Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 12/11/2000
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of December 11, 2000
- Lebanese president pleased over Syria's release of Lebanese detainees Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/16/2000
- On President al-Assad's visit to Lebanon
The London based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily said that a well-informed Syrian media source denounced information rumored in media and political sources in Lebanon about the date of President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Lebanon which was set by these media as to be on the first ten days of next year, 2001. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/16/2000 - Memorandum on Lebanese- Egyptian gas pipeline
Egypt and Lebanon will sign by the end of the current week a memorandum of understanding over the project of installing the Egyptian natural gas pipelines from al-Arish city to Tripoli in North Lebanon through the waters of the Mediterranean and then from Syria, Turkey and Europe. Lebanon-Egypt, Economics, 12/15/2000 - Nasrullah defines conditions for exchange deal with Israel
The secretary general of the Hizbullah Party Hassan Nasrullah on Wednesday clearly defined the conditions set by the Lebanese resistance to release the Israeli prisoners held with it in any exchange operation with Israel. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/15/2000 - Possible complications for Lebanese detainees in Syria
The Monte Carlo radio correspondent in Beirut said on Tuesday that several Lebanese detainees and prisoners will stay in the Syrian jails and will not be released unless they complete their imprisonment sentence, concerning crimes they committed on the Syrian territories. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/13/2000 - Lebanon gets 50 prisoners from the Syrian jails
The Lebanese prisoners who were released from the Syrian jails arrived in Beirut on Monday evening. They were released at a decision taken by President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/12/2000 - Hizbullah stresses contacts for exchanging the Israeli prisoners
Hizbullah sources in Beirut and military sources in Israel unveiled on Monday " contacts" that are currently made at the mediation of a third party to arrange the process of exchanging prisoners between the two sides. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/12/2000 - The Lebanese Shebaa farms and Syria's position Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/12/2000
- On relations between Syria and Lebanon
Former Lebanese President Amin al-Gemayel has stated that the presence of President Bashar al-Assad as head of the authority in Syria strengthens the possibility of reaching a fundamental treatment of problems debated at the level of Syrian- Lebanese relations. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/11/2000