Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 1/27/2003
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of January 27, 2003
- Continued Israeli violations of south Lebanon
The Israeli warplanes yesterday continued its violation of the Lebanese airspace and sovereignty especially over south Lebanon until Baalbeck and north Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 2/1/2003 - Gang for destruction in Lebanon discovered
The Lebanese security forces yesterday arrested the four members of a destruction network that had thrown mortars at two barracks for the Lebanese internal forces earlier this month. Lebanon, Local, 2/1/2003 - Survey of Lebanese coasts indicate existence of oil, gas
The Lebanese minister of energy and waters, Muhammad Abdul Hameed Beidoun, on Thursday announced that the Seismic survey carried out by the British Spectrum company in the Lebanese coast showed great potentials for oil and gas inside it. Lebanon, Economics, 1/31/2003 - Lebanon proposes Arab summit concerning Iraq, Moussa finds hope to avoid war
In its capacity as the chair of the rotating Arab summit, Lebanon has proposed to convene an Arab ministerial meeting in mid February in order to discuss the Iraqi crisis. Lebanon-Iraq, Politics, 1/31/2003 - UN Security Council can't even get Israel to obey any international law; violating Lebanon's soverignty
The Israeli warplanes yesterday evening carried out mock and provocative raids in the airspace of south Lebanon, reaching the airspace of the city of Sidon, at a time when the UN Security Council was renewing the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon, in a decision taken unanimously. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/31/2003 - Al-Assad reviewed with Lebanese figures issues of concern to Syria, Lebanon Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/30/2003
- Hariri and relations with Syria Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 1/29/2003
- Nassrallah calls for all forms of boycott with Israel
In an address to the participants of The Arab People's Boycott Conference on Saturday, Secretary General of the Lebanese Hizbullah Party, Hassan Nassrallah, underlined that the economic Arab boycott of the American goods and all forms of political, cultural and economic boycott of Israel is an effective weapon in the hands of the Arabs which should be used to defend their interests. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 1/27/2003 - Israeli forces bombard south Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces yesterday bombarded areas adjoining the occupied Shebaa farms in the eastern sector of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/27/2003