Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 11/23/1998
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of November 23, 1998
- $430 million Syrian gas project
Elf Aquitaine and Conoco announced on Monday the signing of a gas project contract in eastern Syria's Deir ez Zor region. The two comapnies have equal interest in the $430 million project, and Elf Aquitaine press release said. Syria, Business, 11/28/1998 - Syrian People's Assembly elections next few days
Preparations for Syria's People's Assembly elections are underway, covering all Syrian provinces. In Damascus one can see pictures of the candidates hung on the city's main streets and its ancient markets with each candidate's work plan pledging to improve the country economically. Syria, Politics, 11/27/1998 - Syrian defense minister calls for preserving Arab rights
At the directive of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, the Syrian Army 'scommander in chief, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass on Thursday visited one of the Syrian fighting formations. Syria, Politics, 11/27/1998 - Netanyahu aide indicates efforts to revive Syrian - Israeli track
A prominent aide for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday noted that efforts are being exerted to revive the suspended peace talks with Syria, adding that, "Israel may accept a middle solution concerning the Golan Heights." Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/26/1998 - First Arab children's dentistry conference opens in Damascus
Syrian Health Minister Muhammad Eyad al-Shatti on Wednesday opened the first Arab conference of children's dentistry and the first scientific conference of the Syrian Society of Children Dentistry. Syria-Regional, Health, 11/26/1998 - UN Security Council extends UNDOF in the Golan
The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended its mandate for the UNDOF in the Golan for another six months. UN resolution no. 1211, which provides for extending for UNDOF in the Golan until May 31, 1999 at a strength of 1,050 men, was unanimously approved. Syria-Israel-UN, Politics, 11/26/1998 - Turkey gives up its demand in Ocalan Syria, Politics, 11/26/1998
- Syrian FM discusses Middle East developments with Danish minister Syria-Denmark, Politics, 11/26/1998
- Syrian youth sentenced to imprisonment by Israeli court Syria-Israel, Judicial, 11/26/1998
- Syrian transport minister inaugurates new railway for plant Syria, Economics, 11/26/1998
- Syria, Algeria encourage mutual investment Algeria-Syria, Economics, 11/26/1998
- Syrian president congratulates Lahoud
A phone call was made on Tuesday night by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to the newly sworn-in Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, who thanked al-Assad for his congratulations on the occasion of the beginning of his presidency. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/25/1998 - Syria, Jordan sign al-Yarmouk river water agreement
The report of the joint Syrian-Jordanian Committee on water was signed on Monday by Syrian Deputy Minister of Irrigation Barakat Hadid and the Jordanian side was led by the secretary general of the Jordanian Valley Authority, Dureid Mahasneh. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 11/24/1998 - Syrian-Jordanian joint minutes of meeting on al-Wahda dam to be signed today
The Syrian - Jordanian joint committee on waters on Sunday continued meetings in Amman chaired by Syrian Deputy Irrigation Minister Barakat Hadid and the secretary-general of the Jordan Valley Authority, Dureid Mahasenah. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 11/23/1998 - Syrian President receives Armenian foreign minister
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad received Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan and members of his accompanying delegation on Sunday at al-Shaab palace. The Armenian minister conveyed a message to President al-Assad from the Armenian president on bilateral relations. Syria-Armenia, Politics, 11/23/1998 - Syria refutes Israeli claims
An official Syrian source has refuted reports of Syrian-Israeli contacts currently being made at the mediation of a third party in preparation for US intervention in an attempt to revive the Syrian-Israeli tracks in the peace process. Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/23/1998 - Islamic Bank organizes two symposium in Damascus and Aleppo Syria, Economics, 11/23/1998
- Syrian President confers with Talibani Syria, Politics, 11/23/1998