Trending Topics
|
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8555-2004Jan11.html
Israel Held Secret Talks With Syria
(AP/Washington Post) Israel had secret contacts with Syria several months ago - well before recent Syrian overtures - but they broke down after word of the meetings leaked out, Israel's foreign minister Silvan Shalom said Sunday. Shalom said Israel had two secret meetings seven or eight months ago with people "very close" to Assad.