Arabic News Daily Page for 1/5/1999
Daily Edition - Tuesday, January 5, 1999
- Israel regrets striking Syrian soldier
Israeli security circles explained that an raid launched by the Israeli warplanes on Sunday against Jenta village adjacent to the Lebanese-Syrian border in the Lebanese Bekaa plain was not targeting Syrian "objectives." It expressed regret if a Syrian soldier was struck in the raid. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/5/1999 - President Mubarak confers with Francophonic organization chief
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday in Cairo received the secretary general of the international Francophonic organization, Boutros Boutros Ghali. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/5/1999 - Syrian minister of justice clamps down on hunting Syria, Judicial, 1/5/1999
- South African Muslim group to protest Blair's visit
A Muslim group called "the Muslims are against world persecution" announced on Monday in Cape Town that they are planning a protest during the visit to be made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to South Africa. Regional-International, Politics, 1/5/1999 - New instructions by the US embassy in Damascus
The US embassy in Damascus as of today will start to offer certain emigration visas and services for United States citizens, whereas other non-migration visas services including tourism, work and study visas are to continue to be suspended for an indefinite time. Syria-USA, Politics, 1/5/1999 - Report: Britain planned to topple governments in Jordan, Saudi Arabia in 1967
A London-based Arabic daily said on Monday that records of the British Foreign Office for 1967 unveiled a detailed plan to topple the governments in Jordan and Saudi Arabia which was known among Arab and Western officials and diplomats in Riyadh, Baghdad and London by the name of the "Ramadan Plan." Regional-UK, Politics, 1/5/1999