Arabic News Daily Page for 1/15/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, January 15, 1998
- Shooting Israeli military vehicle in Gaza strip
Armed individuals shot at a military vehicle in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian police official said. The vehicle was severely damaged, but no one was hurt. Palestine-Israel, Local, 1/15/1998 - Yemeni President to visit Riyadh
Arab diplomatic sources in Riyadh expected President Saleh to visit Saudi Arabia in the last week of Ramadan. The Lebanese daily al-Nahar said on Thursday. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Clinton - Butler Iraq, International, 1/15/1998
- Israel extends the imprisonment term of German prisoner
The Judges refused to release the young German man charged with planning a suicide attack in Israel temporarily because the charges filed against him are very serious. Israel, Judicial, 1/15/1998 - Lebanon pullout
Israeli defense minister Yitzhak Mordechai said yesterday Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon would be impossible unless the Lebanese government demonstrated that it could take charge of security in the area. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Israel obstruct Palestinian mail - new phone code
Israel is deliberately obstructing Palestinian mail and the Palestinian government has prepared a plan to deliver mail among rural Palestinian areas. Palestine-Israel, Local, 1/15/1998 - Foreign and Planning ministers head to Washington
Jordanian Foreign Minister Fayez al-Taraunah and Minister of Planning Mrs. Rima Khalaf left Amman for Washignton yesterday. Jordan, Economics, 1/15/1998 - Israeli court sentences four Syrian people from the Golan
The Israeli military court in the occupied town of Lida on Tuesday passed a multi-year imprisonment sentence against four Syrian citizens in the Golan. Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Syria, IBD boost relations
The two sides signed an agreement according to which the bank is to provide US $10.48 million for the purchase of equipment necessary for setting up a cotton-spinning factory. Syria, Economics, 1/15/1998