By Barak Ravid and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service: Hamas: Olmert too weak to negotiate peace agreement with Syria
Talkback
Title:Assad goes Ahmadinejed comes
Name:Nora
City: Tel AvivState:
Assad is playing with fire by courting the US through IL-SY peace talks. Assad belongs to a minority. The majority in Syria is pro-Iran. One well placed (Hariri-type) bomb and Iran can have a pro-Iran junta in Syria. At the first phone call from Ahmadinejad hinting that, Assad will be forced to reinforce his ties with Iran.