Jackson-Assad meeting finally set

Jesse Jackson may learn today whether his personal appeal to Syrian President Hafez Assad will win the release of captured U.S. airman Robert Goodman Jr.

LEBANON UNITY TALKS

The first substantive round in the Lebanese unity conference began today with Syria and its anti-Government Lebanese allies asking that the American-sponsored Israeli-Lebanese withdrawal accord

Hope fades for cease-fire in Lebanon

Hope faded Wednesday for an early agreement on an international force to back up the Lebanese cease-fire as Syria’s foreign minister publicly attacked the United