Arabic News Front Page for 8/19/1997
Today's Headlines
- Syrian-Iraqi oil line to reopen
The oil line, closed in the eighties, is being prepared to transfer Iraqi oil to Syria. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 8/19/1997 - Egyptian foreign minister prepares for next African tour
Amr Moussa, the Egyptian foreign minister, met with members of a team accompanying him on an upcoming multi-leg tour of Africa. Egypt, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Saddam allows Iranians to visit Shiite shrines
The President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, will permit Iranians to visit Iraq's Shiite Muslim shrines starting next month, after a 17-year-suspension. Iraq, Religion, 8/19/1997 - Yemenis demonstrate for release of prisoners held without charges
3000 demonstrators in Aden, Yemen demanded the release of 60 prisoners being held without without legal charges in the southern city of Hadramout. Yemen, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Death toll reaches nine in bloodiest day since Grapes of Wrath
In the bloodiest day of violence since last year's Israeli "Grapes of Wrath" onslaught, nine Lebanese civilians were killed and up to 41 wounded, catapulting the South once again to the center stage of the Middle East conflict. Lebanon, Military, 8/19/1997