Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 5/22/2000
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of May 22, 2000
- Israel and al-Shara's statements in Lisbon
The Israeli radio on Friday said that the Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara’ said that Israel had actually carried out the UN Security Council resolution 425, fully, despite the fact it has not implemented it precisely nor in a good spirit. Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2000 - Syrian- Israeli peace negotiations to be resumed soon Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2000
- Bashar al-Assad to visit Lebanon
The Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas said on Friday that Syrian Bashar al-Assad will visit Lebanon on top of a high ranking delegation in order to congratulate senior Lebanese officials over liberating South Lebanon from the Israeli occupation. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/27/2000 - Al-Shara welcomes Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon
The Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara has expressed satisfaction over talks he conducted with European counterparts on the sideline of the Lisbon conference on European- Mediterranean partnership, describing talks as positive especially with France's Hubert Vedrine. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/27/2000 - Syria and Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/27/2000
- Syrian reading of Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon
Most of the Syrians have been stuck in front of Arab and Lebanese space TV stations to follow up events of the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon and then later the developments followed the withdrawal. Syria, Politics, 5/26/2000 - A sit in in Damascus, the Golan in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails
The committee in solidarity with Syrian prisoners in the Israeli jails, and the friends of the prisoners on Thursday observed a sit in, in front of the headquarters of the International red cross in Damascus in solidarity with the Syrian prisoners and detainees in the Israeli jails. Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/26/2000 - Iraq - Syria trade is $ 400 million
The trade volume between Iraq and Syria is $ 400 million dollars annually, formal statistic shows. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 5/26/2000 - Al-Shara refutes Barak's claims in Lisbon
the foreign minister refuted claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in a message he had sent to the UN Secretary General and al-Shara indicated Israel's failure to face the " Bitter reality" in Lebanon" had promoted Barak to accuse Syria in that it wants to intensify the atmospheres. Syria-Israel-Portugal, Politics, 5/26/2000 - Solidarity sit-in today in Damascus with the Syrians in Israeli jails Syria, Politics, 5/25/2000
- Polish president to visit Israel
It was announced in Warsaw on Wednesday that the Polish President will hold his second visit to Israel next week in order to hold talks on the ME peace process and to discuss trade relations and investments between the two sides. Israel-Syria-Poland, Politics, 5/25/2000 - Al-Shara stresses to Albright Syrian backing to UN efforts
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Tuesday received a telephone call from the US secretary of state Madeleine Albright. Talks dealt with current conditions in South Lebanon Syria, Politics, 5/24/2000 - On King Abdullah's visit to Syria
High ranking Jordanian sources accompanied the Jordanian King Abdullah in his recent visit to Damascus said that a war atmosphere prevailed the Syrian- Jordanian summit. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 5/24/2000 - Barak calls on President al-Assad to return back to negotiations
The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am quoted the Israeli daily Yadhout Ahronout issued on Tuesday as saying that the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has sent a message to President Hafez al-Assad including an appeal to return back to the negotiation table. Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/24/2000 - Syrian prisoners in Israeli jails: Israel violates human rights
The Syrian Cabinet on Tuesday held a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro. The ministers were briefed on the content of the message the prime minister had received from the Syrian prisoners of the occupied Golan in the Israeli jails. Syria, Economics, 5/24/2000 - On internal developments in Syria
Al-Shueibi stated recent developments in Syria provoke a question debated by the Arab public and the mass media on that why the state in Syria has woke up after 13 years on mistakes which have been committed and practiced daily in Syria. Syria, Politics, 5/23/2000 - Visit of the Jordanian King to Syria hints of hope on peace talks Syria-Jordan, Politics, 5/23/2000
- French president speaks on the telephone with President al-Assad
French President Jacques Chirac has expressed in a telephone call he held with President Hafez al-Assad on Monday his hope on the possibility of convening a meeting for the April Understanding Committee as soon as possible. Syria-France, Politics, 5/23/2000 - Foreign Minister al-Shara talked on the telephone with Annan Syria, Politics, 5/23/2000
- No link between the Baath party elections and the campaign on corruption in Syria
The preliminary elections at the level of branches at the Baath party, the ruling party in Syria, were concluded on Monday evening. The winners will take part in the regional conference which will be held on June 17. It is the first since 15 years. Syria, Politics, 5/23/2000 - No official Syrian representation at al-Zou'bi funeral
The body of the former Syrian prime minister Mahmoud al-Zou’bi was buried on Monday at his birthplace Khurbet Ghazallah, 80 Km to the south of the capital Damascus. The burial was made at his own will in a message he left to his family before his suicide on Sunday in Dummar district in Damascus. Syria, Politics, 5/23/2000 - Baath Party conferences for the Party branches
Baath Party conferences for the Party branches in the Syrian provinces and universities on Monday concluded their three day- deliberations by choosing their representatives to the 9th regional conference which will be held on June 17. Syria, Politics, 5/23/2000 - Al-Assad, King Abdullah review bilateral relations and regional developments
Talks held between Syria's President Hafez al-Assad and Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday dealt with several issues pertaining to the ME peace process, Arab conditions and relations between the two states. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 5/22/2000 - Former Syrian transport minister arrested on corruption charges Syria, Politics, 5/22/2000
- Former Syrian prime minister commits suicide Syria, Politics, 5/22/2000
- On the Jordanian Syrian summit
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and the Jordanian king on Sunday ended the coolness in relations between Damascus and Amman in the third visit carried out by the Jordanian Monarch to the Syrian capital since he assumed power in Jordan in February 1999. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 5/22/2000 - Berger : Door is still open for resumption of talks on the Syrian tracks Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 5/22/2000