Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 11/15/1999
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of November 15, 1999
- Abdul Meguid to head to Damascus next month
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid will head to Damascus on December 4 for a three-day visit, during which he will meet with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and high-ranking Syrian officials. Regional-Syria, Politics, 11/20/1999 - Oil is behind the delay in the endorsement of the Syrian budget Syria, Economics, 11/19/1999
- General conditions of Palestinian refugees in Syria
The number of Palestinian refugees registered in Syria is estimated at 370,000 and another 40,000 who are not registered. Those Palestinians represent 2.5% of the total Syrian population. Most of them are concentrated in the cities or their surroundings. Most of them left their houses in Palestine between 1947 and 1948. Syria, Politics, 11/19/1999 - Travel procedures relaxed in Syria
Travel procedures were relaxed for both citizens living in Syria and those living abroad, Syrian officials said on Wednesday. Syria, Politics, 11/18/1999 - Syrian vice president, parliament speaker confer with German MP
Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam met on Wednesday in Damascus with the deputy speaker of the German federal parliament, Petra Plass. Talks between the two sides dealt with the situation in the region and the stalemated Middle East peace process. Syria-Germany, Politics, 11/18/1999 - Israel secretary seeks resumption of negotiations with Syria
Israel sources stated that Danny Yatoum, the most prominent advisor of Isrraeli Prime Minsiter Ehud Barak, will visit Paris on a secret mission aimed at resuming negotiations with Syria. Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/18/1999 - Syrian-Iraqi oil pipeline to be opened soon
A London-based daily said on Wednesday, quoting oil sources, that the measures to inaugurate the Syrian-Iraqi oil pipelines which will transport some 300,000 barrels of oil per day from the Iraqi Karkouk oil field to the Syrian port of Banias and which were closed in the 1980s are in their final stages and only 10 kilometers are left after the three main pumping stations are maintained. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 11/18/1999 - Israel arrests six Syrians in the Golan
Israeli forces on Wednesday arrested six Syrian citizens from Buqata village in the occupied Golan Heights on charges of resisting the Israeli occupation. Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/18/1999 - Report: Barak's diplomatic campaign against Syria
The Jordanian paper al-Hadath quoted well-informed sources in Amman as saying that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is currently making a diplomatic campaign aimed at making world leaders understand that he is in need of "small Syrian concessions," to find a pretext for the extremists inside and outside the Israeli Knesset to reach a formula of understanding with Syria and then to sign a peace agreement with it. Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/17/1999 - Report: Cairo waits for the visit of Bashar al-Assad
Diplomatic sources in Cairo have asserted in a Kuwaiti daily issued on Tuesday that Cairo is waiting for the arrival of Bashar al-Assad, son of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, and his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resume the friendly relations linking Cairo and Damascus. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 11/17/1999 - New buildings for the Syrian Foreign Ministry Syria, Politics, 11/17/1999
- Syrian information minister stresses that Refaat al-Assad port in Lattakia was demolished
Syrian Minister of Information Muhammad Salman has talked about the killing of guards of "an illegal port" for Refaat al-Assad, the brother of the Syrian president, in Lattakia in an attack launched by the Syrian police in October. Syria, Politics, 11/16/1999 - Syria celebrates 29th anniversary of "Correctionist Movement" Syria, Politics, 11/16/1999
- Bashar al-Assad confers with Abu Dhabi's crown prince
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who is also the commander of the armed forces, received Bashar al-Assad on Monday in Abu Dhabi. Syria-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 11/16/1999 - Extending al-Mu'allim post in Washington is not a sign for resuming Syrian-Israeli negotiations
Well-informed Syrian sources told the Lebanese daily al-Nahar that extending the post of office for the Syrian ambassador in Washington, Walid al-Mu'allim, does not reflect any political indicator on the level of resuming negotiations with Israel following four years of suspension. Syria, Politics, 11/16/1999 - Economic reforms in Syria Syria, Politics, 11/15/1999
- King Abdullah: Relations between Syria and Jordan are improving
King Abdullah of Jordan has asserted that relations with Syria have become much better than they were before. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 11/15/1999 - Toward expelling the People's Front from the Palestinian opposition alliance
Members of the follow up committee of the opposition Palestinian groups, which takes Damascus as a headquarters, held a meeting on Sunday in Damascus in the absence of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which was not invited to the meeting, which is considered a step toward expelling it for its contacts with the Palestinian Authority. Syria, Politics, 11/15/1999