Jerusalem - Two of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's top aides were Tuesday en route to Turkey for a fourth round of indirect peace negotiations with Syria, Israel radio 
reported.

Yoram Turbovich and Shalom Turgeman wanted to proceed with the talks on arrival, the report said.

The latest round is to cover how the two former enemies can move on from the phase of indirect talks to direct talks, Syrian government officials have said.

Damascus - Israel and Syria are to continue their indirect peace negotiations this coming week in Istanbul, it was announced Saturday in Damascus.

This fourth round of negotiations is to cover how the two formal enemy states can move on from the phase of indirect talks with Turkish intermediation to direct talks, Syrian government officials said.

Beirut - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, arriving in Beirut on Monday, extended an official invitation to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to visit Damascus in an effort to improve relations between the two countries.

"The Lebanese and Syrian governments will have to exchange visits to work for the interest of their people," Suleiman said.

"President Suleiman will visit Syria as soon as possible and contacts between the two sides will help set a date for the visit," Moallem said after meeting Suleiman.

Damascus (Syria), July 17: Archaeologists have discovered a number of round buildings that are eight and half meters high and date back to 5,000 BC, in Syria.

Berlin  - German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble signed a repatriation agreement with his Syrian counterpart Bassam Abdelmajid in Berlin Monday.

Riyadh- Iran is unhappy about ongoing indirect talks between Syria and Israel and believes that any ensuing peace agreement would lead to radical changes in Syrian-Iranian relations, an Iranian off