Washington - The United States has identified three sites in Syria as possible locations of secret nuclear facilities, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Singapore - Singapore and Syria have established diplomatic relations, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Damascus  - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said that Syria cannot progress even one step forward in negotiations before it receives assurances that Israel will fully withdraw from the Gol

Damascus  - Israeli authorities have freed early a Syrian detainee serving a 7-year jail sentence on charges of establishing connections with the Hezbollah-led opposition movement and defying Israe

Tel Aviv  - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday that Syria must distance itself from Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran, if peace negotiations with Damascus are to succeed.

Ankara  - Israeli officials were in Istanbul on Wednesday holding indirect talks with Syrian officials under Turkish mediation, the private NTV television station reported.