Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 8/13/2001
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of August 13, 2001
- Finland to withdraw its forces working within UNIFIL in South Lebanon Lebanon-Finland, Politics, 8/18/2001
- Al-Assad confers with al-Hariri, Franjieh conditions in the region, bilateral relations Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/17/2001
- Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/17/2001
- UNIFIL's patrols against expected Israeli aggressions in South Lebanon
The personal representative of the UN secretary general in South Lebanon Stevan De Mistora has announced that the UN forces working in South Lebanon ( UNIFIL) have started on foot patrol intensive sessions along the line separates the Lebanese territories from Israel because of the recent Israeli threats. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/15/2001 - Israel refuses to settle Lahd hirelings, because they are not Jews
The Israeli deputy minister of settlement Yuli Olshtine has announced that his ministry deliberately refuses to give the Israeli identity to more than 5,000 hirelings who fled to Israel during the retreat of the Israeli army from South Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/15/2001 - Al-Assad attends a tactical project for one of the Syrian fighting formations
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed Syria's total support to the Lebanese President " Emil lahoud, to the commander of the Lebanese army and to Lebanon's government, people and resistance." Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/14/2001 - Israeli planes flew in the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/13/2001
- Egyptian exports to Lebanon up by 70%
The Egyptian ambassador in Beirut Adel Al-Khudary stressed the Egyptian -Lebanese cooperation in all fields. He pointed out that the last 6 years had witnessed inking a number of agreements on bilateral cooperation in economic, cultural and media fields. Egypt-Lebanon, Economics, 8/13/2001