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Lebanon opens first embassy in Syria amid thaw in ties
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Lebanon opened its first embassy in Syria on Monday, five months after the neighbors established diplomatic ties after decades of turbulent relations. Charge d'Affaires Rami Mortada raised the Lebanese flag over the embassy's building located in the Damascus residential neighborhood of Abu Remmaneh, which is also home to the US Embassy.

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