Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 4/12/1999
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of April 12, 1999
- Sharon and negotiations with Syria
Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon said that he "personally" rejects any withdrawal from the Golan. Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/17/1999 - Syria celebrates evacuation day
Syria today celebrated the 53rd anniversary of her evacuation Day, when the last French soldier left Syria on April 17, 1946. Syria, Local, 4/17/1999 - Syria receives second Airbus from France
Syria on Wednesday received an Airbus A320, which is the second of six planes the Syrian airline company had contracted to buy from the French Airbus company in 1997. Syria, Business, 4/16/1999 - Clay tablets discovered in northern Syria
A Dutch expedition team working at the Sabi Abbyad archaeological site in the province of al-Raqqa, in northern Syria in its tenth excavation season discovered a complete archive of some 30 clay tablets. Syria, Culture, 4/16/1999 - Sharon, Netanyahu deny Russian mediation with Syria
Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon has denied news published by the Israeli daily Haaretz on Tuesday that he asked the Russian leadership to convey a verbal message to Syria including a proposal to resume negotiations between Syria and Israel. Syria-Israel-Russia, Politics, 4/14/1999 - The reasons for President al-Assad's postponed visit to Russia Syria-Russia, Reporter's View, 4/14/1999
- Jordanian Premier: Syria is a dear neighbor Jordan-Syria, Politics, 4/14/1999
- Syria-Lebanon for speeding up gas cooperation
Syrian and Lebanese oil ministers on Tuesday discussed means and ways of seeding up the supply of 1. 1 billion cubic meters of Syrian gas per year to feed the Lebanese power plants. Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 4/14/1999 - Syria's President al-Assad receives message from UAE counterpart Syria-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 4/13/1999
- On postponing President al-Assad's visit to Russia
A correspondent of the Jordanian daily al-Dostour in Damascus quoted Russian diplomatic sources as saying that the unstable health conditions of Russian President Boris Yeltsin may be behind the postponement of President Hafez al-Assad's visit to Moscow. Syria-Russia, Politics, 4/13/1999 - Report: Syria, Iraq agree to organize Euphrates' waters
An Iraqi weekly has said that Syria and Iraq have agreed to organize the waters of the Euphrates river which springs from the Turkish territories and flows in the lands of the two countries. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 4/13/1999 - Al-Fahoum: Campaigns halted between democratic front, Fatah- Intifada
Chairman of the Palestinian National Salvation Front, Khaled al-Fahoum, has announced that an agreement was signed to "halt media campaigns" between Fatah-Intifada, led by Col. Abu Mousa, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine led by Nayef Hawatemah, after the cultural club in the al-Beddawl camp in Beirut was handed over to the democratic front on Monday. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 4/13/1999 - President al-Assad's visit to Moscow postponed
The Russian news agency Interfax on Sunday received the following news that the press bureau of the Russian President Boris Yeltsin said the official visit which was scheduled by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to Moscow on April 12 and 13 was postponed for unlimited period of time. Syria-Russia, Politics, 4/12/1999 - Al-Assad receives a message from Blair Syria-UK, Politics, 4/12/1999
- King Abdullah postpones visit to Syria Jordan-Syria, Politics, 4/12/1999
- Al-Sharaa to visit Jordan Syria-Jordan, Politics, 4/12/1999
- Syrian Parliamentary delegation arrives in Brussels
Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly Abdul Qader Qaddoura arrived in Brussels on Saturday night to take part in the deliberations of the 101st conference of the International Parliamentary Union. Regional-Syria, Politics, 4/12/1999 - Jordanian FM to visit Damascus
A Jordanian weekly quoted well-informed sources in Amman as saying that Jordanian Prime Minister Abd al-Ilah al-Khatib will visit Damascus during the current month to meet with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 4/12/1999 - Maronite patriarch to visit Damascus
In its most recent issue, the Lebanese magazine al-Shera said Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nasrullah Sfeir will soon visit Damascus, as asserted by political circles which follow up on the course of contacts currently being made between the Maronite patriarchy and Damascus. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 4/12/1999 - Egyptian - Syrian protocol for training workers Egypt-Syria, Economics, 4/12/1999