Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 4/16/2001
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of April 16, 2001
- Lahoud, al-Hariri and the Israeli aggressions
The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud said on Friday that the Israeli threats and aggressions against Syria and Lebanon will not " prevent us from clinging to unwavering stances which are built on eliminating the Israeli occupation from the occupied Arab lands, the return back of the Palestinian refugees to their lands and releasing the detainees and prisoners held in the Israeli jails." Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/21/2001 - Al-Hariri starts a Gulf tour
The Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri starts Sunday a tour that will cover the Vatican and Washington, Ottawa and Paris. Lebanon, Politics, 4/21/2001 - Lebanon and resistance operations Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/21/2001
- Israel continues bombardment of South Lebanon
The Israeli warplanes on Thursday continued its violations of the Lebanese airspace. Especially over the capital Beirut and the southern Lebanese areas. The Israeli artillery bombarded the border areas adjoining the blue line. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/20/2001 - Security Council condemn violence along Lebanon's withdrawal line
Reacting to recent attacks in the Middle East, members of the Security Council on Wednesday denounced violations of the withdrawal line between Israel and Lebanon -- known as the Blue Line -- and called on all parties to desist from further breaches. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/20/2001 - Lebanon celebrates Qana anniversary
The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has asserted the solid Lebanese and Syrian position in confrontation of the situation Israel tries to impose on the two "sisterly" states. He condemned the Israeli aggressive policy against the Arabs, in general and against Syria and Lebanon in particular. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/19/2001 - President of Lebanon on official visit to Morocco mid-June Morocco-Lebanon, Politics, 4/19/2001
- Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/19/2001
- Israel's warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/18/2001
- AL condemns Israeli aggressions against Syrian forces in Lebanon
The Arab League AL on Monday strongly condemned the brutal Israeli aggression against a position for the Syrian forces working in Lebanon. Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 4/17/2001 - A Lebanese presidential statement on Israeli strikes against Syrian positions
News reports said on Monday that the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud warned against a comprehensive confrontation in the region. This was expressed following a telephone call, the Lebanese President made on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after the Israeli raid at a Syrian position in Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001 - Lahoud meets with US ambassador Lebanon-USA, Politics, 4/17/2001
- Israeli warplane broke the sound- barrier in the Lebanese airspace
The Israeli warplanes on Monday continued their violation of the Lebanese airspace. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001 - Israeli forces in south Israel in a state of alert
Eye witnesses said that the Israeli forces on the northern border of Israel today morning were in a state of utmost alert, but no certain instructions were given to civilians following the raid carried out by the Israeli planes against a Syrian position in Lebanon in which four Syrian soldiers were reported to be killed. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/16/2001 - Lahoud discusses with Sfeir means of uniting ranks
The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Sunday at Bkarki met with the Maronite Patriarch Nasrullah Sfeir and discussed with him current conditions at the local and regional levels under the instability in the general conditions in the region, resulted from the Israeli intransigence and Sharon's policy which obstructs the peace process. Lebanon, Politics, 4/16/2001 - On the Syrian presence in Lebanon
The Qatari daily al-Watan has quoted a Syrian official it described as well-informed that the current heated debate in Lebanon relating to the Syrian military presence concerns Syria only to the extent it might affect the firmly established relations between the " leaderships of the two sisterly countries." Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 4/16/2001