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Syrian sources: Israel is to return to June 4 border line
A high-ranking Syrian source has asserted that Syria will not sign an agreement of principles with Israel similar to the statement of principles Israel signed with the Palestinians and that Syria will not accept less than the return to the June 4, 1967 border line.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2000

Israelis will vote for peace with Syria
An opinion poll issued on Friday in the Israeli daily Maariv said that 50% of Israelis will vote in favor of a peace agreement with Syria if a referendum is held in this regard against 37% who oppose and 13% who did not express any view.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2000

Al-Sharaa informed al-Hoss on Shepherdstown talks
Lebanese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Salim al-Hoss on Thursday made a telephone call to Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa, during which al-Hoss learned about the talks held between the Syrian and Israeli sides in Shepherdstown.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 1/14/2000

Syrian party official, information minister confer with Australian immigration minister
The assistant secretary general of the ruling Baath Arab Socialist Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, met on Thursday in Damascus with Australian Minister of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Phillip Ruddock and members of the accompanying delegation.
Syria-Australia, Politics, 1/14/2000

Israel feels releif toward US role
A high-ranking Israeli official said that Israel feels releif so far toward the mediation role played by the USA in the peace negotiations recently held with Syria and that it thinks that the work paper recently raised by Washington forms humble progress, as it is a good basis for the coming round of talks between the two sides.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/14/2000

Syria, France for strengthening parliamentary relations
A round of talks was held in Damascus on Wednesday between the Syrian- French Parliamentary Friendship Society led by Bassel Dahdouh and a French parliamentary delegation including two members of the French Senate.
Syria-France, Politics, 1/14/2000

Israeli maneuvers in the Golan
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/14/2000

Likud opposes continuing peace negotiations with Syria
Israel Radio quoted Interior Minister Natan Sharansky as saying in an address he delivered yesterday that long-term plans must be made for establishing confidence relations between Israel and Syria, after which it will possible to resume the peace process with Syria.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/14/2000

Syria will not participate in multilateral negotiations in Moscow, sources
Syria-Regional, Politics, 1/13/2000

Syrian source: Israel must withdraw from the Golan
A Syrian official source said, "The complete Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Golan is the key for a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/13/2000

Syrian FM returns home
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and members of the accompanying delegation returned to Damascus on Tuesday after taking part in the second round of Syrian - Israeli peace negotiations, which started on January 3, 2000 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/12/2000

Monte Carlo report on Shepherdstown negotiations
Monte Carlo Radio's correspondent in Shepherdstown quoted on Tuesday Israeli sources as saying that the forthcoming round of negotiations on the Syrian track will be resumed in the US state of Maryland, adding that the Israeli decision maker will only convey what had taken place in the negotiations in Shepherdstown in the today's meeting of the mini Israeli Cabinet, superficially, and not in depth.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/12/2000

Israeli ministers and peace with Syria
Israeli Minister of the Interior Natan Sharansky has threatened to resign from the current Israeli government of Ehud Barak.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/12/2000

Israeli Radio and the Shepherdstown talks
The correspondent of the Israeli radio to the US town of Shepherdstown, West Virgina, site of the recent Syrian - Israeli peace talks, quoted the spokesman for the Israeli prime minister before the departure of the Israeli delegation from the town as saying that the forthcoming round of Syrian-Israeli negotiations will be held in the US state of Maryland.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/12/2000

Weizman eager to achieve peace with Syria
Israeli President Ezer Weizman has expressed in a speech he delivered on Tuesday before students in Abou Ghoush village in Jerusalem district on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, his hope of achieving peace with Syria as it had been realized with both Egypt and Jordan.
Syria, Politics, 1/12/2000

Masalha: Arabs and Israel restart relations with talks
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Nawaf Maslha has stated that the current progress on the Syrian and Israeli negotiation tracks has resulted in reactivating relations between Israel and several Arab and Islamic states, including Mauritania, Oman, Qatar and Tunisia.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 1/12/2000

Syrian Christian and Jewish communities congratulate Mufti on the Eid
Religious delegations representing both the Christian communities in Syria and the Jewish community in Damascus have visited the Syrian Republic's Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Kiftaro, who is also the chairman of the higher al-Iftaa council.
Syria, Religion, 1/12/2000

On the tripartite meeting in Shepherdstown
US President Bill Clinton concluded a lengthy meeting in a working dinner late Sunday with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to discuss means of settling disputes which obstruct the realization of progress in the peace negotiations that started in the US town of Shepherdstown, West Virginia on January 3.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/11/2000

Al-Sharaa exchanges views with Albright before heading home
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met in Shepherdstown on Monday before noon with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and members of his accompanying delegation before they returned home.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/11/2000

On Clinton's document
The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am quoted high-ranking US sources as saying that the document presented by US President Bill Clinton at Shepherdstown which was welcomed both by Syria and Israel represents the preliminary draft for a peace agreement between the two countries.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/11/2000

US State Department: Negotiations to resume January 19
US State Department spokesman James Robin on Monday said peace negotiations between Syria and Israel will resume on January 19.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/11/2000

Syrian, Turkish citizens spend Eid al-Fitr together on border villages
The Al-Hayat daily repoted that the continued development in the Syrian-Turkish relations which had started with the signing of the Adanah security agreement in October 1998, has surpassed the phase of exchanging official statements and calls to open a new page in the relations between the two sides, to hugging and kissing and even to al-Dabkeh traditional dances.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 1/11/2000

Vilnai and negotiations with Syria
Israeli Minister of Science, Culture and Sports Matan Vilnai said in a statement quoted on Monday by Israeli radio that the current round of negotiations between Israel and Syria is considered the first in a long time as continued rounds of talks have been carried out between the Syrian and Israeli sides on such a high level, adding that this "in itself is a great achievement."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/11/2000

Shas movement opposes withdrawal from the Golan
A questionnaire carried out by Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv and issued on Monday by the Israeli daily Maariv said that most voters from the Shas movement oppose withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights for peace.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/11/2000

Snows block Damascus- Beirut road
Lebanese security forces have closed the Beirut-Damascus international highway at the mountainous city of Soufer due to the heavy snowfall at Daher- al-Beidar- al-Mdeiraj point.
Lebanon-Syria, Local, 1/11/2000

Syrian Israeli four committees meet
The four committees covering border demarcation, equal security measures, normal peaceful relations and water between Syria and Israel resumed their meetings on Sunday in Shepherdstown, West Virginia simultaneously.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/10/2000

Syria: Peace road is still long and hard
Syria, Politics, 1/10/2000

Syrian-Israeli talks resumed on Sunday
Syrian-Israeli peace talks were due to be resumed on Sunday in Shepherdstown following a one-day cessation.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/10/2000

Al-Sharaa, Barak to return to their countries
The Israeli Radio correspondent in Shepherdstown, West Virginia said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa will return today to the Middle East following the expected meeting the two men were due to hold on Sunday with US President Bill Clinton.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/10/2000

Elderly couple in Daraa die on the same day
Syria, Local, 1/10/2000

US working paper and the Israeli-Syrian negotiations
The minister at the Israeli premier's office, Haim Ramon, said on Sunday that the US working paper which was crystallized in Shepherdstown talks is an important paper because it brings together points of agreement and differences between Syria and Israel.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/10/2000

Al-Assad gets a message from the Saudi crown prince
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Sunday at al-Rawda's presidential palace in Damascus received Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Tweijari, the envoy of Saudi Crown Prince, First Deputy Premier and chairman of the National Guard Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.
Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/10/2000

Denial of Iranian accusations against Syria
The office of the Qatari al-Jazira TV satellite station in Tehran on Sunday denied news reported by al-Jazira TV station that the spiritual guide of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described the Syrian-Israeli negotiations as "a great treason against the Arabs and Muslims."
Syria-Iran, Politics, 1/10/2000

An openness in the Syrian media
The Syrian negotiating delegation at Shepherdstown has made an unprecedented openness in expressing its stances and views over the negotiations, and it seems that the Syrians, for the first time, are fighting the Israeli side with the same media weapon.
Syria, Politics, 1/10/2000

Jewish fund claims properties of Syrian territories
The board of the Jewish National Fund, which is a state-run establishment, holds today a meeting to discuss the future of lands owned by the border near Damascus.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/10/2000

Levy, Sharon and withdrawal from the Golan
The chairman of the Israeli Mifdal Party, Yitzhak Levy, who is also the Israeli minister of settlements, said in an interview with Israeli Radio on Sunday that progress was attained in the peace talks in Shepherdstown between Syria and Israel, but it is not a "dramatic progress."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/10/2000


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