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Iranian President concludes three-day visit to Damascus
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami left Damascus on Saturday following a three-day visit to Damascus. At Damascus airport, he was seen off by President Hafez al-Assad and high-ranking Syrian officials.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/15/1999
UAE islands issue debated by al-Assad, Khatami
A Kuwaiti daily quoted well-informed Iranian sources as saying that the Damascus summit between Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Iranian President Mohammad Khatami discussed the question of three Gulf islands whose sovereignty is the subject of a dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates as a "gap in the wall of Iranian-Gulf cooperation."
Gulf-Regional, Politics, 5/15/1999
Iranian president lectures on Islam and a rational perspective to world view
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami on Friday evening gave a lecture at al-Assad library in Damascus. It was attended by Syrian vice presidents, cabinet ministers and high-ranking state officials and scholars from all parts of Syria.
Iran, Politics, 5/15/1999
Strong Syrian, Lebanese Iranian bonds
The Iranian paper Keyhan said in its Saturday issue that Syria and Iran intend to draw up a practical and effective perspective to build tripartite cooperation which brings together Tehran, Damascus and Beirut towards strengthening their stances and future performance in confrontation of common risks and dangers.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/15/1999
Al-Assad, Khatami summit, Iranian sources
The sources said that viewpoints were identical with the Syrians on the dangers imposed on the region and the need to take common decisions and strides that will be announced at due time, and coincide with recent prevailing conditions.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/15/1999
Khatami meets with leaders of Palestinian opposition groups in Damascus
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami, currently visiting Damascus, met on Friday with leaders of the Palestinian groups which oppose the peace agreements with Israel.
Palestine-Iran, Politics, 5/15/1999
Khatami to begin Saudi visit today
In the first visit since the Iranian revolution in 1979 of an Iranian president to Saudi Arabia, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami is to begin a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia today.
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 5/15/1999
Algerian president voices readiness to consolidate neighborliness ties with Morocco
added that Morocco and Algeria share "civilization, geography, and history as well as moral values and common destiny in addition to neighborliness and the behavior dictated by this neighborliness regardless of the number of problems and of the difficulty we meet in solving them."
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 5/15/1999
Arab Organization for Human Rights sends congratulations to Algerian president
The Arab Organization for Human Rights sent a cable of congratulations to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the occasion of assuming the power of the Algerian presidency.
Algeria, Politics, 5/15/1999
King Abdullah to visit US
Jordan's King Abdullah is to arrive in the US on Monday for his first visit to Washington since becoming king, which will include meetings with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and US President Bill Clinton.
Jordan-USA, Politics, 5/15/1999
Abdul Meguid to participate in second conference on Arab arbitration centers
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid will arrive on Sunday in Beirut to participate in opening the second conference for Arab arbitration centers held from May 17 - 18 under the auspices of Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss.
Regional, Politics, 5/15/1999
Canceling censorship over foreign printings to Jordan
Jordan's King Abdullah issued royal decree to cancel the prior censorship over foreign publications sent to Jordan.
Jordan, Politics, 5/15/1999
First trade center for women established in Abu Dhabi
It was decided to establish the first trade center for women only in Abu Dhabi at a cost of 400 million dirhams, implemented by the Emirates - British company Mac Link.
United Arab Emirates, Business, 5/15/1999
El-Husseini: Negotiating with Barak is difficult; reaching understanding with Natenyahu is impossible
Faisel El-Husseini, a member in the executive committee of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) said that if negotiating with Ehud Barak of the Israeli Labor Party is difficult, reaching an understanding with Likud Prime Minister Netanyahu will be impossible.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/15/1999
Palestinian Legislative Council elections coming in June
Parliamentary elections will take place at the beginning of the coming month after learning the results of the Israeli presidential elections that will take place on Monday.
Palestine, Politics, 5/15/1999
Speaker of Morocco's house of representatives meets UMA secretary general
Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, conferred Friday in Rabat with Secretary general of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Mohamed Amamou, on ways of reactivating the Maghreban union and enhancing inter-Maghreban complementarity.
Maghreb, Politics, 5/15/1999
Security council extends MINURSO mandate to next Sept 14
Morocco, Politics, 5/15/1999
Syria denies any Russian peace initiative
The Syrian delegate at the Arab League, ambassador Eissa Darwish denied that there is a Russian initiative to resume Israeli - Syrian negotiations.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 5/15/1999
Egypt-Comoros meeting
Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ali Hassan met today with his counterpart from the Comoros Islands, Mohammed El-Amin Deif, who is currently visiting Egypt.
Egypt-Comoros, Politics, 5/15/1999
Morocco and Chile sign cooperation accord
Morocco and Chile signed Friday here a cooperation accord and a memorandum of understanding providing for the consolidation of cooperation between the two countries in the political, economic, scientific and technical fields.
Morocco-Chile, Politics, 5/15/1999
Romanian - Moroccan ties to be strengthened, more support on Sahara
He added that Rumania has proposed a series of means to rev up trade exchanges with Morocco, mainly encouraging the presence of Rumanian enterprises in Morocco and the consolidation of bilateral cooperation in education.
Morocco-Romania, Politics, 5/15/1999
Annan approves oil-for-food changes
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sent a letter to the UN Security Council yesterday approving a plan to allow Iraq to use a portion of the revenues from the oil-for-food program to repair Iraq's telecommunications infrastructure.
Iraq-UN, Economics, 5/15/1999
Asmara: Sudanese opposition to discuss Mahdi and Torabi meeting
The department the Sudanese Democratic National Alliance leadership is to hold its coming meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, at the end of this month chaired by Mohammed Othman El-Merghani, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Sudan, Politics, 5/15/1999
Barak leads Netanyahu in poll
The latest poll in Israel showed a lead for Labor Party candidate Ehud Barak over his main competitor, current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the candidate of the Likud party.
Israel, Politics, 5/15/1999
Tear gas and bullets fired on hundreds of Palestinians
The Israeli occupied forces launched yesterday night tear gas and rubber-coated metal bullets against hundreds of Palestinian civilians who demonstrated in protest over Jewish settlement expansion near the city of Hebron in the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/15/1999
Twin horses born in Cairo
Egypt, Science, 5/15/1999
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia to meet in Beirut
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will hold meetings in Beirut on May 23-24 dealing with the regional perspective on "how the United Nations can best achieve its goals in the coming millennium," a press release said.
Regional-UN, Politics, 5/15/1999
Thomson Financial Bankwatch gives high rating to Morocco's Commercial Bank
Thomson Financial Bankwatch, the world's largest bank rating agency, granted a high-grade rating to "Banque Commerciale du Maroc" (BCM) for its good performance in 1998 and for its rising capitalization and enhanced profitability.
Morocco, Business, 5/15/1999
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is due to meet with Egyptian and German businessmen who are members of the German - Arab trade and industrial chamber in Egypt on Thursday, to hold an open dialogue on activating Barcelona process in light of the Egyptian - European partnership. Peter Goefritish the executive manager of German-Arab chamber said that Moussa will talk on the political, economic and commercial relations between European and Egypt, and the latest developments of Egyptian-European partnership and activating the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue in light of Barcelona agreements that aimed at enhancing this dialogue for the interest of the Mediterranean and European union countries. Goefritish pointed out that the ambassador of EU in Egypt Chritian Valcofeski along with European and Arab-Mediterranean ambassadors will attend this meeting.
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Cairo will host in March 2000 the biggest regional economic forum, comprising businessmen, decision-makers, thinkers and academics. 600 leaders in the business sectors, governments, legislative organizations, university professors and non-governmental organizations in the Middle East and North Africa will participate.
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The Paris-based al-Muharrir News paper said, quoting Iraqi sources in Paris, that Qusai Saddam Hussein is preparing to visit Tehran, carrying a message from his father, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, to his Iranian counterpart in order to draw a joint plan that "fundamentally abrogates disputes between the two countries."
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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani received a message today from Iranian President Muhammad Khatami. The Gulf News Agency said that the message, which was delivered through diplomatic channels, related to relations between the two countries and several issues in the Islamic arena.
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Morocco's prime minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, who is also the first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), conferred Thursday in Rabat with a delegation from the French socialist party (PS) on cooperation prospects between the two parties and latest international developments the "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily siad.
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Iranian President Muhammad Khatami met on Saturday at the headquarters of the Iranian embassy in Damascus with several Lebanese figures. In successive and separate meetings, President Khatami met with Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, the secretary general of the Hizbullah Party Sheikh Hassan Nasrullah, the chairman of the Lebanese Socialist Progressive Party Walid Jumblatt and the deputy chairman of the Amal movement Ayoub Hamid.
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US aircraft continued strikes against sites in the northern Iraq no-fly zone today. The US said aircraft flying as part of Operation Northern Watch were targeted by Iraqi radar, prompting the strikes north of Mosul. The attacks took place between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Iraqi time.
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The Israeli fighters launched yesterday evening raids on sites affiliated to the Lebanese resistance in south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli fighters launched 4 air - ground missiles on the northern part of 'Gezin' city that coincides with artillery shelling for Israeli occupied forces for heights of El-Rafieh mountain in El-Tofah province in south Lebanon.
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