The Bush Administration has offered Syria a “Gaddafi deal” to end his regime’s isolation if Damascus agrees to a crucial list of demands, a senior American official told The Times of London.
According to the Saturday's report, Washington will present four demands including that Syria would fully cooperate with the U.N. team investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Secondly, if members of the Syrian regime are named as suspects in this assassination they would have to be questioned and could stand trial under foreign jurisdiction.
The Syrians would also have to stop any interference in Lebanon, where they have been blamed for a series of bomb attacks against their critics.
Washington also wants Syria to halt the recruiting, funding and training of volunteers for Iraq.
The Bush Administration also has a long-standing demand that Syria cease its support for Lebanon’s Hizbullah and the Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
In return America would establish "full and friendly" relations with Syria, paving the way for foreign aid and investment and ensuring the regime’s survival.
