Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 3/29/1999
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of March 29, 1999
- Syria, Jordan to open a new page
A London-based Arabic newspaper today quoted Jordanian sources as saying that Jordanian Foreign Minister Abd al-Ilah al-Khatib will meet with his Syrian counterpart, Farouk al-Sharaa in Amman on April 10 in the first meeting of its sort in light of opening a new page in bilateral relations after long years of separation between the two countries. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 4/3/1999 - On President al-Assad's visit to Russia
The Saudi daily al Riyadh said today quoting Russia media sources as saying that President Hafez al-Assad will on April 12 and 13 visit Moscow during which he will meet with the Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his Premier Y. Primakov. Syria-Russia, Politics, 4/3/1999 - US sanctions Russian firms over Syrian weapons sales Syria-USA, Politics, 4/3/1999
- Development of horticulture in Syria
The agricultural sector in the Syrian economy has traditionally been heavily dependent on the level and distribution of rainfall as 80% of the land under cultivation is rain-fed. In spite of various ambitious irrigation projects, this dependency has not fundamentally changed over the years. Syria, Agriculture, 4/2/1999 - The oldest man in Syria dies at 148, had one hundred grandchildren
On Wednesday the oldest man in Syria Hussein al-Chazli died in al-Mseifra town, in the northern Syrian province of Daraa, bordering Jordan, at 148 years old. Syria, Local, 4/2/1999 - Syria and Iraq to open offices within days
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa announced that he agreed with his Iraqi counterpart, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf, during their meeting in Damascus in February to open the two offices under the Algerian flag. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 4/1/1999 - Japan asserts remarkable relations with Syria
The Japanese ambassador in Damascus has asserted the remarkable relations linking Japan to Syria. He stressed his country's support for Syria's position concerning the Middle East peace process and its right to restore all its occupied territories in the Golan in line with UN resolutions. Syria-Japan, Economics, 4/1/1999 - Al-Assad due to visit Moscow in mid-April
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad is going to pay a three-day official visit to the Russian capital, Moscow, in the middle of April, during which he will meet with his Russian counterpart, Boris Yeltsin, and Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov. Syria-Russia, Politics, 3/31/1999 - The silk road: An important landmark of human activity
Syria has been called the "crossroads" of Oriental civilization, influenced as it was by the Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Mediterranean civilizations, then going on to develop a rich culture of its own. Syria-Regional, History, 3/30/1999 - Damascus praises European stand toward peace process
Damascus considered the stand of the European union toward the Middle East peace process a positive one that agrees with United Nations principals and the basis of international law and that could lead to a just peace in the Middle East. Syria, Politics, 3/29/1999