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Al-Sahaf explains Iraq's stand towards recent Arab FM s conference
Iraqi Foreign Minister said in Damascus today Saturday following his meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa said "I have explained Iraq's position concerning the recent meeting held in Cairo by the Arab foreign minister's consultation meeting.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 2/20/1999

Iraqi FM in Damascus for talks with al-Sharaa
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara today Saturday received the Iraqi Foreign Minister MuhammadSaeed al-Sahaf and members of the accompanying delegation
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 2/20/1999

Beirut refuses Washington's demand not to receive Iraq's foreign minister
The Lebanese government refused yesterday an official US request not to receive Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf in Beirut.
Lebanon-Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/20/1999

Jordan, Iraq holds economic talks
Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 2/20/1999

An Iraqi clergy assassinated in Baghdad
Iraq, Local, 2/20/1999

Hussein calls for Arab summit
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 2/20/1999

A Turkish 150 km incursion in northern Iraq
Turkey-Iraq, Military, 2/19/1999

Yemeni President confers with Iraqi FM
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called upon Iraq and all Arab countries to halt all exchanged media campaign and resort to dialogue and joint Arab action in order to restore Arab solidarity.
Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 2/19/1999

Report: Western aggression destroyed 3,800 schools in Iraq, Iraqi minister
Western aggression against Iraq has destroyed 3,800 schools since 1991, the Iraqi education minister said.
Iraq, Education, 2/19/1999

Iraqi FM in Yemen, talk of containing crisis with Arab states
Iraqi Foreign Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf on Wednesday started an official visit to Sanaa. Al-Sahaf's visit falls in the context of a tour he is making to the countries of the Arab Maghreb and Sudan.
Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 2/18/1999

Iraqi Kurdish delegation in Tehran
A large Iraqi Kurdish delegation continued its visit to Tehran and meetings with Iranian officials and politicians and with the Iraqi opposition in Tehran.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 2/18/1999

Iraq expects a large scale US aggression on its territories
The Iraqi daily Babel has stated that it expects the US to launch a large-scale attack on Iraq within the coming weeks.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/18/1999

UN pays $84 million to victims of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
Kuwait-Iraq, Economics, 2/18/1999

Iran refuses Iraq's threat to its neighbors
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 2/18/1999

Syrian - Iraqi contacts to contain crisis followed Arab FMs meeting
The Jordanian weekly al-Bilad quoted Arab diplomatic sources as saying that Iraq-Syrian contacts are being made away from limelight to contain the crisis that followed the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers held in Cairo on January 24.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 2/17/1999

Iraq's Aziz speaks on Turkey, the siege on Iraq
Iraqi Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz announced on Tuesday that all the long-range Scud missiles Iraq had imported from the Soviet Union were totally destroyed.
Iraq, Politics, 2/17/1999

Saudi dailies and Iraq's threats
The Saudi daily al-Riyadh on Tuesday described threats made by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to strike the US and British forces and the countries he described as "enemies" in the region as coming "under the intensive crisis this ailing regime suffers."
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 2/17/1999

Abdul Meguid intends to resume efforts to solve Kuwait captives issue
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid stated yesterday at a meeting of members of board directors of the Kuwaiti captives' families' association that it is his intention to resume efforts to solve the issue of Kuwaiti captives in Iraq.
Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 2/17/1999

Iraqi source: Agreement near with Ankara to restore control of Kurdistan to Baghdad
Iraqi diplomatic sources in Amman have talked about a nearby agreement between Iraq and Turkey and the Kurdistani Democratic Party led by Mesoud Barzani to restore control of northern Iraq (Kurdistan) to Iraq's central government.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 2/16/1999

Aziz meets with Turkish prime minister
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz announced on Monday in Ankara that he expressed during his talks with Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit his country's concern towards the US use of the Turkish air base in Incirlik in shelling positions in northern Iraq.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 2/16/1999

AL chief criticizes Iraqi threats against its neighbors
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid has refused the threats made by Baghdad to attack air bases from which US and British planes fly to impose the two no-fly zones on the northern and southern parts of Iraq.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 2/16/1999

Iraqi papers criticize Arab FMs as threats loom
The Iraqi daily Babel on Monday accused the Arab foreign ministers of lying when they announced their desire to preserve the sovereignty of Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 2/16/1999

Kuwait refuses Iraqi threats
Kuwait strongly refused the Iraqi threats to attack it, considering these threats very serious and as destabilizing the region.
Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 2/16/1999

Syrian - Iraqi relations developing
Iraqi Foreign Ministry secretary Nouri Ismael Elweis, who is in charge of Iraq's diplomatic relations with the "Bilad al-Cham" countries, said his country hopes to have a turning point in its relations with Damascus.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 2/16/1999

Russia denies arms sales to Iraq
Sources from the state-owned Russian Rosvooruzheniye company for arms sales announced it did not sign any secret deals without the acknowledgement of the Russian Foreign Ministry and government.
Iraq-Russia, Politics, 2/16/1999

Five Iraqis, killed, 22 wounded in US-British strikes
An Iraqi military spokesman said on Monday that five Iraqi civilians were killed and another 22 wounded in US air raids, which were considered the most intensive since the bombardment of al-Basra on January 25, carried out against Iraqi civil and military positions.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/16/1999

Urgent meeting for Arab ministerial committee to lift the embargo from Iraq
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid has called upon Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa to arrange an urgent meeting of the ministerial committee in charge of following up efforts with the UN Security Council to lift the economic embargo imposed on Iraq.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 2/15/1999

Saddam Hussein threatens to attack military bases in Gulf states
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened yesterday that Iraq is capable of attacking the bases that US and British planes use in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Iraq, Politics, 2/15/1999

Morocco deplores U.S. - British strikes against Iraq
Morocco deplores the U.S. - British air strikes against Iraq and renews attachment to the respect of Iraq's territorial integrity and sovereignty, said Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi.
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 2/15/1999

Iraqi foreign minister hails Morocco's backing and solidarity with Iraq
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf hailed Morocco's backing and solidarity with the Iraqi people who are going through difficult circumstances in view of the UN embargo and US-British air strikes.
Iraq-Morocco, Politics, 2/15/1999

Aziz arrives in Turkey
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 2/15/1999

Report: Russia agrees to provide Iraq with arms supplies
Iraq-Russia, Politics, 2/15/1999

Aziz asks Japan to develop relations with Iraq
Iraq-Japan, Politics, 2/15/1999


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