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...ancient proverb: "I and my brother against my cousin. But I, my brother and my cousin against the outsider." Syria is vastly unpopular within the Arab fold, but last week one Arab state after another condemned the U.S. raid. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al Faisal, expressed his government's "deep concern," while Kuwait railed against the "flagrant aggression." Even Arafat, who has been practically driven into the sea by Syrian-supported P.L.O. rebels, issued a statement backing Syria against the U.S. "I fully support the Syrian army against the American raids," Arafat told reporters while negotiations continued...
That period ended at last in 1920, when Syria became an independent monarchy under King Faisal I of the Hashernite royal family. But Britain and France were at work redrawing the region's boundaries. Faisal's sovereignty ended after only a few months when the French claimed Syria under a League of Nations mandate. To weaken the Arab nationalist movement, the French created contemporary Lebanon by carving from Syria the Christian region around Mount Lebanon, the predominantly Muslim Bekaa Valley and the coastal cities of Tripoli, Beirut, Sidon and Tyre. Even as they never forgave the Crusaders...
...country's sparring groups would meet this week to pave the way for the promised discussions on a fairer division of national power. The compromise came about after a meeting in New York City between Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal...
...King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, the biggest Mideast producer, at first decreed a 10% cut in output. But by week's end, as the war seemed to be going against the Arabs, he announced a total ban on oil shipments to the U.S. Presently, 3.4% of the crude oil consumed daily by the U.S. comes from Saudi Arabia. Libya, Algeria and Abu Dhabi also announced new embargos...
Physically, emotionally and politically they made a diplomatic odd couple. Towering Prince Saud al Faisal, elegantly attired in thobe and ghitrah, represented with cool reserve the oil-rich monarchy of Saudi Arabia; Abdel Halim Khaddam, a diminutive figure in an ill-fitting business suit, spoke excitedly and volubly for hard-line Syria, backed by the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, as Arab Foreign Ministers they found themselves calling together at the State Department and the Oval Office last week...