Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 7/14/1997
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of July 14, 1997
- Syria moves closer to a single exchange rate
Syria devalued its currency by 3 percent on July 15, the country's central bank announced. Syria, Economics, 7/17/1997 - Occupation troops storm children's camp in Golan
Israeli troops on July 11 stormed into a children's summer camp near the town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan. Syria, Local, 7/16/1997 - Common market for Syria and Egypt
A senior Syrian official said yesterday that an Egyptian-Syrian free trade zone could pave the way for common Arab market. Egypt-Syria, Economics, 7/15/1997 - Solutions to potato dumping and banana fights sought
A visiting Syrian agricultural delegation toured farms in the South of Lebanon on July 14, as improving the two countries coordination on bilateral trade tops the officials agenda, according to agriculture minister Shawki Fakhouri. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 7/15/1997 - Syrian festival in Canada
The Syrian-Canadian Union in Montreal city and the Syrian-Canadian Women's Union in Toronto will hold a Syrian festival next October. Syria, Culture, 7/15/1997 - Israeli settlement policy in Golan reinforced
In a new step to expand Israeli settlement in the Syrian Golan heights Israel has decided to move a center for qualifying Israeli teachers from the Teberes area to Katisrin settlement in the Golan. Syria, Politics, 7/15/1997