Lebanon and Syria have agreed to open embassies in each others' capitals for the first time since their independence from colonial rule in the 1940s.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the landmark decision following talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Paris. Lebanon and Syria broke Sarkozy to welcome Assad in Paris ...
Turkish PM in Syria for regional talks ... off all diplomatic ties after former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated in 2005. Beirut accused Syria of involvement. Damascus refutes the charge.
(Deutsche Welle)
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