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US punishes Syria by refusing to issue tourist visas includes Syrian officials
Syria-USA, Politics, 12/26/1998

Report: Netanyahu agrees to withdraw from most parts of the Golan
An Israeli daily stressed on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared with the leader of the opposition of the Labor Party, Ehud Barak, a draft project for withdrawal from the major parts of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, but the project has not come out yet.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/26/1998

Lebanese Premier meets with Bashar al-Assad
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss on Thursday met with son of the Syrian president, Bashar Hafez al-Assad. During his one-hour meeting with the Lebanese premier, Bashar al-Assad was accompanied by chairman of the Syrian security forces working in Lebanon Lt. Gen Ghazi Kanaan and Maj. Gen. Rustom Ghazaleh.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/26/1998

Report: Turkish security council to discuss Syrian implementation of Adanah agreement
A Turkish daily on Thursday said the issue of Turkish-Syrian relations will be at the top of the agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the Turkish National Security Council.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/26/1998

Syria is the only Mediterranean partner to have culture a priority in national program
When asked to describe the Euro-Mediterranean cultural partnership, European Commission official Ann Chalotte Bournoville begins by stressing a paradox. She noted: "Although the Mediterranean's foremost product over thousands of years has been culture, cultural cooperation at the Euro-Mediterranean level was a ground-breaker for the Barcelona Conference.
Syria-Regional-European Union, Culture, 12/24/1998

Further escalation between Damascus and Washington, London
The US embassy in Damascus has officially decided to indefinitely suspend granting tourism visas in an adverse impact on the bilateral relations between Washington and Damascus for the demonstrations which targeted the headquarters of the US embassy and other affiliated centers in Damascus in objection to the US bombardment of Iraq.
Syria-USA, Politics, 12/23/1998

Syrian PNF condemns aggression on Iraq, stresses land-for-peace principle
Syria, Politics, 12/22/1998

Adverse impact is expected on Syrian - US relations
The US administration on Monday strongly criticized Damascus over what it called the "failure... on the part of Syrian security officials to bring the demonstrators under immediate control," as demonstrators attacked the US embassy and ambassador's residence during a protest on Saturday against the US - British attacks on Iraq last week.
Syria-USA, Politics, 12/22/1998

Israel clings to Golan occupation
Member of the Israeli Knesset of the "Third Way" party, Emanuel Zisman, has reiterated his party's adherence to the occupation of the Golan Heights and its refusal to restore the Golan to Syria.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/22/1998

Syrian Kurds establish new party criticizes the Turkish-Israeli alliance
Contacts made in recent months by Muhammad Marwan al-Zarki with cultural and political figures resulted to convening a constituent conference for the " Syrian democratic national coalition" just few days ago amid an atmosphere where the said party will attract several Kurdish parties existing in the North and Eastern Northern parts of Syria.
Syria, Politics, 12/22/1998

French intellectual urge Israel to release a Syrian detainee
Some 100 French intellectuals have submitted a petition to the Israeli defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai demanding the release of the Syrian citizen Yasser al-Muzen, detained since 10 years.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/22/1998

Syrian Foreign Ministry expresses desire to protect diplomatic missions
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has asserted the Syrian security authorities' care to ensure the necessary protection for all international institutions, consulates and diplomatic missions accredited in Syria.
Syria, Politics, 12/21/1998

On the Damascus demonstration against attacks on Iraq
Syrian youths climbed the building of the US embassy in Damascus on Saturday. One of them tore, using his teeth, the American flag and dropped it from the roof to hundreds of demonstrators who gathered before the building in objection of the military operation against Iraq.
Syria-USA, Politics, 12/21/1998


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