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SYND 8 9 76 PRESIDENT ASSAD AND PHALANGIST LEADER GEMAYEL OF LEBANON MEET
Syrian President Hafez Assad received the leader of Lebanon's rightist militia, Pierre Gemayel and other phalangists. the Phalangist party are the effective leaders of the right in Lebanon, and observers say they have been the main...
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SYND 12 9 78 PRESIDENT ASSAD OF SYRIA BEING GIVEN GIFTS FROM CITY OF BONN
West German President Walter Scheel rejected criticism of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's Middle East peace initiative expressed by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad at a formal banquet in Bruehl castle, West Germany. Assad called Sadat's...
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Syrian government delegation arriving for second round of talks
Members of the Syrian government delegation arrived for the next round of United Nations-brokered peace talks with the opposition in Geneva on Monday.
Prospects for common ground appeared unlikely as the two sides traded accusations over...
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Heavy snow blankets the Syrian capital
Snow fell in parts of the Middle East on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm swept through the region, killing two Syrian refugees in Lebanon and forcing thousands who have fled their country's civil war to huddle for warmth in tents in...
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UPITN 10 8 76 PRIME MINISTER KLEIFAWI AND MEETING OF NEW SYRIAN CABINET
A meeting of the cabinet of the new Syrian governement, replacing former prime minister Mahmoud al-Ayyubi with the new incumbent Abdul Rahman Kleifawi, who takes office for the second time.
1. vs exterior Syrian parliament building
2. ws...
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Secretary of state returns from Syria
1. Various of Powell motorcade
US Secretary of State Colin Powell returned to Jerusalem late on Monday.
He arrived from Syria where he held talks with President Bashar Assad on the cross border violence between Hezbollah fighters and...
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SYND 14 2 75 US SECRETARY OF STATE, HENRY KISSINGER VISITS SYRIA
US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger visits Syria
1. US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger down plane steps and greeted by Syrian officials
2. ms Kissinger and Syrian Foreign Minister Khaddam walk from plane
3. ms car away
4. gv...
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SYND 6-3-74 FOREIGN MINISTER KHADDAM MEETS ANDREI GROMYKO
Andrei Gromyko Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union meeting Syrian Foreign Minister Abdul Khaddam in Damascus.
1. ws Gromyko down plane steps
2. ws Gromyko greeted by Jhaddam
3. ms Gromyko greets others
4. ws Women including wife of...
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Military convoy carrying German troops and Patriots arrives at barracks
1. Various of German military convoy arriving at barracks in Kahramanmaras
A convoy carrying German Patriot anti-missile batteries and personnel arrived at its final destination in Turkey on Monday.
Military barracks in Kahramanmaras...
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SYND 2-12-72 SCENES AT BORDER CROSSING OF JORDAN AND SYRIA
Scenes of cars and people crossing border from Syria into Jordan and at Jordanian checkpoint:
1. vs border post, and cars approaching, Syrian side
2. ms cars waiting in line
3. ms papers checked by officials, VW camper van. Blonde...
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Black smoke billows over Kobani after US-led coalition airstrike
Black smoke billowed over Kobani on Monday, following a US-led coalition airstrike aimed at repelling the Islamic State group from the Syrian Kurdish border town.
Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, could be seen patrolling the...
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SYRIA: QARDAHA VILLAGERS PREPARE FOR ASSAD BURIAL
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Villagers in the hometown of deceased Syrian President, Hafez Assad have painted walls black and erected life-sized portraits of their former leader ahead of his funeral and burial on Tuesday.
Assad, who died on Saturday...
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SYND 18-8-73 SIGNING OF BORDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN SYRIA AND LEBANON
Signing of the border agreement between Syria and Lebanon.
1. cu border stone between Syria and Lebanon
2. ms dignitaries out of cars and kiss
3. gv building, pan down to show cars outside
4. gv two delegations seated at table
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SYND 14-3-74 KREISKY LEADING SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION MEETING ASSAD
The Austrian Chancellor, Bruno Kreisky, meeting the Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, then the two men and other officials inspecting a refugee camp.
1. ws Kreisky and officials2. cu Assad with pan to Kreisky3. ms and pan press and...
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Border on alert after reports of Israeli strike
There was a tense calm in the Golan Heights on Monday after an Israeli-strike killed the son of a slain top Hezbollah commander and at least five other fighters.
In a statement issued to the media, Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite...
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SYND 6 6 74 POWS ARRIVE BACK
Syrian prisoners of war arriving in Damascus and being greeted by a crowd of twenty thousand people.
1. ws plane landing
2. ws and pan crowd
3. ms soldiers hold crowd back
4. vs water cannons in use
5. vs crowds run to plane
6. ms and...
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SYND 27 3 68 SOVIET DEFENCE MINISTER
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Grechko on five day visit to Syria. He is met at the airport by the Syrian Defence Minister and the Russian ambassador
1. ws exterior airport terminal building
2. ws plane taxis to a halt
3. ms Grechko...
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Plumes of smoke following shelling and clashes in Syria, filmed from across border
1. Mid of smoke rising in town of Haram, Syria, as seen from neighbouring Turkey AUDIO: gunfire
2. Wide of smoke rising in Haram as seen from Turkey AUDIO: gunfire
3. Wide of buildings in Haram AUDIO: gunfire
4. Mid of white smoke...
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Funeral of Brig Gen Francois Hajj, killed in bomb blast on Wed
1. Wide of soldiers carrying coffin of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois Hajj coffin past soldiers lined up
2. Wide of military band
3. Pull out from back of pall bearers carrying coffin to other pall bearers carrying coffin of Hajj's...
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UPITN 6 8 77 US SECRETARY OF STATE, CYRUS VANCE, MEETS PRESIDENT ASSAD OF SYRIA
US Secretary Of State Cyrus Vance meets with the President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad in damascus on Thursday (4 Aug '77) to discuss the proposal of a "working party" prior to the Geneva peace talks
1. ms US Secretary Of State Cyrus Vance...
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SYND 16 7 76 FUNERAL IN DAMASUS OF IZZAWI
Izzawi, a Syrian official, is buried in Damascus (no further information). His funeral is attended by President Hafez Assad of Syria
1. ws funeral procesion to Marabout / Mosque
2. ws verandah of Mosque, funeral service
3. ws military...
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SYND 10 5 73 PALESTINIAN PRESS CONFERENCE CONDEMNING LEBANESE GOVERNMENT
Palestinian press conference in Damascus during which a statement condemning the intentions of the Lebanese government was issued
1 gv Palestinians around table 2 ms Palestinian spokesman 3 ms press, pan to spokesman 4 ms press write ...
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SYND 01-03-74 RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANDREI GROMYKO, ARRIVES IN DAMASCUS
Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, arrives in Damascus where he meets Syrian Foreign Minister, Abdel Halim Khaddam and President Hafez Assad
1. Russian Foreign Minister, Mr Andrei Gromyko, off plane and greeted by Syrian Foreign...
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Chemical weapons inspectors leaving hotel for field visit
The day after the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons received the Nobel Peace Prize, its inspectors on the ground in Syria continued their mission to destroy the country's stockpile of poison gas.
The team was seen...