12-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6684 | SANCTIONS: LICENSING DELAYS FOR AVIATION SAFETY [...]U) On December 26, Syrian Arab Airlines began executing its plan to ferry, in tandem with Saudi Airlines, some 25,000 Syrian Hajj part[...] |
2005-12-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC |
| 05DAMASCUS6687 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Lebanon, [...]mmary: Syrian papers today highlighted President Asad's interview with Turkish TV Sky News. President Asad said that Syrian-Turkish ti[...] |
2005-12-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6697 | DAMASCUS DECLARATION MEMBERS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS [...]C) SUMMARY: After six weeks of relative silence from the Damascus Declaration group, members have met again to discuss further action[...] |
2005-12-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
| 05DARESSALAAM688 | Lebanon: Tanzanian Support for UN Security [...]) On April 6, Poloff delivered the demarche on the UNSC Resolution on Lebanon to Mr. Vitalis Njiku, head of the UNSC Office at the Min[...] |
2005-04-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY TZ UNSC |
| 05DJIBOUTI545 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE: REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...]) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Has[...] |
2005-06-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IO IS SY DJ |
| 05DOHA1779 | QATARIS SEE TRUTH IN MEHLIS REPORT BUT ARE CAUTIOUS [...]) Summary. Qataris and resident non-Qatari Arabs (largely Palestinians, Jordanians, and Egyptians) are generally of the view that the [...] |
2005-10-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE QA |
| 05DOHA1798 | SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO DOHA [...]) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Doha for several hours October 30, meeting with the Amir and Foreign Minister. [...] |
2005-10-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY QA UNSC |
| 05DUBLIN1360 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA, [...]C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. K[...] |
2005-11-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN |
| 05DUBLIN1416 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND NEARING EU [...]C) Summary: On November 17, Post delivered ref A demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent, who unde[...] |
2005-11-18 17:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SY UP YI EI EUN |
| 05HELSINKI1170 | FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...]BU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans, ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran a[...] |
2005-11-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05HELSINKI287 | FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...]) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the B[...] |
2005-03-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SY LE FI |
| 05HELSINKI677 | FINLAND: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...][...] |
2005-06-20 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL IZ SY FI |
| 05HELSINKI949 | GOF CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA BUT HESITANT ABOUT [...]) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. The GOF has not received a request from Syr[...] |
2005-09-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY FI |
| 05ISTANBUL2071 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DECEMBER 4 MEETINGS WITH [...]) Summary: During a very cordial hour-long lunch sandwiched between U.S. meetings with a team of Iraqi Sunnis -- conducted in Istanbul[...] |
2005-12-07 14:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ TU SYRIA |
| 05ISTANBUL403 | MARMARA GROUP REFLECTIONS ON PRESIDENT ASSAD AND [...]BU) Summary: A delegation of Marmara Group (Strategic and Social Research Foundation, founded in 1985) members visiting Damascus Febru[...] |
2005-03-14 12:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY TU |
| 05KATHMANDU2655 | FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...]) Post shared with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha reftel's talking points and SIPDIS &#x[...] |
2005-11-30 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY NP |
| 05KINGSTON2711 | FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS REPORT [...] December 12, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Minist[...] |
2005-12-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER LE SY JM |
| 05KIRKUK270 | (C) WASHINGTON TRIP HELPS BOOST KURDISH SUPPORT FOR STAYING [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. KRG (Erbil) PM Nechirvan Barzani lauded President Bush for hosting his uncle, KRG President Masud Barza[...] |
2005-12-08 14:01:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL EINV IZ IR SY KRG |
| 05KUWAIT1131 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED [...]SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March ¶19. Foreign Mi[...] |
2005-03-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU |
| 05KUWAIT3730 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSURING SYRIA TO [...][...] |
2005-08-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SY LE KU |
| 05KUWAIT3858 | AMBASSADOR REITERATES U.S CONCERN OVER SYRIAN [...][...] |
2005-08-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT3903 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE [...]C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche August 30 in a meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. [...] |
2005-08-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY LE KU UNGA UN |
| 05KUWAIT4639 | SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE [...]) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid [...] |
2005-10-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT4903 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S [...]C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian [...] |
2005-11-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT4960 | DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE [...][...] |
2005-11-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER LE SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT4981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...][...] |
2005-12-04 04:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER LE SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT5052 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...]BU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khale[...] |
2005-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY |
| 05KUWAIT5053 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...]BU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khale[...] |
2005-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY |
| 05KUWAIT5128 | TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS [...]C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination o[...] |
2005-12-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU |
| 05MADRID1683 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA [...][...] |
2005-04-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE |
| 05MANAMA1267 | BAHRAIN: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA [...]S) Pol/Econ chief August 31 delivered reftel demarche concerning isolating Syria at the UNGA to MFA Director for Bilateral Relations D[...] |
2005-08-31 15:23:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER BA SY |
| 05MANAMA1649 | DEMARCHE URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...][...] |
2005-11-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY BA |
| 05MANAMA1769 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON ISOLATION OF SYRIA [...]C) DCM November 19 delivered reftel demarche concerning the isolation of Syria after the United Nations Security Council's passing of [...] |
2005-11-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA SY REGION |
| 05MANAMA251 | GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM [...]C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings Febru[...] |
2005-02-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY |
| 05MANAMA319 | MGLE01: AL-ASAD TO BAHRAIN KING ON WITHDRAWAL: I [...]) The Ambassador, during a March 6 meeting with King Hamad, delivered reftel talking points, stressing our view that Syrian President [...] |
2005-03-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL BA SY LE |
| 05MANAMA341 | MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...]C) The Ambassador, noting that he had spoken with King Hamad about the same issue (Ref A), delivered Ref B demarche March 7 concerning[...] |
2005-03-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA SY LE |
| 05MUSCAT1374 | POOR TIMING OF OMANI VISIT TO SYRIA [...]) The Foreign Ministry has acknowledged Omani press reports that National Economy Minister Macki is traveling to Damascus for a 3-day [...] |
2005-09-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY MU |
| 05MUSCAT364 | OMAN PRESSURES SARG ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL [...]) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi convoked the Ambassador on February 28, just prior to departing for the Mar[...] |
2005-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE EG MU |
| 05MUSCAT456 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...]) With the minister out of the country, the Ambassador spoke on March 15 with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr bin Hamed [...] |
2005-03-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IS IZ MU |
| 05NEWDELHI6841 | INDIA-SYRIA RELATIONS (C-NE5-00868) [...]S/NF) Summary: Indian West Asia Envoy Gharekhan's recent trip to Syria was focused on Iraq. India's broader interests in Damascus include Syria's inf[...] |
2005-09-06 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IN SY |
| 05NEWDELHI7797 | GOI: NO BASHAR VISIT PLANNED, BUT SYRIA MUST DO [...]C) Summary: India's West Asia Envoy C Gharekhan told us he is unaware of plans for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit New Delhi,[...] |
2005-10-06 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN SY IZ |
| 05NEWDELHI9408 | MTAG AND S49-05: INPA EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHES [...]S) PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Ra[...] |
2005-12-14 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL CBW IN IR SY |
| 05OTTAWA3760 | CANADA SUPPORTS BLUE LINE PEACE BUT HAS LITTLE [...]U) Poloff delivered reftel to Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 29 December 2005. [...] |
2005-12-29 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS SY CA |
| 05PARIS1041 | STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC [...]) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French positio[...] |
2005-02-17 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR SY IR LE NATO |
| 05PARIS1055 | FRENCH FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON [...]C) Former French President Giscard d'Estaing, over lunch February 16, told Ambassador Leach that he had been impressed by Secretary Ri[...] |
2005-02-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT |
| 05PARIS1268 | ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION [...]) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information t[...] |
2005-02-28 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS1393 | GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...][...] |
2005-03-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR |
| 05PARIS1401 | FRENCH HOSTAGE VIDEO RAISES SPECULATION ON A [...]BU) The March 1 release of a videotape showing missing French journalist Florence Aubenas pleading for assistance from a pro-Syrian Fr[...] |
2005-03-03 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR SY LE |
| 05PARIS1484 | GOF SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON FULL, IMMEDIATE SYRIAN [...]) Summary: MFA officials stressed agreement with U.S. views on seeking full and immediate Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but voiced c[...] |
2005-03-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS1667 | FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...]) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the B[...] |
2005-03-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1727 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...][...] |
2005-03-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN |
| 05PARIS1765 | FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT [...]) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before e[...] |
2005-03-16 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS1802 | DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...]) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF su[...] |
2005-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS2162 | (C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...]) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel), DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel[...] |
2005-03-31 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS2305 | SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS [...]C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's electio[...] |
2005-04-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2391 | APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE [...]) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused larg[...] |
2005-04-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2394 | APRIL 7 LARSEN MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...]) Summary: French Elysee and MFA officials reported that UN Envoy Larsen, during April 7 meetings in Paris, emphasized the absolute ce[...] |
2005-04-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2471 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG [...]C) In response to 11 March 2005 Embassy EST officer demarche regarding U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Au[...] |
2005-04-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR |
| 05PARIS248 | ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...]) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewa[...] |
2005-01-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2631 | ELYSEE CAUTIOUS BUT ENCOURAGED ON MIKATI [...]) Presidential Advisor on the Middle East Dominique Boche expressed cautious optimism on the appointment of Najib Mikati as Lebanese P[...] |
2005-04-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS2660 | SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...]) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meeting[...] |
2005-04-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2944 | APRIL 29 BARNIER-AOUN MEETING [...]) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. ¶2. (C) During an April 29 meeting with visiting NEA D[...] |
2005-04-29 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2946 | GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH [...]) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (refte[...] |
2005-04-29 19:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS3486 | PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. VIEWS ON [...]) Summary: In preliminary comments on the U.S. nonpaper on an international framework of support for Lebanon (reftel), Presidential Mi[...] |
2005-05-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS4349 | GOF SUPPORTIVE OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON THE [...]) We delivered the Secretary's oral message on the International Conference on Iraq to FM Douste-Blazy's Cabinet Advisor on Middle Eas[...] |
2005-06-20 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL IZ SY FR |
| 05PARIS4751 | PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH MFA'S A/S-EQUIVALENT [...]) Summary: NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met July 1 with Jean-Francois Thibault, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Middle East, and focused on Le[...] |
2005-07-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY EAID PTER MOPS FR |
| 05PARIS4920 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC [...]U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief o[...] |
2005-07-15 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN |
| 05PARIS5113 | GOF FULLY SUPPORTS OUR APPROACH ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...][...] |
2005-07-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE ECON ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS5263 | PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN [...]) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emph[...] |
2005-08-01 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR |
| 05PARIS5943 | POSITIVE INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...]) Poloff discussed reftel points on isolating Syria at UNGA with MFA desk officer for Syria/Lebanon Remy Bouallegue and MFA desk offic[...] |
2005-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY FR |
| 05PARIS6076 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH [...]) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French M[...] |
2005-09-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR |
| 05PARIS651 | GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS; [...]) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch[...] |
2005-02-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS6580 | MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL, [...]) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed [...] |
2005-09-26 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS7201 | MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM [...]) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need t[...] |
2005-10-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC |
| 05PARIS7305 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM [...]) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participa[...] |
2005-10-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS7399 | LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...]) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis re[...] |
2005-10-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE SY UNSC |
| 05PARIS7521 | FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...]SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal L[...] |
2005-11-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN |
| 05PARIS7896 | FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...]U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU Externa[...] |
2005-11-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN |
| 05PARIS7922 | GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...]) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy a[...] |
2005-11-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8032 | DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN [...]S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at cl[...] |
2005-11-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR SY |
| 05PARIS8072 | DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...]) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused [...] |
2005-11-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY |
| 05PARIS8171 | NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...]) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the v[...] |
2005-12-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR |
| 05PARIS8207 | (C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...]) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the S[...] |
2005-12-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS8435 | GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...]) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements c[...] |
2005-12-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8544 | MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...]) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed c[...] |
2005-12-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8673 | SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN [...]C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 Dece[...] |
2005-12-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL FR SY |
| 05PARIS879 | REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH [...]) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect), DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's mee[...] |
2005-02-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IZ SY |
| 05PARIS953 | GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...]) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri Febru[...] |
2005-02-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS964 | FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...]) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of[...] |
2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN |
| 05PRAGUE1266 | CZECHS WILL NOT/NOT MEET SYRIANS AT UNGA [...][...] |
2005-08-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY EZ |
| 05PRAGUE1589 | CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU [...]) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: �[...] |
2005-11-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN |
| 05PRAGUE1720 | DEMARCHE TO CZECH REPUBLIC: CONDEMNING THE [...]C) On December 13, Poloff delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Lebanese MP Ge[...] |
2005-12-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AU LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05PRAGUE346 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LEBANON [...]SBU) Summary. In a meeting with DCM Hillas, Czech Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Petr Kolar and Czech Ambassador to Lebanon[...] |
2005-03-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PINR SY LE EZ |
| 05PRAGUE633 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...]) Czech MFA Director of Middle East Department Ivo Silhavy told Acting DCM on Apr 28 that the GOCR fully shares USG positions outlined[...] |
2005-04-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO LE SY EZ |
| 05PRAGUE659 | MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC [...]) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was nev[...] |
2005-05-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR |
| 05RABAT1169 | MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL [...]) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of[...] |
2005-06-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO |
| 05RABAT2296 | MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...]) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche urging isolation [...] |
2005-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO SY |
| 05RABAT2500 | DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI [...]C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of[...] |
2005-12-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | LE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05ROME1023 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...]) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador [...] |
2005-03-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1391 | ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...]) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Ital[...] |
2005-04-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1450 | SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ¶2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view t[...] |
2005-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1732 | ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the [...] |
2005-05-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN |
| 05ROME1859 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...]) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN S[...] |
2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
| 05ROME2372 | ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...]C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in B[...] |
2005-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN |
| 05ROME2456 | ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...]) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they[...] |
2005-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT |
| 05ROME2919 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...]) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failur[...] |
2005-09-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME4047 | ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF [...]) Post delivered reftel statements to the MFA and Prime Minister's office on December 13. Foreign Minister Fini had already issued a [...] |
2005-12-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IT UN |
| 05ROME795 | MGLE01: ITALY INSISTS THAT SYRIA COMPLY WITH UNSC [...]) Italy strongly insists, in both public and private statements, on the complete and swift withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebano[...] |
2005-03-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME878 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...]) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Ro[...] |
2005-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME976 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...]) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a [...] |
2005-03-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05SANAA2529 | ISOLATING SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...]S) Poloff delivered reftel on isolating Syria at the UNGA to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Noman responded that it was "political[...] |
2005-09-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER SY YM DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA3171 | REACTIONS TO MEHLIS REPORT: MOSTLY NOT THERE [...]) Summary: Government newspapers took the lead, covering and commenting on the October 20 UN Mehlis report implicating Syrian and Leba[...] |
2005-10-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO YM SY UNSC |
| 05SANAA3364 | PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...]) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secreta[...] |
2005-11-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA3378 | SALEH TELLS GEN ABIZAID HE ACCEPTS WEAPONS [...]) SUMMARY: In a November 26 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid, President Saleh accepted long-standing U.S. of[...] |
2005-11-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA577 | YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME [...]) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full c[...] |
2005-03-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA652 | DFM ON SA/LW, SYRIA AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST [...]) Summary: On March 16, DCM delivered refs A-C demarches to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman and held a wide-ranging conversatio[...] |
2005-03-20 03:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | ASEC PTER PREL PHUM SY LE IR IZ DEMARCHE |
| 05STATE176974 | TALABANI DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQI [...]U) September 14, 6:00 P.M., New York, UNGA ¶2. (U) Participants: USG --- NEA A/S C. Da[...] |
2005-09-23 21:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL UN IZ RU SY |
| 05STATE26545 | MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C) [...]U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. ¶2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about P[...] |
2005-02-14 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY |
| 05TAIPEI4068 | MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE [...][...] |
2005-10-04 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK |
| 05TAIPEI683 | MTAG: TAIWAN ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...]) Summary: AIT delivered ref A talking points to BOFT and to NSC on February 14, 2005. BOFT reported on February 18 that the Ecoma Company has pro[...] |
2005-02-18 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PK PREL SY TW |
| 05TELAVIV1363 | (C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...]) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on [...] |
2005-03-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1454 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...]) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh comm[...] |
2005-03-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1730 | SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary o[...] |
2005-03-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1731 | SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...]C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and pos[...] |
2005-03-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 05TELAVIV1833 | ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...]C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security[...] |
2005-03-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2138 | (C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...]) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "prelim[...] |
2005-04-07 05:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV3244 | STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...]) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minis[...] |
2005-05-31 06:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV4107 | MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...]C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June[...] |
2005-06-29 13:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV5796 | EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...]S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop[...] |
2005-09-23 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6262 | UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...]) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones Octo[...] |
2005-11-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV654 | URI SAGUY ON NEED FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE [...]) Retired IDF intelligence chief MG (ret) Uri Saguy told the Ambassador February 2 that Israel needs active U.S. involvement "desperat[...] |
2005-02-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SY ISRAEL RELATIONS PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6799 | SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...]C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack,[...] |
2005-12-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6875 | MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF [...]C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done[...] |
2005-12-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6876 | GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...]S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel), MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, t[...] |
2005-12-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6877 | ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN [...]S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David[...] |
2005-12-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6923 | UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambas[...] |
2005-12-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV7002 | ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...]) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the i[...] |
2005-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV7112 | ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...]S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israe[...] |
2005-12-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05THEHAGUE1176 | SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. [...]C) On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa and Middle East[...] |
2005-05-02 08:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY NL |
| 05THEHAGUE1941 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...]C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN refor[...] |
2005-07-11 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN |
| 05THEHAGUE2041 | SYRIA/LEBANON/NETHERLANDS: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...]) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with Angelique Eijpe (MFA, Senior Policy Officer, Middle East Department) on July ¶22. Eijpe a[...] |
2005-07-22 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EG ETRD JO NL PGOV PREL SY |
| 05THEHAGUE2427 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA [...]) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Kar[...] |
2005-09-07 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3121 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...]) SUMMARY. During the November 21-22 GAERC, the Dutch will advocate for a "non-binding regime for civ-mil coordination" that favors d[...] |
2005-11-18 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ETRD SR SY UP YI NL EUN |
| 05VIENNA1461 | SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...]C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph S[...] |
2005-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2056 | DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE [...]SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver th[...] |
2005-06-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL IZ SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2544 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...]C) On July 28, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, Chief of the MFA's Near Eastern and Africa Divisi[...] |
2005-07-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2924 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA [...]SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign [...] |
2005-08-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY AU |
| 05VIENNA3489 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...]U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. ¶2. (C) Riecken mad[...] |
2005-10-28 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3842 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...][...] |
2005-12-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY AU |
| 05VIENNA3868 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...]C) On December 13, EconPolCouns delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Gebran T[...] |
2005-12-14 09:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY AU |
| 05VIENNA3975 | DON'T INVEST IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...]C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Bi- and Multilateral Economic Relations and Internationa[...] |
2005-12-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA572 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15 [...]C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. [...] |
2005-03-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA654 | ASSAD VISIT TO VIENNA POSTPONED INDEFINITELY [...]C) Markus Lutterotti, Diplomatic Advisor to President Fischer, told the Ambassador March 3 that Bashar al-Assad,s trip has been postpo[...] |
2005-03-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL AU FR SY |
| 05VIENNA719 | AUSTRIANS POSITIVE ON NEED FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...]C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche on March 7 to MFA Secretary General (deputy minister equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Ambassador s[...] |
2005-03-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE AU |
| 05WARSAW3250 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA: POLAND [...]) Polish MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Wojciech Bozek assured us August 31 that neither Polish Foreign Minister D[...] |
2005-08-31 13:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY PL UNGA |
| 05YEREVAN2082 | ARMENIA'S LIMITED CAPACITY REGARDING FINCEN 314 [...][...] |
2005-11-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER LE SY AM |
| 06ABUDHABI2072 | UAE PRESS CONDEMNS ARREST OF SYRIAN JOURNALIST [...]) Summary: Arabic and English language dailies prominently covered the arrest of Syrian activist Michel Kilo (who was in the UAE May [...] |
2006-05-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KMDR KDEM PHUM SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2243 | SYRIAN VP IN UAE TO QUELL FEARS ABOUT IRAN? [...]) On May 29, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara'a met with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Vice President/Prime Mi[...] |
2006-05-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IR SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2465 | UAE - SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION AND FORUM [...]) Summary: The UAE and Syria held a joint economic commission meeting on June 10 and the Second Syria-UAE Economic Forum from June 10-[...] |
2006-06-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI256 | BASHAR'S EXPECTED TRAVEL TO GULF [...]C) On January 25, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan (former UAE Ambassador to Syria). He seemed surprised a[...] |
2006-01-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2695 | APHSCT TOWNSEND DISCUSSES IRAN, REGIONAL CT ISSUES [...]/NF) Summary. On June 19, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met [...] |
2006-06-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS EPET ETTC SY IR IQ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2928 | TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...]C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17[...] |
2006-07-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2940 | TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED [...]) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximatel[...] |
2006-07-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL LE SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3632 | LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH [...]S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al N[...] |
2006-09-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4328 | PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...]C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral r[...] |
2006-11-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4382 | VISIT OF THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO THE UAE [...]) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) November 29 evening to relay USG concern regarding news of[...] |
2006-11-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL AE SY |
| 06ABUDHABI4501 | UAEG RECIEVES SYRIAN PRESIDENT [...]) Summary: On December 17, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hosted Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in Abu Dhabi, follo[...] |
2006-12-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE SY |
| 06ABUDHABI4529 | UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE [...]) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional to[...] |
2006-12-21 17:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE UK IR SY |
| 06ABUDHABI73 | A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...]) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum[...] |
2006-01-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK |
| 06ADANA128 | TURKEY: SOUTHEAST'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE [...]BU) Summary: Turkey's textile industry continues to face difficulties in dealing with rapidly growing global competition, particularly[...] |
2006-05-30 12:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL TU SY IZ |
| 06ADANA142 | TURKEY: IRAQI INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP [...]) Summary: The first Iraqi International Fair was held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, with the goal of increasing economic and trade relat[...] |
2006-06-15 11:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM CASC TU SY IZ |
| 06ADANA76 | TURKEY: GAZIANTEP AS LIKLEY TERROR FINANCE CENTER [...]BU) Summary: Legitimate businesses in Gaziantep are used to launder money obtained through drug and fuel smuggling taking place in Tu[...] |
2006-04-10 13:38:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU IZ SY |
| 06ADANA77 | TURKEY: GAZIANTEP AS LIKELY TERROR FINANCE CENTER [...]BU) Summary: Legitimate businesses in Gaziantep are used to launder money obtained through drug and fuel smuggling taking place in Tu[...] |
2006-04-12 05:49:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU IZ SY |
| 06ALGIERS500 | HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...]C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclea[...] |
2006-03-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG |
| 06AMMAN1176 | VERDICTS IN THE CHEMICAL PLOT, ZARQAWI SENTENCED [...]) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on February 14 sentenced nine men to hang, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab [...] |
2006-02-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1505 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI [...]/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's[...] |
2006-03-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1523 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CAPTURE TERRORISTS [...]) Jordanian dailies led with the GOJ's announcement that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) foiled a suicide bombing plot by c[...] |
2006-03-02 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1526 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...]) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions fo[...] |
2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO |
| 06AMMAN1534 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...]BU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussion[...] |
2006-03-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ |
| 06AMMAN2108 | JORDAN LOOKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP WITH WATER [...]SBU) Summary: With rainfall at 65% of the long-term average for this time of year, and reservoirs at 54% of capacity, Jordan is seekin[...] |
2006-03-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PREL PGOV SY IS JO |
| 06AMMAN2118 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM [...]BU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman a[...] |
2006-03-22 16:12:00 |
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