Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 7/13/1998
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of July 13, 1998
- Kurdish reconciliation effort underway
A US delegation under the leadership of David Wales is currently visiting Iraq in an attempt to reconcile the points of view between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Iraq-USA, Politics, 7/18/1998 - Baghdad accuses allies of using uranium in Desert Storm Iraq-UN, Politics, 7/18/1998
- Iraq gets a new satellite TV channel
Iraqi newspapers reported on Saturday that Iraq has opened a satellite television channel in an effort to publicise the impact of sanctions imposed on the country for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq, Culture, 7/18/1998 - Saddam Hussein: Iraqi sanctions are crumbling
Hussein renewed his confirmation that the sanctions imposed upon Iraq will not be lifted up by a collective decision from the UN Security Council, saying that they have actually begun to crumble Iraq, Politics, 7/17/1998 - Baghdad, Damascus to reopen trade bureaus
Syrian trade relations said that works are underway to reopen the Iraqi trade bureau in Damascus, while similar measures are being taken in Baghdad to reopen the Syrian trade bureau. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 7/17/1998 - Bahrain - Iraq aid Bahrain-Iraq, Economics, 7/17/1998
- Damascus upset over Washington's opposition to Iraqi oil exports from Banias
Syrian official sources on Wednesday expressed strong worries over the US stand opposing the agreement providing for pumping Iraqi oil via Syrian ports. The agreement was signed on Tuesday in Damascus according to items of the "oil-for-food" accord signed between Iraq and the UN Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/16/1998 - More Iranians to visit holy shrines in Iraq
an Iranian delegation to arrive in Iraq within the forthcoming days in order to monitor current preparations to receive Iranian visitors of the Shiite holy shrines. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/16/1998 - Kurdish - Turkish reconciliation discussions
A Turkish - US - British delegation is heading tomorrow to Iraq to discuss the possibility of reviving Kurdish - Turkish reconciliation discussions. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 7/16/1998 - Syrian - Iraqi oil pipelines to be opened very soon
Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Muhammad Rashid said that Iraq and Syria signed on Tuesday an agreement providing for reopening oil pipelines to transfer Iraqi oil to the Syrian port of Banias. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 7/15/1998 - Morocco-Iraq Iraqi Women Delegation on Visit to Morocco Iraq-Morocco, Culture, 7/14/1998
- Iraqi oil minister discusses in Damascus reopening pipelines
Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Muhammad Rashid started talks in Damascus on Sunday night with his Syrian counterpart Muhammad Maher Jamal on means of strengthening cooperation in the oil sector. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 7/13/1998 - 39 Iraqi contracts approved
The United Nations has ratified 39 oil contracts submitted by Iraq under the fourth phase of its oil-for-food deal with the world body, a UN official said yesterday. Iraq, Economics, 7/13/1998 - Tankers dispute between Iraq and Kuwait
Iraq objected at the U.N and the Arab league on the Kuwaiti government's desire to selling five Iraqi tankers that were granted to Kuwait after the Gulf War. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 7/13/1998 - Iraqi newspaper: Butler follows US commands
The Iraqi newspaper El-Kadesia has criticized the head of UNSCOM, the UN committee authorized to remove Iraq weapons of mass destruction before the arrival of a group of international experts in Baghdad. Iraq-UN, Politics, 7/13/1998 - Iraqi oil minister arrives in Damascus Syria-Iraq, Economics, 7/13/1998