Arabsat resumes service to Iraq

Originally published May 31, 1999

The general assembly for the Arab Satellite Communications Corporation (Arabsat) has decided to resume services to Iraq after delayed sums borne by Iraq estimated at US $3 million were refunded. Arabsat had suspended its services to Iraq since 1991.

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