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Damascus: Court lifts immunity off three parliament members
Well-informed sources in Damascus said that the economic security court asked the Syrian ministry of justice to send a message asking for lifting immunity from three members of the Syrian parliament in preparations for trying them on charges relating to corruption.
Syria, Politics, 6/29/2000

Bashar al-Assad to the parliament: I will be in the nation's service
Syria's Lieutenant General Bashar al-Assad received yesterday evening People's Assembly Speaker Abdul Qader Qadoura who informed him of the Syrian parliament's consent to his nomination for president.
Syria, Politics, 6/29/2000

Bashar al-Assad meets with PDRK party delegation
Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad, the commander in chief of the Syrian army and armed forces on Wednesday received the chairman of the presidency commission of the people's higher council in the people's Democratic Republic of Korea ( PDRK) Kim Yong Nam and members of an accompanying delegation.
Syria-North Korea, Politics, 6/29/2000

On the Cabinet-reshuffle in Syria
The London-based al-Zaman paper said on Wednesday that sources in Damascus told it that news which talked about the possibility of making ministerial reshuffle in Syria before the referendum for the presidency of Bashar al-Assad for Syria are incorrect and shows ignorance on the pursued political mechanism pursued to this effect.
Syria, Politics, 6/29/2000

Resuming Syrian - Israeli peace negotiations in August
There is great optimism in Damascus regarding the resumption of the peace process on the Syrian - Israeli track in August.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 6/29/2000

Turkish- Syrian relations are improving
In its Wednesday's issue, the Turkish daily Mellit stressed that relations between Syria and Turkey have been witnessing positive developments, adding that the two countries's interests require the consolidation of peace, friendship and stability.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 6/29/2000

On the division of al-Ghajar village in the Golan
The chairman of the local council of the occupied village of al-Ghajar in the occupied Golan Suleiman Khatib met on Wednesday in the presence of the village's chieftains with the Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Omar al-Refa. The meeting aims at urging Jordan to interfere to prevent the division of the village, according to UN resolution, according to the Israeli radio.
Syria, Politics, 6/29/2000

Syrian parliament approves Bashar al-Assad for president
Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday received the Speaker of the people's Assembly Abdul Qader Qaddoura.
Syria, Politics, 6/28/2000

Human rights organizations in Arab states ask Bashar al-Assad to release 57 detainees
The Human rights organizations in the Arab states asked Bashar al-Assad to release 57 detainees in the Syrian prison or retrying them fairly.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 6/28/2000

Damascus denounces Algerian journalists' visit to Israel
The Syrian newspaper El-Baath denounced yesterday the visit paid by a delegation from the Algerian students and journalists the day before yesterday to Israel.
Syria-Algeria, Politics, 6/28/2000

Israel and the Syrian track
The Israeli radio said on Tuesday that high ranking officials in Syria told the UN secretary general Kofi Anna their readiness to resume negotiations with Israel, immediately. The Israeli radio said this was expressed during Annan's visit to Damascus last week.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 6/28/2000

A detention campaign in the Golan
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday at dawn broke into the town of Masaadah in the occupied Golan Heights and carried out a vast mopping up campaign among the citizens of the town.
Syria, Politics, 6/28/2000

Bashar al-Assad's biography
He was born in 1965 in damascus. He received his elementary, preparatory and secondary school education at al-Houria Institute in Damascus and had hid baccalaureate in 1982. As a secondary school student, he successfully passed parachute jumping course in 1980..
Syria, Politics, 6/28/2000

Referendum election committee meets
The Interior ministry committee in charge of following up the referendum on Tuesday held a meeting chaired by the Minister of the Interior Muhammad Harba.
Syria, Politics, 6/28/2000

Syrian PA committee approves Bashar al-Assad's nomination for presidency
The Syrian People's Assembly PA on Monday at 6.p.m. held a session chaired by its speaker Abdul Qader Qaddoura. It was attended by the Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro, the Premier's two deputies and the Cabinet ministers.
Syria, Politics, 6/27/2000

Bashar al-Assad received a telephone call from Moroccan King
Syria-Morocco, Politics, 6/27/2000

Al-Shara to make an Arab tour
Syria, Politics, 6/27/2000

Syrian parliament extends to today discussions on Bashar's nomination
The Syrian People's Assembly (PA) on Monday extended its discussions on nominating Bashar al-Assad for the Syrian presidency for another day. The decision was taken after some 200 PA members out of the total number of 250 asked to make talks to this effect.
Syria, Politics, 6/27/2000

Lt. Gen. Tlass confers with Dutch military delegation
Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass, deputy commander in chief of the army and armed forces, deputy premier and defense minister on Monday met with the delegation of the Dutch air force led by col. Van Ingergin.
Syria, Politics, 6/27/2000

Parliament agrees on nominating Bashar as Syria's president
The Syrian People's Assembly agreed in its second session today unanimously on nominating Bashar al-Assad for president as the 250 members of, most of whom are from Baath party.
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000

Arafat for a new page of relations with Syria
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 6/26/2000

Assets of former Syrian officials involved in corruption cases, frozen
Syrian Minister of Finance Muhammad Khaled al-Maheyni has released a decision to freeze transferred and non-transferred assets of Syrian citizen, who acquired Spanish citizenship Munir Abu Khaddour (b.1943) in Daraa province, together with the heirs of the late former Syrian prime minister Mahmoud al-Zoubi, the former deputy premier for economic affairs Salim Yassin and the former transport minister Mufid Abdul Karim.
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000

News about a Syria - Egyptian - Saudi summit
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000

Al-Shara confers with Iraqi counterpart
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Sunday in Damascus met with Iraqi counterpart Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of developing them.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 6/26/2000

Murphy and peace between Syria and Israel
The former US under secretary of state Richard Murphy, who was US former ambassador in Damascus said that the presence of Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad in the rule is a new opportunity for resuming the peace process.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000

Bashar al-Assad elected Baath party secretary general, RL members distributed on offices
Bashar al-Assad, the secretary general of the Baath party central committee leadership, was elected as Regional Secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000

Barak and the Syrian track
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel is ready to resume negotiations with Syria, noting in this regard that no change has been made on the Israeli position to keeping the Tiberies lake area under the Israeli control.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000


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