Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 8/2/1999
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of August 2, 1999
- Syria is waiting for Barak's moves Syria-Israel, Politics, 8/7/1999
- Israeli chief of staff: Israeli safety lies in peace with Syria Syria-Israel, Politics, 8/7/1999
- Al-Assad informs Clinton: No negotiations before pledging to withdraw
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Thursday reiterated his intention to abide by reaching a peace with Israel, noting a need to exerting efforts for this purpose. This was expressed in a message al-Assad sent to US President Bill Clinton. Syria-USA, Politics, 8/6/1999 - Al-Assad meets with Finnish foreign minister
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad received Finnish Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen, whose country currently presides over the European Union, on Thursday at the Damascus al-Shaab palace. Syria-European Union, Politics, 8/6/1999 - Khaddam confers with Senegalese parliamentary delegation Syria-Senegal, Politics, 8/6/1999
- Reporters to accompany Knesset delegation to Damascus in September
Palestinian sources in Damascus told the London-based al-Hayat daily that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa had agreed the proposal of Israeli Knesset member Azmi Bishara, who is also the chairman of the Arab Democratic Party, to include several Arab reporters and journalists in Israel in a delegation of 12 Arab members of the Israeli Knesset that is scheduled to visit Damascus at the beginning of next September. Syria-Israel, Politics, 8/6/1999 - Specter to visit Syria, Israel
Well-informed sources at the US Congress said that Senator Arlen Spector will this month hold a Middle East tour which will cover Syria and Israel. The sources added that the Republican senator is eager to take part in reviving Syrian - Israeli negotiations. Syria-USA, Politics, 8/6/1999 - Finnish foreign minister in Damascus
Finland's Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen, who is also the chairperson of the European Union council, arrived in Damascus on Wednesday night. She is accompanied by the EU's Middle East peace process envoy, Miguel Moratinos, on a visit to the country. Syria-European Union, Politics, 8/5/1999 - Syria will ask for one third of Israel if Israel continues to raise the question of the Golan
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa asserted during his meeting with Finnish Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen that Damascus will demand from Israel one third of the lands it occupied between the years 1948 and 1967 if Israel continues to raise the question of the Golan's borders. Syria-European Union, Politics, 8/5/1999 - Israeli views over the Golan
A British daily said on Tuesday that results of peace talks between Syria and Israel will decide the fate of the Israelis in the Golan Heights. Syria-Israel, Politics, 8/5/1999 - Arafat orders media not to reply to statements made by Syrian minister of defense
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat gave strict orders to the Palestinian media not to replying to statements allegedly made by Syrian Minister of Defense Mustafa Tlass which were insulting to President Arafat. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 8/5/1999 - Syrian defense minister denies making obscene statements against Arafat Syria-Palestine, Politics, 8/4/1999
- Syria - Jordan committee signs protocols, agreements
Chaired by Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi and his Jordanian counterpart, Abdul Raouf al-Rawabde,h meetings of the joint Jordanian - Syrian higher committee concluded on Tuesday night in Amman. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 8/4/1999 - King Abdullah confers with Syrian premier
King Abdullah II on Tuesday in Amman received Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi. The meeting was attended by the Jordanian premier, the Syrian deputy premier for economic affairs and the chairman of the Jordanian royal court, Abdul Karim al-Kabareiti. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 8/4/1999 - On Tlass' comments on Arafat
The Palestinian Authority has called on Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to remove his defense minister, Mustafa Tlass, after his reported comments in Baalbek on Monday. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 8/4/1999 - Prominent Iraqi poet dies in Damascus
The Arab Writers Union and the General Federation of Arab Men of Letters in Syria as well as cultural and literary circles in the Arab states on Tuesday announced the death of the great Iraqi poet Abdul Wahab al-Bayyati who died in Damascus on Tuesday morning following a heart attack. He was 73. Iraq-Syria, People, 8/4/1999 - Syrian - Jordanian joint committee meets in Amman
Chaired by Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi and his Jordanian counterpart, Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh, meetings of the joint Syrian - Jordanian higher committee started in Amman on Monday evening. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 8/3/1999 - Al-Sharaa confers with Lebanese official Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/3/1999
- Two Syrian governors removed
President Hafez al-Assad on Monday issued Presidential decree no 62 provides for relieving two governors from duty and appointing three new ones. Syria, Politics, 8/3/1999 - Al-Assad's address on the occasion of the Syrian Army Day
The president said the foundation of the Syrian army was an important part of the victory achieved by the "epic of independence and the evacuation of the colonialist forces from the territory of homeland." Syria, Politics, 8/2/1999 - Syrian prime minister arrives in Jordan today Syria-Jordan, Politics, 8/2/1999
- Al-Sharaa confers with Bishara, Japanese official Syria-Israel-Japan, Politics, 8/2/1999
- Syria agrees to visit by 13 Arab members of Israeli Knesset
The chairman of the Palestinian National Salvation Front, Khaled al- Fahoum, told a London-based daily that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa gave him on Wednesday "the initial consent" for the visit of the 13 Arab members of the Israeli Knesset to Damascus, including three members of Israeli parties who are taking part in the governmental coalition chaired by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Syria-Israel, Politics, 8/2/1999 - Syrian and Jordanian technical experts meet in Amman
The participants in the meeting continued discussions topics pertaining to the trade exchange agreements between the two countries and ways of introducing new commodities into the agreement signed in 1975. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 8/2/1999 - Israelis say peace impossible without withdrawal from Golan
An Israeli daily said in a recent issue that 66% of Israelis believe that peace is not possible without a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan. Syria-Israel, Politics, 8/2/1999 - Report: Syria wants Jordan to return forged passports
A London-based daily has said that the Syrian government has asked its Jordanian counterpart officially to search for hundreds of forged Syrian passports used by Syrian opposition members who live in the Jordanian territories during their travel. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 8/2/1999 - Saudi crown prince confers with Syrian minister Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 8/2/1999