Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 11/8/1999
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of November 8, 1999
- Four SLA militia members wounded in south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said on Friday that several Lebanese citizens had been injured by the fighting at various locations in and around Qadissiya valley. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/13/1999 - Lahoud: Peaceful intentions are not shown in aggressions and detentions
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud stated that peaceful intentions are not shown in the "daily aggressions with different assassination style and continuing imprisonment (of Lebanese) in the detention camps." Lebanon, Politics, 11/12/1999 - European concern with the Middle East and the peace process
The European Union ambassador in Lebanon, Dimitri Corkolas, asserted Europe's concern with the Middle East and the peace process in it, indicating the European commitment to the peace process through the role played by the special European envoy, Miguel Moratinos, and the positive leanings he finds among all sides. Lebanon-Regional-European Union, Politics, 11/12/1999 - Lebanese resistance forces attack four Israeli positions
Israel continued its attacks against villages and towns adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/12/1999 - Bashar al-Assad arrives in Beirut suddenly
Bashar al-Assad visited Beirut yesterday, where he met with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/11/1999 - Lebanon welcomes French attitude towards refugee issue
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss has welcomed the statements made by French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine on the impossibility of reaching peace without settling the question of the Palestinian refugees. Lebanon-France, Politics, 11/11/1999 - Iranian invitation for Patriarch Safir to visit Iran
Iran's ambassador in Lebanon, Mohammed Ali Sovhani, said his country desires to enhance its relations with all the Lebanese categories and not only with one front. Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 11/11/1999 - Lebanese operation in retaliation for Israeli bombardment
The Lebanese resistance on Wednesday attacked an Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia engineering unit while carrying out fortification works inside a joint Israeli-SLA militia position in al-Muheisbat in the central section of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/11/1999 - Jordan, Lebanon for boosting parliamentary cooperation Jordan-Lebanon, Politics, 11/10/1999
- Berri denies report US ambassador slept one night at his home in Tabnin Lebanon-USA, Politics, 11/10/1999
- Continued Israeli attacks against south Lebanon
In retaliation for the continued Israeli attacks against south Lebanon, a Lebanese resistance group on Tuesday attacked an Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia engineering force that was carrying out fortification works inside the Israeli position in al-Sweida. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/10/1999 - March in Beirut against detention of teachers in Israeli- supported Khiam detention center
Those detainees are Lebanese citizens of different categories of ages who were captured and tortured. Inside the KDC, there are six women among which the journalist Cosette Ibrahim and the oldest Al-Abda Malkani that is seventy years old. Some of the detainees are 14-year-old teenagers who were abducted from their homes and dragged to the camp such as Ali Tawbeh arrested with his father in 1997 while he wasn’t even 14 years old. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/9/1999 - Iran for helping Lebanon rebuild
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi met on Sunday in Tehran with Lebanese Minister of Transport and Public Works Najib Meiqati, currently visiting Iran. Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 11/8/1999 - Lebanese resistance operations against occupation forces
As a result of the operations carried out by the Lebanese resistance against the Israeli occupation troops and their militia allies' positions and centers, a state of fear and disorder is prevailing among the ranks of the Israeli army and their South Lebanon Army militia allies, reports said. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/8/1999 - Beirut hosts international conference on Jerusalem
An international conference on the geopolitical and human dimensions of the holy city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) opened this Monday in Beirut. Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 11/8/1999