Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 1/28/2002
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of January 28, 2002
- Hizbullah intercepts the Israeli warplanes
The Lebanese Hizbullah party on Thursday announced that its fighters opened fire at Israeli warplanes which broke into the Lebanese airspace. In a statement, the Lebanese party said that its air defense means interfered against Israeli warplanes that violated the Lebanese airspace in the western sector of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2002 - Turkmani receives commander of the Lebanese army
The Syrian army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Hassan Turkmani received at his office on Thursday in Damascus the commander of the Lebanese army Lt. Gen. Michael Suleiman and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 2/1/2002 - Number of UNIFIL reduced in South Lebanon
The official spokesman for the UN Interim forces working in South Lebanon UNIFIL Timor Goksil said that the reduction of these forces number will practically start in June this year. Lebanon, Local, 1/31/2002 - A spying network working for Israel arrested in Lebanon Lebanon, Local, 1/29/2002
- Lahoud confers with Syrian minister of the interior
The Syrian minister of the Interior Ali Hammoud has conveyed greetings of President Bashar al-Assad to the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud during their meeting on Monday in Beirut. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 1/29/2002 - A progress in disclosing the identity of Hobeiqa's assassins
Investigations in the file of assassinating the former Israeli minister Eli Hobeiqa and his three guards still concentrate on disclosing the identity of the two persons who bought the booby trapped car from the car exhibition in Jezzine. Lebanon, Local, 1/28/2002