Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 12/22/1997
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of December 22, 1997
- Kurdish leader Barazani calls for mediation
Kurdistan Radio, run by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, quoted KDP leader Massud Barazani as saying that it has been a long time since Western countries have done any great work to forward the peace process between his faction and the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of Jalal Talabani. Iraq, Politics, 12/26/1997 - Russian plane allowed to fly to Iraq Iraq, Local, 12/26/1997
- US group sends aid to Iraq Iraq, Politics, 12/26/1997
- Qian - Iraq Iraq, Politics, 12/26/1997
- Iraqis demonstrate Iraq-Iran, Local, 12/24/1997
- A member of the Iraqi leadership council visits Sudan
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi arrived at El-Khartoum within his tour of Arab countries as Saddam Hussein's special envoy. Iraq-Sudan, Politics, 12/24/1997 - 140 Jordanians in Iraqi jails
Jordanian Foreign Minister Fayez al-Taraunah received a list of 140 Jordanians being jailed in Iraq. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 12/23/1997 - Jordan will export $31 million to Iraq
new contracts have been ratified by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee according to which Jordan is allowed to export goods worth US $31,062,452 through 25 contracts between the Iraqi government and Jordanian companies. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 12/23/1997 - UN resolution on Iraq Iraq, International, 12/23/1997
- UAE - Iraq passenger line United Arab Emirates-Iraq, Business, 12/23/1997
- Iraqis inaugurate antibiotic factory
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Taha Jazrawy has opened a factory built to produce antibiotics. Iraq, Local, 12/22/1997