Arabic News Daily Page for 12/14/1998
Daily Edition - Monday, December 14, 1998
- For better Egyptian-Iranian relations
Iranian Vice President Masumeh Ebtekar has asserted that strengthening economic and trade relations between Egypt and Iran would foster political relations between the two countries. Egypt-Iran, Politics, 12/14/1998 - Indonesian 300-Year-old Mosque Refurbished
Rehabilitation works of an almost 300-year-old mosque built by Chinese Moslems in Jakarta were launched last Friday, reports Indonesian news agency Antara. Regional, Religion, 12/14/1998 - Confrontations continue in south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that Israeli heavy artillery targeted the surroundings of Yater, Ein al-Jabal, Barachit, Hadatha and al-Zater towns. The shelling also covered the hilly areas of Sarira, Maidoun, and al-Qantara in the western Bekaa, the sources continued. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/14/1998 - EU envoy summarizes the EU's role in the ME peace process
During his visit to Amman this week, the European Union's special envoy for the Middle East peace process, Miguel Moratinos, said the EU already has a role in the Middle East and that the actions the EU can undertake will give new momentum to the Middle East peace process. Jordan-European Union, Politics, 12/14/1998