Arabic News Daily Page for 11/12/1997
Daily Edition - Wednesday, November 12, 1997
- Organisation of the Islamic Conference calls for no military action against Iraq
For the ninth time in ten days Iraq turned away UN weapons inspection teams that included American members. The Iraqis continued to bar the inspectors despite a Security Council vote to be held today. Iraq, Politics, 11/12/1997 - Military rule in part of Lebanon
The cabinet will today declare the Bekaa a military zone, after consultation with Damascus. All police and security forces will be put under the command of army chief General Emil Lahhoud. Lebanon, Military, 11/12/1997 - Israeli planes attack Palestinian base near Beirut
The raiding jets fired one missile at the base, belonging to guerrillas of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, a radical group which opposes the Middle East peace process. Lebanon, Military, 11/12/1997 - Lebanon welcomes Clinton's decision on drugs
Lebanese authorities have welcomed a decision by the United States to remove Lebanon and Syria from a list of major-drug producing countries. Lebanon, Politics, 11/12/1997 - Kuwaiti foreign minister in Cairo soon
Kuwaiti foreign minister Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will visit Egypt this week for talks with Egyptian officials on the controversial Mena economic regional conference in Doha. Kuwait-Egypt, Politics, 11/12/1997