Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 7/27/1998
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of July 27, 1998
- US congressmen urge attack on Iraqi pipeline
A Paris-based weekly to be published tomorrow reported that the US Congress is pressuring the US administration to prevent Iraq from opening its oil pipeline to the Syrian city of Banias, which has been shut down since 1982. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 7/31/1998 - Syria - Jordan tensions flare at Jerusalem committee meetings
Tensions prevailed at the Jerusalem Committee's meetings where Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa would have entered into a confrontation with Jordanian Foreign Minister Jawad al-Anani, except for the intervention of Morocco's King Hassan Syria-Jordan, Politics, 7/31/1998 - Syrian armed forces mark anniversary Syria, Culture, 7/31/1998
- Syrian minister addresses relations with Egypt, Turkey
Syrian Information Minister Dr. Muhammad Salman has stressed the strong ties linking Syria and Egypt and the importance of maintaining coordination between the two states so as to serve pan Arab interests. Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998 - Syrian army chief of staff: Syria is always ready to confront the enemy
In an interview granted to the Syrian local daily al-Baath on Wednesday, Syrian armed forces chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ali Aslan, said the Syrian army has become one of the big and developed armies, "deriving power from the nation's categorical rejection of capitulation and surrender." Syria, Military, 7/30/1998 - Syrian Foreign Ministry reports on Israeli human rights violations
The director of the Syrian Foreign Ministry's international organizations department, Kloufis Kouri, on Wednesday submitted the Syrian Foreign Ministry's statement to the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories. Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998 - President al-Assad dismisses governor of Daraa from post Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Syrian FM urges Arab, Muslim states to halt normalization with Israel
Al-Sharaa criticized the Israeli practices in the occupied Arab territories, especially against Jerusalem which he said are aimed at changing the holy Arab city into a small quarter of a big Jewish Jerusalem so as to abrogate the history of this time-honored city. Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998 - Iraq: US objections will not stop Iraq- Syria oil pipeline
Iraqi Foreign Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf has stressed his country's support for operating the Iraqi oil pipeline through Syria and completing the equipment needed for this procedure. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 7/29/1998 - Syrian Vice- President, Premier confer with Sudanese FM Syria-Sudan, Politics, 7/29/1998
- Syrian FM confers with EU Middle East peace envoy
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Monday received the European Union Middle East peace process envoy Angel Moratinos. Syria, Politics, 7/28/1998 - Lebanese premier confers with senior Syrian officials
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Monday concluded a new round of consultations with Syrian Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam and high-ranking Syrian officials. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 7/28/1998 - Sudan reaffirms refusal to normalize relations with Israel
Sudan and Syria signed a joint cooperation agreement to support and develop bilateral relations between the two countries. Syria-Sudan, Politics, 7/28/1998 - No disputes between Syria, Egypt over US role
On the different views held by Presidents al-Assad and Mubarak towards the peace conference based on the Egyptian-French initiative, the ambassador said it is not a matter of dispute, adding that it is not sorted out yet Regional-Syria, Politics, 7/27/1998 - Mubarak, Assad review Middle East developments
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Sunday paid a one-day visit to Cairo. His talks with President Mubarak of Egypt dealt with the latest developments in the Arab region and the Arab and international contacts the two sides have made. Regional-Syria, Politics, 7/27/1998 - Syria and Israel almost resumed their talks, Israeli paper says
Syria and Israel were about to release a joint document which would have paved the way for the resumption of talks between them but Israel backtracked at the last minute, a Hebrew daily reported Sunday. Syria-Israel, Politics, 7/27/1998 - EU envoy for Syrian sovereignty over the Golan Syria-Regional-European Union, Politics, 7/27/1998