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Belgium ambassador:Syria for Belgium is a key country for the stability of the ME region
" I consider that President Bashar al-Assad is representing the hope for the Syrian youths. He dedicates himself and engaged himself in two important reforms for the future of this country. In the economic and political fields." said the Belgium ambassador in Damascus Mr. Philippe Henri Arcq in a statement to Arabic News.
Syria-Belgium, Politics, 7/21/2001

Israeli army in the Golan in a state of alert
The BBC said on Friday that the Israeli army put its forces in the occupied Syrian Golan heights in a state of continued alert, " expecting a possible Syrian attack."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2001

Maher denies the convening of a Syrian- Egyptian summit
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/21/2001

Two electricity grid agreements between Syria and Lebanon
Syria and Lebanon on Thursday signed two agreements on electricity grids between the two states.
Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 7/20/2001

A reception on the occasion of Iraq's national day
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/20/2001

Al-Shara receives a copy of the credentials of the Argentine ambassador
Syria-Argentina, Politics, 7/20/2001

Syrian prime minister heads tomorrow for Yemen
The Syrian Prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro will tomorrow pay a visit to the Yemeni Arab republic in an official visit to Yemen at the invitation of the Yemeni prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro Abdul Qader Bajmal.
Syria-Yemen, Politics, 7/20/2001

British envoy to arrive in Syria on Tuesday
The Minister in charge of the Middle East and the Common - wealth affairs at the British Foreign ministry Bin Bradshow will pay a visit to Syria next Tuesday in a framework of a tour on the region that will cover several countries.
Syria-UK, Politics, 7/20/2001

A ministerial reshuffle in Syria
Syria, Politics, 7/19/2001

On the first anniversary of President al-Assad in power
The London- based al-Hayat daily has stated that the first anniversary marking President Bashar al-Assad in power in Syria has passed with the minimum rate of celebration, noting that this is in the context of reinforcing a new image for Syria but " without pictures" (pictures for Presidents ).
Syria, Politics, 7/19/2001

A special office in Syria for the Syrian Social Nationalist Party
In a statement to the United Arab Emirates UAE daily al-Khaleij issued on Wednesday, a source at the Syrian Social Nationalist Party said that the Party's leadership has formed a special political bureau in Syria, and this was in line with the contacts the party had reached recently with the Syrian leadership.
Syria, Politics, 7/19/2001

On al-Assad's visit to Turkey
The Syrian journalist Muhammad Jamal Barout has said that the conditions for President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Turkey are not mature.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 7/19/2001

On Arafat's visit to Damascus
Member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Abdul Rahim Mallouh has announced that the visit of the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat to Syria was postponed because of the contradiction and duplication in the timing between Arafat and President Bashar al-Assad who was in a visit to Spain.
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/19/2001

On the water issue between Syria and Turkey
The Turkish daily (Radical) said on Wednesday that Syria, in an attempt to develop relations with Turkey, extended an invitation to the supervisors for the Southern East Anadolia project "G A B" to visit Damascus although Damascus used to consider this project its greatest enemy.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 7/19/2001

Nayouf admitted to a hospital in Paris and vows to return back to Syria
The opposition Syrian journalist Nizar Nayouf arrived in Paris on Tuesday for medical treatment. He stressed he will not stay in Paris rather will return back to Syria for work as an opposition from inside the country and " chase those who commit crimes," noting that he has documents about the Lebanese detainees who died and those who are still alive and about Tadmur ( Palmyra ) massacres (claims of burnt prison of Palmyra included prisoners of the Muslim brothers members at least 10 years ago) which Rifaat al-Assad is held responsible for.
Syria, Politics, 7/18/2001

Al-Assad gets a message from Qaddafi
Syria-Libya, Politics, 7/18/2001

On statements made by Nayouf
The Jordanian daily " al-Arab al-Youm" on Tuesday strongly criticized the statements made by Nizar Nayouf which it described as "the Syrian communist" in which he disclosed secrets that he has no right to give out to the press or even to any other side.
Syria, Politics, 7/18/2001

Nayouf travels for medical treatment in France
Journalist Nizar Nayouf said he will leave for France on Sunday for medical treatment at the expense of the " Sans frontier journalists" after he had several days ago received an entry visa to France from the French embassy in Damascus.
Syria, Politics, 7/17/2001

Al-Assad congratulates on Iraq's national Day
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/17/2001

Syrian drinking waters to Jordan
At Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's directives, Syria on Saturday provided Jordan with drinking waters at a daily rate of 33 thousand cubic meters from Bassel al-Assad Dam in the province of Daraa to the south part of Syria.
Syria-Jordan, Politics, 7/16/2001

More facilities provided for the Syrians to visit Iraq
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 7/16/2001

Syrian decree to ratify double- taxation avoiding agreement with Bahrain
Syria-Bahrain, Economics, 7/16/2001

Al-Assad confers with UAE minister, gets a telephone call from Annan
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday at the Damascus al-Shaab palace received the United Arab Emirates UAE minister of information Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who is also the chairman of the UAE side to the Syrian- UAE joint higher committee.
Syria-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 7/16/2001

Tunisian President to visit Syria
Tunisia-Syria, Politics, 7/16/2001

On Arafat's visit to Damascus
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/16/2001

Fighting smuggling in Syria
Well-informed Syrian sources told the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am that the specialized security forces, in the course of the campaign to fight corruption have recently carried out a vast breaking in campaign against smugglers in several Syrian provinces that resulted in arresting many of the outlaws and seizing large amounts of smuggled items.
Syria, Local, 7/16/2001

Syrian source denies launching of any Syrian missiles
In its issue of Sunday al-Majallah weekly said that the Syrian defense minister Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass stressed not one missile was launched from Syria even for testing.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 7/16/2001

Expected summit between Mubarak, al-Assad
The London- based al- Sharq al-Awsat daily said in its Sunday's issue, according to well-informed Egyptian sources that there are contacts taking place between Cairo and Damascus in order to convene a summit conference between President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad very soon and the meeting is expected to be held in Damascus.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/16/2001

On the redeployment of the Syrian forces in Lebanon
The United Arab Emirates UAE daily al-Khaleij quoted an official Syrian source as saying that the redeployment process carried out by the Syrian forces working in Lebanon is a second phase and is expected to be completed by the beginning of August ( next month).
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 7/16/2001


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