Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 1/29/2001
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of January 29, 2001
- Syrian support to Lebanon against Palestinian action from the south
The al-Bayan daily issued in Dubai said on Friday that Lebanon asked for a Syrian support to halt the Palestinian operations in its south, and this was expressed in the telephone call made by the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud with President Bashar al-Assad. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 2/3/2001 - Lebanon calls on UN to halt Israeli violations in al-Ghajar village
Lebanon has called on the UN to return the situations in the Lebanese village of al-Ghajar to what it had been before the violations of the Israeli forces in the said village. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/3/2001 - Syrian source and Junblat's statements
A well-informed Syrian source said replying to what was stated by the Lebanese member of parliament Walid Junblat that his car's wheels melted because of his numerous visits to Damascus are no more fitting to reach it, that the question is not only a matter of "wheel as after snow will melt on the road of Daher al-Baidar ( between Beirut and Damascus) Junblat will discover that Damascus streets will not be fitting for the wheels of his car." Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/31/2001 - The world bank and Lebanon Lebanon, Economics, 1/31/2001
- Arafat against settling the Palestinians in Lebanon
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat has announced that he is against settling the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Palestine-Lebanon, Politics, 1/30/2001 - Israeli war- planes continue to violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/30/2001
- Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/29/2001