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U.S. Puts Curbs on Syrian Diplomats
(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - After Syria clamped restrictions on the movement of American diplomats there, the State Department has returned the favor, requiring Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha and his staff to provide seven days' notice before travel outside the Washington area, U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday. The retaliatory restrictions went into effect last month after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad imposed limits on the travel of Robert S. Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Damascus who traveled to the restive town of Hama to meet with protesters there. Ford was subsequently ordered to remain within a 25-mile radius of the Syrian capital unless he obtained advance permission to travel.