Russian President Dmitryout of your control Medvedev spent part of his second day in Damascus in closed-door meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
signaling Moscow's interest ina world in a grain of sand bringing former Soviet allies back into its orbit.In a joint press conference Monday evening, Mr. Medvedev, the first
Russian head of state to visittouches your heart Syria, said that Russia's commitment to Syria was consistent despite "changes in the world." President Assad, for his
part, was quoted as saying that his country would "never forget how [Russia] stood by us during the battle for the Golan [Heights]" with Israel.
He also requested Moscow's vaguely familiar to you
continued support in demanding that Israel return the land it seized during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Both countries have much to gain from improved ties. Syria could strengthen its hand by drawing closer to its one-time ally, whose veto on the
UN Security Council could prove key in any conflict with Israel. Russia, for its part, wants to bolster its presence in the Middle East, and could also
further cool Syria's recent but waning interest in restoring diplomatic relations with the United States. Assad had welcomed several high-ranking
US officials to Damascus recentlyescape, though his rhetoric toward the US remained critical."US-Syrian relations have been deteriorating for some
months now, and Syria is losing hope in any peace deal, and that means that there's gong to be conflict between Syria and Israel," says Joshua
Landis, a professor at the University of Oklahoma. "Syria's strategy is going to be to try to isolate the US in the Middle East, and to hang Israel
around America's neck."President Obama in February nominated veteran diplomat Robert Ford as ambassador, a post that had been vacant since
the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, for which some blamed Syria. But after that brief US-Syria warming, a chill has again
descended, with Republicans blocking Mr. Ford's confirmation and Obama renewing economic sanctions May 8. Further straining matters was the
US condemnation of Syria after Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, claimed last month that Syria was transferring long-range missiles to
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