Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 1/18/1999
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of January 18, 1999
- Syrian FM confers with AL chief to insure success of Cairo meeting
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa today in Cairo received the Secretary General of the Arab League Esmat Abdul Meguid.Talks dealt on means of providing the meeting a success and to conclude results serving common Arab interests. Syria-Regional, Politics, 1/23/1999 - Al-Assad visits his son's tomb
Since early morning on Thursday in the city of al-Qurdaha, the birthplace of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, hundreds of thousands of Syrian citizens visited the tomb of the late Syrian equestrian Bassel Hafez al-Assad who was killed five years ago on January 21, 1994, near Damascus airport while he was on his way to Germany on an official mission. Syria, People, 1/22/1999 - Israel continues expansionist settlement measures in the Golan Syria, Politics, 1/22/1999
- The development of pharmaceutical industry in Syria in 1998
In a statement to ArabicNews.com on the development of the pharmaceutical industry in Syria during 1998, as six medicinal factories in Syria obtained the ISO 9002 certificate, Syrian Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Kawkab al-Dayah said 1998 was very remarkable concerning the national pharmaceutical industry. Syria, Economics, 1/21/1999 - Syrian foreign minister receives a telephone call from his Tunisian counterpart Syria-Tunisia, Politics, 1/21/1999
- 1,452 investment projects in Syria Syria, Economics, 1/20/1999
- A study on the Syrian economy
Today, Syria is gradually moving towards privatization and market forces. It has decided and committed itself to promoting private investment. It has taken serious steps to clear up problems Syria, Economics, 1/20/1999 - Al-Sharaa receives message from his Kuwaiti counterpart Syria-Kuwait, Politics, 1/20/1999
- A message from King Fahd to President al-Assad Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/20/1999
- Netanyahu for resuming negotiations with Syria Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/19/1999
- Syrian Interior, local administration ministers meet to prepare for referendum
Syrian Minister of the Interior Muhammad Harba and the minister of local administration on Saturday held a meeting for the governors of all Syrian 14 provinces to discuss measures relating to the referendum on electing President Hafez al-Assad for a new constitutional term on February 8. Syria, Politics, 1/18/1999