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SYRIA AGREES TO REDRAW BORDER WITH JORDAN | |
2004-11-30 | |
Jordanian officials said Syria has agreed in principle to revise its southern border with Jordan in the first such move since 1970. Officials said Syria agreed to honor a recommendation by a joint Syrian-Jordanian committee that met last week. The committee, which met in Damascus, determined that Syria seized 125 square kilometers of Jordanian territory since 1970 when the regime of then-President Hafez Assad sent tanks and warplanes to attack the Hashemite kingdom. The panel also found that Jordan should return about 2.7 square kilometers to Syria. Technical teams from the joint panel have completed a draft of the revised Jordanian-Syrian border. Over the next few months, the governments of Jordan and Syria were expected to ratify the draft of the joint committee.
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Posted by:Fred |
#6 What I have heard (BBC documentary) is that Israel sent four Phantoms to overfly the advancing Syrians. No bombing, just overfly and show their Israeli markings. The Syrians understood the hint and turned back. |
Posted by: JFM 2004-11-30 2:51:57 PM |
#5 The Jordanian airforce pounded said tank force into scrap, while the Syrian airforce stayed on the ground. Its likely they didn't fly cos it was clear Israel would shoot them down. Otherwise Assad is a lame duck and everyone knows it. He's just manouvering to delay his ceuacescu moment. |
Posted by: phil_b 2004-11-30 12:52:05 PM |
#4 I remember reading someplace (Rantbburg, perhaps?) that the UK intercepted a request from Jordan to Israel for help in turning back the Syrians in that 1970 incident, though nothing came of it. |
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-11-30 11:06:20 AM |
#3 And now that Arafat's dead... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-30 10:34:56 AM |
#2 1970 when the regime of then-President Hafez Assad sent tanks and warplanes to attack the Hashemite kingdom connected to civil war between Jordanian Army and PLO, in which Syria supported the PLO and Israel supported the Jordanian Army. |
Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-30 9:58:58 AM |
#1 2.7 sq km = face saving for Syria |
Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-30 9:08:13 AM |