Syria offered on Sunday to participate in efforts to stop violence in Iraq and renewed its call on the United States for a dialogue to improve strained relations. The latest Syrian offer came two days after Washington reiterated its accusations that Syria was not doing enough to prevent anti-U.S. militants from crossing its border into Iraq, according to a report of the Associated Press. "Syria is fully ready to contribute toward preventing the bloodshed of the Iraqi people and to enable them to reach their hoped-for goals," Tishrin, a Syrian government newspaper, said in an editorial. "Syria has stressed this fact to the Americans and has called them for dialogue and cooperation," it said. "It's still sticking to this stand and to its call. The problem is now theirs (the Americans') and not Syria's."
