Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 2/14/2000
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of February 14, 2000
- Anticipating convening the Palestinian - Syrian summit in Cairo
Official Palestinian sources asserted that a Palestinian delegation is about to visit Damascus to arrange for convening a Palestinian - Syrian summit. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 2/19/2000 - Al-Sharaa's message to UN chief holds Israel responsible for ME peace stumbling
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa said the "Power arrogance in Israel has reached the extent where aggressor has been changed into a victim and the real victim, who defends his/ her land, into an aggressor according to the Israeli criteria." Syria-Israel-UN, Politics, 2/17/2000 - Report: Barak may approve withdrawal to June 4, 1967 borders
The Israeli daily Maariv said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has remarked on the possibility of approving Damascus' request to return back to the June 4, 1967 border line. Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/17/2000 - US predicts Syrian- Israeli negotiations not to be resumed soon
The US has stated that there is no reason to have the belief that the Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations, frozen for one month, will be resumed shortly. Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/17/2000 - Joint Saudi- Syrian committee minute of meetings signed in Riyadh
Minutes of meetings of the preparatory committee for the 8th session of the joint Syrian Saudi committee held in Riyadh on February 13 and 14 were signed on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 2/16/2000 - Iraqi commodities market opens in Damascus
Under the patronage of the Syrian Minister of Economy. Muhammad al-Imadi, a marketing exposition for Iraqi commodities was opened at the Damascus International Fair city. It will continue until February 20. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 2/16/2000 - A message from al-Sharaa to Annan regarding peace
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa refuted Israel's allegation concerning its latest assault on south Lebanon in a message sent by al-Sharaa to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today in answering the message sent by Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy to Annan recently. Syria-Israel-UN, Politics, 2/16/2000 - Hamas offices expanded in Syria
Palestinian sources in Damascus told the London-based al-Hayat daily that the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has expanded its offices at al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus, at a time when the Syrian foreign minister received on Monday the chairman of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashaal. Syria, Politics, 2/16/2000 - Meetings of the Syrian-Saudi committee postponed at the request of the Saudi side Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 2/16/2000
- Cellular phone service in Damascus and Aleppo
The Syrian telecommunications establishment on Monday started the operation of the first cellular network in Damascus and Aleppo for an experimental period of one year. Syria, Economics, 2/16/2000 - Saudi company holds tourism projects in Syria
The Saudi company for industry, agriculture and tourism investments presented a set of tourism projects to implement in different areas of Syria. Syria-Saudi Arabia, Business, 2/16/2000 - Turkish delegation to head to Syria Syria-Turkey, Politics, 2/16/2000
- Inhabitants of Golan clash with the occupation troops
The Israeli occupation troops clashed with inhabitants of the Syrian Golan who protested against Israel's attempts to impose its citizenship on them after its declaration of annexing the Golan to Israel in 1981. Syria, Politics, 2/15/2000 - Bedouins hospitality in the desert
Hospitality in the desert, and by Syrian Bedouins in particular, is the recognition of want; it has grown into a social grace. The stranger who comes to a tent comes, or at least in the old days came, because there was nowhere else to go. To turn a man away was equivalent to murder. Syria, Culture, 2/15/2000 - Al-Sharaa delays trip to Saudi Arabia Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/15/2000
- Syrian-Saudi joint committee meets on Tuesday
The Saudi-Syrian joint committee on bilateral cooperation is to hold its 8th session in Riyadh on February 15 and 16, under the chairmanship of Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and his Saudi counterpart. Prince Saud al-Faisal. Syria-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 2/14/2000 - Israel expects resumption of talks with Syria Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/14/2000