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Book review: The political history of Syria (3000-300 BC)
German researcher Horst Klengel has spent a considerable part of his career studying the ancient history of Syria and authoring many books in this area.
Syria, Literature, 1/16/1999

Parliamentarians speak on their unanimous vote for al-Assad's nomination for Presidency
Citizen Nahi Bahsas told ArabicNews.com that nominating President al-Assad for a new constitutional term means more development projects, factories, universities and hospitals and renovation of agriculture and industry.
Syria, Politics, 1/15/1999

February 8, the date of referendum in Syria on electing al-Assad
According to the Syrian constitution, the President has to be elected at least one month before the end of his term of office. President al-Assad's current term of office ends on March 12. Al-Assad ascended to power following the "Correction Movement" held in 1970, and he became president for the first time in 1971.
Syria, Politics, 1/15/1999

Syrian Baath Party official meets with Bitterlin
Syria-France, Politics, 1/15/1999

Syrian people of the Golan highlight the president's nomination
The Syrian people in the occupied Golan Heights have voiced support for the decision adopted unanimously by the PA in nominating President al-Assad for a new term of office.
Syria, Politics, 1/15/1999

Syrian PA unanimously supports al-Assad nomination for new term of office
The Syrian People's Assembly chaired by Speaker Abdul Qader Qaddoura on Wednesday resumed discussions on the PA special committee's report concerning the message of the Baath Party regional leadership about its unanimous decision regarding the nomination of President Hafez al-Assad for a new constitutional term of office.
Syria, Politics, 1/14/1999

Turkish steps to improve relations with Syria
A Turkish daily reported that Turkish Foreign Minister Ismael Cem intends to take steps that would help improve relations between Syria and Turkey.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 1/14/1999

Syria celebrates night of power
Syria, Religion, 1/14/1999

Khaddam meets with Hawatemah
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine has announced that Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam received its secretary general, Nayef Hawatmeh, and discussed with him the situation in the Arab states and Iraq and inter-Arab relations.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 1/13/1999

Syrian PA continues deliberations on nominating President al-Assad for new term of office
The Syrian People's Assembly on Tuesday continued the deliberations of its special session to debate the Baath Party regional leadership's proposal on the nomination of President Hafez al-Assad for a new constitutional term of office.
Syria, Politics, 1/13/1999

Syrian-Italian companies sign tourism agreement
The Syrian al-Cham Hotel Company and the al-Cham Tourism Company have agreed with major Italian tourist companies to start weekly charter trips to Martyr Bassel al-Assad airport in Lattakia so as to transport Italian tourist groups to Syria.
Syria, Business, 1/13/1999

Iranian train convoys for Syria
Syria-Iran, Economics, 1/13/1999

So as not to forget Jerusalem: symposium to open today in Damascus
Under the patronage of Syrian Information Minister Muhammad Salman, the Iranian Cultural consulate in Damascus is holding at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening a symposium under the title "So as not to forget Jerusalem."
Syria-Iran, Politics, 1/13/1999

Syrian cotton conference opens in Aleppo
Syrian Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Asaad Mustafa has affirmed the significance of the achievements Syria made in the agricultural sector.
Syria, Agriculture, 1/13/1999

On the nomination of President al-Assad for a new term of office
The Syrian People's Assembly on Monday at noon convened an extraordinary session to consider the message sent by the Baath Arab Socialist Party regional leadership concerning its unanimous decision to nominate Syrian President Hafez al-Assad for a fifth consecutive term.
Syria, Politics, 1/12/1999

Secret committee surveys properties of Israelis in the Golan
Al-Ayam daily issued in the occupied Arab territories reported that a special committee is secretly surveying and estimating the properties of the Israelis in the occupied Golan Heights to compensate the Israelis who live there if Israel withdraws from the occupied Syrian territories.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/12/1999

Report: Two Jordanian union officials visit Damascus
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd said that the secretary general of the Arab Physicians Union, Dr. Hassan Khreis, and the chairman of the Jordanian Bar Association, Hussein Majli, left for Damascus on Sunday on a two-day working visit.
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 1/12/1999

Syrian 1998 exports, imports via Tartous port
Syria, Economics, 1/12/1999

Report: Syrian-Jordanian closeness
Jordanian sources expressed optimism to a Lebanese weekly over the possibility of opening a new page in the Syrian-Jordanian relations after the nearby arrival of King Hussein from Washington.
Regional-Syria, Politics, 1/11/1999

Syrian parliament meets today on President al-Assad's nomination for new term
The Syrian People's Assembly (Parliament) office on Sunday held a meeting chaired by Speaker Abdul Qader Qaddoura. All the office's members attended the meeting, where they discussed the agenda of the PA special session summoned by Qaddoura today.
Syria, Politics, 1/11/1999

Syrian textile company to recruit 200 Egyptian experts
Syria-Egypt, Economics, 1/11/1999

Syrian, Swiss, French company to produce cotton, Jeans garments
Syria, Business, 1/11/1999

On the meeting between Hariri and Bashar al-Assad
A meeting held between Syrian Col. Bashar al-Assad and former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Saturday night dealt with current conditions and local, regional and international developments.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 1/11/1999

British embassy in Damascus donates prosthetic devices to Jaramana center
The Charge d'affairs of the British embassy in Syria, Paul Whiteway, visited the UNRWA-sponsored Community Rehabilitation Center in Jaramana, a town on the outskirts of Damascus camp, on January 7 and presented 25 prosthetic devices donated by the embassy to disabled Palestine refugee children.
Syria-Palestine, Health, 1/11/1999

European merchants in l6th century Aleppo
At the beginning of the Turkish occupation of Syria, there were three thousand taxable villages in the region, then named 'Pashalik" of Aleppo, about three hundred years later there remained only four hundred.
Syria, History, 1/11/1999


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