DAMASCUS - The American media recently reported that United States Congressman John Kerry had been channeling messages back-and-forth between Damascus and President Barack Obama.
This "phone diplomacy" has succeeded, reports said, at narrowing the gap between both countries, which appeared strained after the US renewed sanctions on Syria last May. Apparently, one immediate result of engagement was the decision to send George Mitchell, Obama's Middle East envoy, to Damascus. This will take place after the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 7, and Mitchell will discuss the Middle East peace process, which is currently on hold due to resistance from the hardline cabinet in Israel, headed
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