Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 11/27/2000
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of November 27, 2000
- A Syrian- Lebanese summit expected
The Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas quoted well-informed political sources that they do not rule out a Syrian- Lebanese summit to be convened to raise the level of coordination between the two sides in lights of developments taking place in Israel. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/2/2000 - Reconciliation between Syria and Junblat
The Saudi daily Okaz issued today said that there is a reconciliation process between Syria and the Lebanese parliament member Walid Junblat. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/2/2000 - On President al-Assad's visit to Lebanon
An official Syrian source told the London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily issued on Friday that no date has been fixed for the visit of President Bashar al-Assad to Lebanon Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 12/2/2000 - Sfeir expected to visit Damascus
In its issue to be published on Monday the " al-Osbo al-Arabi" weekly issued in Beirut said that the Maronite Patriarch Nasrullah Sfeir will head for Syria to take part in receiving Pope John Paul II who is scheduled to visit Syria next Spring. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 12/2/2000 - Al-Shara confers with Aziz, Moratinos
The Syrian foreign minister farouk al-Shara on Thursday in Damascus received Iraq deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 12/1/2000 - Al-Assad discusses with Bweiz, Hawi conditions in the region, Israeli escalation
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday at al-Shaab palace received member of the Lebanese parliament and former foreign minister Fares Bweiz. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 12/1/2000 - Syria joins the agreement to establish the International Criminal Court
Syria on Wednesday joined the agreement provided for the establishment of the International criminal court whose constituent was adopted in Rome in 1998, and this decision was based on Syria's care to develop the international law and its commitment to international legitimacy and the UN charter. Syria, Politics, 12/1/2000 - Syrian PNF meets on revitalizing role Syria, Politics, 11/30/2000
- Al-Shara, Lebanese counterpart talk on the telephone
A telephone call wad held on Wednesday between the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and his Lebanese counterpart Mahmoud Hammoud. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/30/2000 - Syrian economy suffers from debt and outdated laws
The Monte Carlo radio said on Wednesday that the Syrian economy suffers debts estimated at US $ 20 billion, mostly from countries of East Europe. It added that the Syrian economy also suffers several laws which economists view as contradictory and stopping the economic development. Syria, Politics, 11/30/2000 - Palestinians celebrate partition anniversary of Palestine
A demonstration was held on Wednesday in al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus on the 52nd anniversary of partitioning of Palestine and the declaration of November 29 as a day of the Arab solidarity with the Palestinian people. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 11/30/2000 - Syria blacklists ships
The Syrian daily Tishreen said on said on Wednesday that Syria has listed three ships: a Russian, Cypriot and a Maltese in the black list because they "anchored in the Israeli ports." Syria-Israel, Politics, 11/30/2000 - On Berri and Syria
The Monte Carlo radio correspondent in Damascus said that Syrian official sources stressed that the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri is Syria's ally and will remain so. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/29/2000 - On the re-deployment of the Syrian forces in Lebanon
The Saudi daily al-Watan said that the decision taken by the Syrian leadership to withdraw its forces from certain Lebanese positions and re-deploying these forces in certain areas does not mean preparations for the withdrawal of the Syrian forces from Lebanon or making a fundamental change in the Syrian- Lebanese relations as well as to bring back things to where they used to be before 1976. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/29/2000 - Iraq denies a request for a Syrian mediation with Kurdish forces Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/29/2000
- Syrian mediation to prevent the partition of Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 11/29/2000
- Lebanese sources denies prior contacts between Syria and Berri
A Lebanese political source who has closely link to Damascus denied news that any Syrian official to have had green lighted the Lebanese speaker of parliament Nabih Berri to launch his initiative in Bkerki. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/29/2000 - On the Amnesty law in Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday signed an Amnesty which covered thousands of political prisoners just two weeks following an Amnesty for 600 political prisoners. Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000 - Syrian forces to be re deployed in Lebanon
Following his meeting with the Maronite patriarch Nasrullah Butrous Sfeir, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih berri in Beirut on Friday said "our Syrian brothers have started their re-deployment in April this year. And re-deployment process will be completed very soon and the Syrian and Lebanese leaderships will meet to specify the positions where the Syrian troops to be stationed as a result of the new re-deployment plan". Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000 - Tareq Aziz violates the air embargo to Damascus
The Iraqi vice- President Tareq Aziz arrived on Sunday in India in a sudden visit after a short visit he had made to China to which he arrived following a visit to Damascus where he had arrived earlier on Sunday, to be the first Iraqi official who travels from his country by air since the embargo was imposed on Iraq in August 1990. This was, however, a clear indication on the collapse of the air embargo against Iraq and the vast détente in the Syrian- Iraqi relations. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000 - Al-Assad accepts credentials of new ambassadors to Syria, confers with Lebanese official
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday accepted the credentials of seven new ambassadors at al-Shaab palace in Damascus. They are respectively the ambassadors of Romania, Hungary, the people's democratic republic of Korea, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria and Canada. Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000