Arabic News Front Page for 4/25/1998

Originally published April 25, 1998

Today's Headlines

Israel continues bombardment of Lebanese areas Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/25/1998
Lebanese Premier confers with Sudanese minister
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri today in Beirut discussed with Sudanese Trade Minister Othman al-Hadi Ibrahim bilateral relations between the two countries and the situation in the region. Lebanon-Sudan, Politics, 4/25/1998
Group calls on closing Israeli office in Morocco
The statement also denounced the celebration the bureau intends to hold on April 30 to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Israel. Morocco-Israel, Politics, 4/25/1998
Sheikh Yassin to visit Arab, Islamic capitals
Palestinian sources from the Hamas movement confirmed that Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin will pay a visit to Syria soon within an Arab and Islamic tour. Palestine, Politics, 4/25/1998
Abdul Meguid visits Algeria and Morocco
The secretary-general of the Arab League will begin a five-day visit tomorrow to Algeria and Morocco, during which he will meet with Algerian President Liamine Zeroual to discuss recent developments of the situation in Algeria and the successes achieved by Algeria in combating terrorism and extremism. Morocco-Morocco, Politics, 4/25/1998
Kurdish peace process continues
Efforts to reach a final peace agreement in Kurdistan region of Iraq have been continuing. Delegates from both the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, met on April 23 in Shaqlaw. Iraq, Politics, 4/25/1998

Arab businessmen called at the conclusion of their second meeting in Luxor on the international community to take immediate steps to lift sanctions imposed on Iraq, Libya and Sudan, so that those states can assume their normal roles in building Arab economical integrity. Go