Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 12/15/1997
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of December 15, 1997
- Syria's Khaddam on relations with Turkey
Syrian Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam said that the attempts made by Ankara to make Turkey a European state will not succeed, stating that the Turkish-Israeli alliance is targeting Syria and the Arab region as a whole. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/19/1997 - US intellectual stresses Syria's adherence to peace
On the absence of the US as an honest broker in the ME peace process, Dr. Mosleh said despite President Clinton' s commitment to the peace process, he is hesitant to challenge the Jewish Lobby inside the US congress and in Washington Syria, International, 12/19/1997 - Belarus, Syria exchange products
Syrian officials said that two million of Syria's annual production of over 4 million tons of wheat will be exported, while the other two million tons are consumed locally. Syria, Agriculture, 12/18/1997 - Assad meets US congressmen, stresses commitment to peace
Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad on Wednesday discussed with a US team the Middle East the peace process and its various facets, including the policies of the Israeli government which led to the stalemate in the peace process. Syria, Politics, 12/18/1997 - Syrian investment council approves new investment projects
These include 29 coaches, 70 micro-buses, and 158 trucks licensed at a cost of 683 Syrian pounds, providing some 480 job opportunities. Syria, Economics, 12/17/1997 - Arab Knesset member to visit Damascus soon
Syrian sources stated that Azmy Beshara will meet with the Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khadam and Foreign Minister Farouk Al Sharaa. Regional-Syria, Politics, 12/16/1997 - Syrian - Belarus cooperation ties discussed Syria, Politics, 12/16/1997
- Assad - Indyk Syria, Politics, 12/16/1997
- Syria wins World Cup T-shirt contract
The Syrian state-owned al-Sharq (Orient) company has scored a contract to provide some six million shirts for the 1998 World Cup in France Syria, Economics, 12/15/1997 - Mid-Sha'ban night celebrated in Syria
This event changed the prayers Keblah (direction) from al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, uniting all Moslems in their direction towards Mecca aiming at making the Moslems meet on right and truth. Syria, Religion, 12/15/1997 - EU-Syrian partnership talks to start by the beginning of 1998
The establishment of a free trade zone with Syria is linked to an economic development program which ensures interaction between the two sides and helps the private sector in Syria adapt to international development. Syria, Economics, 12/15/1997