Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 9/27/1999
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of September 27, 1999
- French source says Barak will withdraw from south Lebanon
A well-informed French source specialize in Middle East peace and Middle East issues has announced that France has a strong feeling that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will meet his obligations in withdrawing from south Lebanon in July 2000. Lebanon-Regional-France, Politics, 10/2/1999 - Explosive charge in Ein al-Helweh camp
A large explosive charge was defused on Friday in Ein al-Helweh camp for the Palestinian refugees, near Sidon, in south Lebanon. Palestine-Lebanon, Politics, 10/2/1999 - Lebanese economic delegation to visit Egypt in mid-October
A Lebanese economic delegation will discussed during its visit to Cairo on October 15 with Egyptian businessmen the establishment of joint projects and the participation of Egyptian contracting companies in reconstructing Lebanon. Egypt-Lebanon, Economics, 10/1/1999 - Tensions in Ein al-Helweh between Fatah and the Islamists
The conditions were intensified in Ein al-Helweh camp on Thursday afternoon amid escalated acts between the fighters of the Islamist extremist organizations and forces and the Fatah movement's militias. Lebanon, Politics, 10/1/1999 - Israel strikes civilian houses in south Lebanon
Israeli raids and artillery bombardment in south Lebanon on Thursday resulted in damaging several houses of civilians, especially in Zouter East. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 10/1/1999 - One SLA militia member killed; Israel trains SLA on prisoner torture
AP said that the Israeli army admitted in a 15-page written testimony, signed by the commander of the Israeli military operations, Gen. Dan Haloutz, and submitted to the Supreme Court in Israel that Shin Bet agents visited Khiam prison and trained SLA militia members there as well as holding periodical training for them in Israel on torture methods. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/30/1999 - Lebanon reiterates rejection of Israeli conditions
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Tuesday reiterated the commitment of both Syria and Lebanon to the materialization of a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. Lebanon, Politics, 9/29/1999 - Israeli strikes continue against south Lebanon
News reports from the occupied part of south Lebanon spoke about Israeli moves on the front lines of the Hasbaya axis after Israeli army officers took Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militias out of the front positions, especially from Ein Qenya, Zaghla and Zemraya. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/29/1999 - SLA senior official killed by Lebanese resistance
The chief of the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia's intelligence in the central sector of the Israeli occupied sone of south Lebanon, Fawzi al-Saghir (45), was killed on Monday when the Lebanese resistance detonated a roadside bomb on Monday. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/28/1999 - Israeli forces strike Lebanese towns
The Lebanese national resistance front has announced that resistance forces ambushed an Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia mechanized patrol at 4 p.m. Sunday on the road to Barachit position. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/27/1999 - Lebanese resistance vows to continue resistance against Israel
The assistant secretary general of the Lebanese Hizbullah Party, Sheikh Na'eem Qasem, has said that the resistance will continue unabated because it wants a direct and complete pullout by occupation forces from all the Lebanese territories. Lebanon, Politics, 9/27/1999