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Al-Sharaa conveys message from President al-Assad to Mubarak on Middle East peace
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday received Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa who conveyed to Mubarak a message from Syrian President Hafez al-Assad relating to the Syrian stand towards the Middle East peace process, its developments and what is expected from the coming negotiations on the Syrian track which will be held in the United States.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 12/31/1999

Palestinian call to convene five-member Arab summit for coordination before the final negotiations
The delegate of the Palestinian Authority, PLO executive committee member Yasser Amro, has called for convening a "five-member summit" with the objective of "maintaining coordination" with Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt before the final status negotiations with Israel, especially in matters pertaining to refugees, water, settlements and Jerusalem.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 12/31/1999

Charter planes carry Italian tourists to Syria
The first charter plane carrying a group of Italian tourists to Syria landed on Tuesday evening at the Martyr Bassel al-Assad Airport in Lattakia (a coastal city). This first flight marks the inauguration of weekly air flights which will continue until next May.
Syria-Italy, Economics, 12/31/1999

Al-Sharaa to visit Cairo today
An official at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa will visit Cairo today, just four days from resuming negotiations with Israel in the US state of West Virginia.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 12/30/1999

Al-Sharaa, Moratinos discuss Middle East peace process developments
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Wednesday in Damascus received the European Union special envoy to the Middle East peace process, Miguel Angel Moratinos, and members of the accompanying delegation.
Syria-Israel-European Union, Politics, 12/30/1999

Water, security experts and diplomats join the Syrian delegation to Washington talks
Water experts and diplomats have joined the Syrian negotiating delegation which will accompany Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa to his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 3 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/30/1999

Syrians in the Golan attack Israeli local councils
Syrian youths from Baqaata village in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights attacked the local council's premises and set them on fire on Monday night.
Syria-Israel, Local, 12/30/1999

On the new Israeli settlements in the Golan
The director general of the Israeli prime minister's office, Yossi Kuchik, said that 18,000 settlers are now in the Golan, adding that from "now on the lives of those settlers cannot be stopped nor put in a refrigerator until the completion of negotiations with Syria."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/30/1999

Bashar al-Assad to visit Iran shortly
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad al-Sader has announced that Col. Bashar al-Assad will visit Iran for the first time, shortly.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 12/29/1999

Palestinian official in Damascus today
Well-informed Palestinian sources in Damascus told the Lebanese daily al-Nahar that PLO executive committee member Yasser Amro is expected to arrive in Damascus today and that he will ask the Syrian officials to restore life to Syrian- Palestinian relations, including the possibility of joint coordination in negotiations.
Syria-Syria, Politics, 12/29/1999

Report: French mediation in Syrian- Israeli negotiations
The Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas issued on Tuesday said that France is trying to convince Syria and Israel that there is a solution that can compromise between the Syrian sovereignty over the waters of the Golan and the difficulty of Israel's giving up these waters.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/29/1999

Syria, Iraq agreed to resume diplomatic relations
The Iraqi weekly al-Itihad said on Tuesday that Iraq will soon open a department for supervising Iraqi interests in Damascus.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 12/29/1999

Syria asks Israel for compensation and prisoners
Syrian parliament member Midhat Saleh al-Saleh said he handed over on Monday to Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa a message from the people of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights who are expelled to Syria, in which they call on their FM to address the question of the 17 citizens of the Golan who are prisoners from the occupied part of the Golan during the next round of peace negotiations between Syria and Israel.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/29/1999

Chairman of Israeli negotiating team with Syria secretly tours water resources on the Golan
Well-informed sources said that reserve Gen. Uri Saguy, the chairman of the negotiations team with Syria on December 26 held a secret tour of the area where there are water sources on the Syrian- Israeli borders and along the borders between the two sides drawn in 1983 by Israel.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/29/1999

Syrian negotiating delegation to head to Washington on Saturday
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/28/1999

Damascus approves the visit of Yasser Amro
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 12/28/1999

EU role comes after maintaining a peace agreement between Syria and Israel
Western diplomatic sources in Damascus said that the European Union's Middle East peace process coordinator, Miguel Moratinos, is exerting efforts to play a role in the second round of peace negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa, adding that Moratinos will arrive in Damascus to discuss this matter with Syrian officials.
Syria-Israel-European Union, Politics, 12/28/1999

Syrian governor visits Turkish province
The governor of Hassaka (a province in northern Syria), Subhi Harb, on Monday visited the Turkish province of Sanli Urfa in the framework of bilateral cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/28/1999

Turkey and the Syrian-Israeli closeness
The Turkish daily Hurriyet in its Monday issue highlighted the impact of the Syrian-Israeli rapprochement on Turkey and the possibility that Turkey will pay the price of such rapprochement.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/28/1999

Syrian sources: Discussions with Israel will test Tel Aviv's intentions
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/27/1999

Coming round of Syrian - Israeli talks to last two weeks
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/27/1999

Israeli Knesset member voices solidarity with Syrians in the Golan
Member of the Israeli Knesset from the United Arab List, Muhammad Kanan, said members of his movement will visit the occupied Golan in order to announce their complete solidarity with the Syrian citizens in the Golan at the beginning of the Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations for the return of the Golan to Syria.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/27/1999

On Syrian - Israeli negotiations
Israeli Radio said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has appointed the chairman of the planning commission in the Israeli Army, Maj. Gen. Shlomo Yanai, as a representative of the Israeli Army in negotiations with Syria.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/27/1999

Syrian communities celebrate Christmas
Christian communities in Syria on Saturday celebrated Christmas by holding masses and prayers in various churches all over the country, where heads of the communities made sermons on this occasion.
Syria, Religion, 12/27/1999

Baghdad completes maintenance of Karkouk-Banias oil pipeline
The London-based al-Hayat daily quoted a high-ranking Arab diplomat who it described as very well-informed on Syrian-Iraqi relations as saying that a team of Iraqi engineers and technicians has carried out for several months the necessary maintenance work on the destroyed parts of the Iraqi-Syrian oil pipeline.
Iraq-Syria, Economics, 12/27/1999

Al-Shehabi and the Middle East peace talks
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/27/1999

Report: Peace agreement between Syria and Israel expected before spring of year 2000
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/27/1999


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