Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 4/20/1998
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of April 20, 1998
- Israel continues bombardment of Lebanese areas Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/25/1998
- Lebanese Premier confers with Sudanese minister
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri today in Beirut discussed with Sudanese Trade Minister Othman al-Hadi Ibrahim bilateral relations between the two countries and the situation in the region. Lebanon-Sudan, Politics, 4/25/1998 - Hariri wants Israeli unconditional withdrawal Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 4/24/1998
- Lebanese President confers with Kuwaiti Parliament speaker
Lebanese President Elias Hrawi on Thursday at Baabda Presidential Palace in Beirut received chairman of the Kuwaiti Ummah (nation) assembly Ahmad Abdul Aziz al-Sadoun. Talks dealt with bilateral relations, and the situation in the region following Israeli proposals on UN resolution 425. Lebanon-Kuwait, Politics, 4/24/1998 - Monitoring group meets as south Lebanon fighting continues
Israeli occupation forces on Thursday shelled with heavy artillery the outskirts of Kafra, Yater, Haris and Wadi Mariamin valley Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/24/1998 - Lebanese FM confers with ambassadors of UN major states to Lebanon Lebanon, Politics, 4/23/1998
- Pan-Arab solidarity with Lebanon
Lebanese President Elias Hrawi on Tuesday received at Baabda palace a delegation comprising a number of foreign, Arab and Lebanese figures, participants in the international press seminar in solidarity with Lebanon currently underway in Beirut. Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 4/23/1998 - French position on Syria-Lebanon-Israel situation
Replying to a question on the nature of the call made by French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine for the Lebanese "not to neglect Israel's acceptance of UN resolution 425," the French assistant spokeswoman added: "The foreign minister was clear in making a distinction between the hidden part of the iceberg and the visible part." Lebanon-Syria-France, Politics, 4/23/1998 - Lebanese resistance attack al-Bayada position
The Lebanese national resistance men on Wednesday carried out a number of operations against the Israeli occupation and the affiliated South Lebanon Army in the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/23/1998 - UN tower hit by Israeli shelling
Lebanese resistance forces on Tuesday shelled an Israeli position on al-Ahmadiyah hill inflicting direct hits on the site, while Israeli shelling on Shakra town in the central sector in south Lebanon damaged Lebanese citizen Raef al-Amin's house Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/22/1998 - Protests in support of Syrian-Golan prisoners in Israeli jails
There are 21 prisoners from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights in Israeli prisons serving 27-year sentences -- of whom seven are under 18 and another four were never tried. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 4/22/1998 - Beirut hosts conference on protection of intellectual property Lebanon, Business, 4/22/1998
- Hariri: Egypt shares Lebanon's views on Israeli withdrawal
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri today stressed that the Lebanese position is clear towards the Israeli proposal providing for conditional withdrawal from south Lebanon. "We have repeatedly stressed, we are for full and unconditional Israeli withdrawal as stated in 425," he said. Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 4/21/1998 - Lebanon's Hariri begins regional tour on Israeli offer
Also taking part in this shuttle move is Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz, who will today summon the ambassadors of the US, Russia, France, Britain and China in Beirut to discuss with them their countries' stances regarding the Israeli proposal and to brief them on the Lebanese stand in rejecting such proposals. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/21/1998 - Syrian FM: Israel has to withdraw from Lebanon unconditionally
Concerning the Israeli proposals on south Lebanon, al-Sharaa said: "If Israel wanted to withdraw from south Lebanon unconditionally in implementation of UN resolution 425, Syria, Lebanon, and the Lebanese national resistance welcome this initiative and view it as a victory. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 4/21/1998 - Lebanese resistance escalates operations against Israeli occupation
Lebanese security sources said Israeli heavy artillery shelled the surroundings of Kafra, Yater and Haris towns using 155 mm - caliber. The Israeli bombardment also covered al-Zahrani river bed Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/21/1998 - Dalloul: Bekaa development needed Lebanon, Politics, 4/21/1998
- Cohen - Lebanon withdrawal Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 4/21/1998
- Israel extends Lebanese detentions Lebanon-Israel, Judicial, 4/21/1998
- Egypt, Lebanon sign health accord Egypt-Lebanon, Economics, 4/21/1998
- Lebanon marks second anniversary of Israeli massacre at Qana
On April 11-18, 1996 the Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-scale aggression against Lebanon under the name "Grapes of Wrath." A series of crimes were committed against Lebanese civilians in the towns of Jmijmeh, Suhmour, al-Mansouri, al-Nabatieh and Qana Lebanon-Israel, Culture, 4/20/1998 - Lebanese resistance escalated against Israeli occupation, SLA soldier injured
The source added that the attack took place on Muhaibib position of the South Lebanon Army militia, almost two km north of the Israeli borders, noting that the militia man was treated on the spot. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/20/1998