Arabic News Daily Page for 7/30/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, July 30, 1998
- Syrian army chief of staff: Syria is always ready to confront the enemy
In an interview granted to the Syrian local daily al-Baath on Wednesday, Syrian armed forces chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ali Aslan, said the Syrian army has become one of the big and developed armies, "deriving power from the nation's categorical rejection of capitulation and surrender." Syria, Military, 7/30/1998 - Syrian Foreign Ministry reports on Israeli human rights violations
The director of the Syrian Foreign Ministry's international organizations department, Kloufis Kouri, on Wednesday submitted the Syrian Foreign Ministry's statement to the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories. Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998 - Abdul Meguid briefs UN delegation on regional issues
The Arab League's secretary-general, Esmat Abdul Meguid, informed a United Nations delegation of the AL's position toward the current events in the Middle East including developments in the peace process. Regional-UN, Politics, 7/30/1998 - French agency says it is Morocco's major partner in development efforts
The French Development Agency said it contributed to Morocco in the 1992-1997 period, some 3.4 billion French Francs, being thus the Kingdom's major partner in its development efforts. Morocco-France, Economics, 7/30/1998 - American Smile surgeons fix face malformations in Morocco
A team of 42 US volunteer surgeons will be staying in Morocco this July 29 through August 12 to perform operations on children suffering from congenital face malformations, acute burning scars or harelip. Morocco-USA, Health, 7/30/1998 - Chahine grants films to Algerian museum
Egyptian director Yousef Shahine agreed to grant three films he directed and produced to the Algerian Museum for Cinema and the Visual Arts after the success of Shahine's film week in Algeria organized by the museum at the beginning of the current month. Egypt-Algeria, Culture, 7/30/1998 - Moussa meets with al-Sahaf in Casablanca
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met yesterday with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf in Casablanca where the two discussed coordinating the two countries' position toward the developments in the Middle East peace process stalemate and the situation in Gulf. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 7/30/1998 - King Hussein talks with Netanyahu from Mayo clinic
King Hussein of Jordan on Wednesday night made a telephone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He learned from Netanyahu about developments pertaining to recent meetings between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Jordan, Politics, 7/30/1998 - Syrian FM urges Arab, Muslim states to halt normalization with Israel
Al-Sharaa criticized the Israeli practices in the occupied Arab territories, especially against Jerusalem which he said are aimed at changing the holy Arab city into a small quarter of a big Jewish Jerusalem so as to abrogate the history of this time-honored city. Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998 - Israel shell south Lebanon, prevent farmers from cultivating wheat harvest
the occupied Lebanese town of Teir Harfa has been subjected to campaigns of arrest and acts of violation carried out by the Israeli occupation forces and its allies. The reports said that among the hostile actions was SLA elements preventing farmers from cultivating their wheat harvest. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 7/30/1998