1.  Hrawi, who was visiting Damascus, the Syrian capital, at the time of the assassination, described it as an act of aggression against the state security.

2.  Carlos reportedly had lived in retirement in the Syrian capital, Damascus, for most of the past decade.

3.  Clinton will visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday for talks with President Hafez Assad.

4.  De Charette asserted Monday in the Syrian capital of Damascus that France alone could win the agreement of all the parties to the conflict to a cease-fire.

5.  Each week, an air shipment of weapons from Iran lands in the Syrian capital of Damascus and is transported by land to Israel.

6.  In the cafes and open-air markets of the Syrian capital, peace with Israel is discussed as an inevitability.

7.  Israel TV reported his handlers were based in Damascus, the Syrian capital.

8.  Later in Israel, Levett flew the same transport planes on bombing missions that ranged from the Sinai Peninsula to the Syrian capital, Damascus.

9.  Six weeks later, Fathi, in transit to his base in the Syrian capital, Damascus, was assassinated in Malta.

10.  The installation is usually visible from Damascus, the Syrian capital.