Check out Marc Perelman's lead story in the Forward, "While Republicans and Democrats in Washington trade blows over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Syria last week, officials and pundits in this ancient capital describe the political feuding as a distraction from a more important truth. From their viewpoint, Pelosi’s visit was not a freelance bid for American-Syrian thaw but rather the latest step in a larger Syrian-Western rapprochement that has been under way for months." More on the topic of Syria-US back-channels from CQ's Jeff Stein.

Posted by Laura at April 13, 2007 10:19 AM