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Syria asks for reasons behind Jospin 's statement
Syria-Lebanon-France, Politics, 2/26/2000

Israeli Knesset member and the Syrian track
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/26/2000

Orators in Syrian mosques denounce aggressive Israeli statements
Orators in Syrian mosques denounced yesterday the declaration made by Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/26/2000

Damascus: limited changes in the coming government
Consultations continue in Damascus over the expected Cabinet reshuffle in a to merge the current government presided over by Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi and several young Baathists and technocrats in the framework of "a change in the framework of continuity" or say "gradual openness."
Syria, Politics, 2/26/2000

Syria welcomes Turkish initiative to start discussion on water
Syrian Minister of Irrigation Abdul Rahman Madani welcomed in special statements to Al Ahram Egyptian newspaper today said the Turkish initiative concerning holding a joint discussion between Syria, Iraq and Turkey to agree on a fair distribution of the waters of the Euphrates river and dividing these water among the three countries sharing this international river.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 2/26/2000

Russian military delegation holds talks in Damascus
The Syrian deputy commander in chief of the army and armed forces, deputy premier and defense minister, Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass, on Thursday received the chairman of the international military cooperation department at the Russian Defense Ministry, Col. Lioned Ivashov, and members of the accompanying delegation.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 2/25/2000

Al-Shara confers with Raban, Moratinos on current ME conditions
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday made a telephone call to Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss during which he conveyed Syria's welcome to convening the meetings of the ordinary session of the AL council on the level of foreign ministers in Beirut on March 11.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 2/25/2000

Report: Water and terrorism issues to be discussed between Syria and Turkey
The Turkish daily Millet said on Thursday that Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has agreed that the round of talks which will be held in Damascus at the beginning of March for the first time will address the question of water and the issue of fighting terrorism.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 2/25/2000

Oppressive imprisonment sentences against Syrian youths from Baqatha
The Israeli central court in al-Nasera has released prison sentences against a group of Syrian youths from Baqatha town in the occupied Syrian Golan under the charges of resisting the Israeli occupation and carrying out resistance operations against its establishments.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/25/2000

Report: Al-Shara expected to chair next Syrian government
Well-informed sources told the London-based al-Hayat daily that the regional leadership of the ruling Baath Party in Syria met during the two past days under the chairmanship of the assistant secretary general of the party, Suleiman Qaddah, just a few days after a meeting presided over by President Hafez al-Assad during which the framewark was drawn up to reshuffle the government of Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi.
Syria, Politics, 2/24/2000

Al-Shara to hold an Arab tour
The Saudi daily Okaz reported on Wednesday that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa will visit Saudi Arabia in the course of a tour he will make of several Arab capitals of concern to the Middle East peace process.
Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 2/24/2000

Damascus assures being not in a hurry for peace ratification
Damascus stated today that it is not hurrying to resume its negotiations with Israel, saying it believes this resumption will never be achieved unless Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's government frankly announces a withdrawal to the June 4, 1967 borders.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/24/2000

Report: Peace talks to resume very soon
Western diplomatic sources have expected that Syrian-Israeli negotiations will be resumed following the vacation of Eid al-Adha in the middle of March.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/24/2000

Al-Assad confers with Italian prime minister
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Tuesday received at Damascus's al-Chaab palace Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema and members of his accompanying delegation.
Syria-Italy, Politics, 2/23/2000

Syrian - Italian talks stress bilateral cooperation, backing for Middle East peace
A round of talks was held on Tuesday evening between Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi and his Italian counterpart, Massimo D'Alema.
Syria-Italy, Politics, 2/23/2000

Syrian foreign minister to visit Jordan
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 2/23/2000

Al-Sharaa holds telephone talks with al-Hoss, Ivanov
Lebanese Premier and Foreign Minister Salim al-Hoss on Tuesday spoke on the telephone with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa.
Syria-Lebanon-Russia, Politics, 2/23/2000

Al-Sharaa confers with PLO official
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Monday in Damascus received the chairman of the PLO political department, Farouk Qaddoumi, and members of the accompanying delegation.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 2/22/2000

Italian prime minister arrives in Damascus today
Syria-Italy, Politics, 2/22/2000

Jordanian premier confers with outgoing Syrian charge d'affairs
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh on Monday in Amman received the Syrian charge d'affairs in Amman, Wahib Jaber, on the occasion of ending his term of office in Jordan.
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 2/22/2000

Has the march of change started in Syria? New government expected within days
News reports in Damascus said that convening the general conference of the Baath Party, expected for several years, is very near after an increasing demand to make amendments to the work programs of the Baath Party and its leadership. The son of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is expected to join these programs.
Syria, Politics, 2/21/2000

Al-Sharaa confers with outgoing Jordanian ambassador
Syria-Jordan, Politics, 2/21/2000

Syrians in the Golan demand the release of relative from Israeli jails
Syrians from the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday called on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to intervene for the release of 17 Syrian detainees from the Golan held in Israel.
Syria-Israel-UN, Politics, 2/21/2000

Qaddoumi discusses the peace process with El-Fahoum
Farouk Qaddoumi, head of the political department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, met yesterday with Khaled El-Fahoumi, former head of the Palestinian National Council and one of the prominent figures in the Palestinian opposition residing in Damascus.
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 2/21/2000

Apple Hill: American musicians in Damascus to unite the world with music
"The Syrians are warm, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic, very loving, and cultured. We feel very comfortable and we love to be here with the people trying to touch, entertain and challenge and mainly to inspire them ," said Eric Stumacher, the director of the US Apple Hill Chamber players.
Syria-USA, Culture, 2/21/2000

US Jewish organizations members visit the Golan
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/21/2000

Syria, UNDP sign protocol
In the framework of the technical cooperation with the United Nations Development Program for 1997-2000, an agreement on the project of administrating traditional and non-conventional water resources in the area of agriculture between the UNDP and Syria was signed on Sunday at the premises of the state planning commission.
Syria-UN, Economics, 2/21/2000

Finnish Clergy in Damascus
Syria-Finland, Religion, 2/21/2000


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