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Syria and Lebanon Establish Diplomatic Relations for the First Time

In a historic step forward especially for Lebanon,  Syria and Lebanon have established diplomatic relations between their two nations for the first time since Lebanon was carved out of part of Syria following World War I.  Lebanon up to now had been struggling to assert itself as a sovereign nation. 

Story at the BBC

Additional background piece from the BBC

Posted by Ted Thornton on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at 6:59 am. Filed under Arab World, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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  1. Ivan Auer | October 16, 2008 at 11:25 am | Permalink

    I wonder if Syria has ulterior motives. Since many of the movements of govenments in the Middle East tend to be a little unclear at times, I think it is possible that Syria just wants to put itself in a better position to meddle with Leb. I can see this relationship to be very two faced.

  2. Ted Thornton | October 16, 2008 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

    Ivan, you have a better than even chance of being right! Let’s watch what happens in the weeks and months ahead.

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