Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 12/18/2000
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of December 18, 2000
- New Six Syrian ambassador sworn in before President Bashar al-Assad Syria, Local, 12/23/2000
- The politics of oil between the US, Syria and Iraq
Analysists have said that the US ignores reports which speak of Iraq's pumping of oil to Syria, in order to avoid standing against the Arab public opinion in this very critical phase of the peace negotiations in the Middle East. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2000 - Pumping Iraqi oil into Syria needs a Syrian decision
An Iraqi official at the foreign ministry has stated in a statement to the London based al Sharq al-Awsat daily issued Saturday that pumping the Iraqi oil into Syria is waiting a Syrian decision to this effect. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 12/23/2000 - Syrian source statement on differences between Lahoud and al-Hariri
A Syrian official source has commented on what has been rumored on the existence of disputes between the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud and his prime minister Rafik al- Hariri. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 12/23/2000 - Al-Assad gets a message from German Chancellor Syria-German, Politics, 12/22/2000
- Syrian government prepares a white coupe over the public sector
Well-informed economic sources in Damascus said on December 19 that the Syrian government is currently studying a memorandum prepared by officials sides to make reforms in the public sector, according to a plan which is close to " a white coupe over this sector." Syria, Politics, 12/22/2000 - UN General Assembly votes for Syrian sovereignty over the Golan
In its 87th general session held on Wednesday evening, the UN General Assembly approved a decision which once again stresses Syria's durable sovereignty over the natural resources in the occupied Golan and also the sovereignty of the Palestinian people for their natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem. Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/22/2000 - Syrian president chairs over a meeting for the Baath party regional leadership Syria, Politics, 12/21/2000
- Cim: Syrian- Turkish relations are good
Turkey's foreign minister Ismael Cim has stressed that Syrian- Turkish relations are proceeding well in various political and economic areas. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Relations between Syria and Turkey have a new tone
The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am has stressed that after President Bashar al-Assad assumed power in Syria, it seems that a new tone at the internal and external level has started to crystallize with the emergence of a new strategy that might be materialized during the few coming years. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Habash calls for continuos Intifada
The founder of the "People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine " George Habash on Wednesday made a call from Damascus for continuing the Intifada in reply to Washington's negotiations which he had strongly criticized. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Djirjian and peace between Syria and Israel Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/20/2000
- A practical application of Far Eastern Medicine in Damascus Food is a two edged sword: It afflicts and its cures
The answer was that Far eastern medicine has several methods:" Acupuncture Energy dissipation / message; and Herbal medicines." These methods have some side effects. Acupuncture; for example, is known to cure some illnesses, but nobody has been able to explain why. Syria, Health, 12/20/2000 - Mediterranean towns and architecture
The exhibition of Mediterranean Towns and Architecture by prof. Nuhad Jamil Abdullah was opened on November 20 by Emar Gallery for Plastic Arts in Lattakia and is still on view. It was held at the joint cooperation of the Syrian ministry of education and the French embassy in Damascus. Syria, Culture, 12/20/2000 - Reconciliation ends confrontations in the Syrian city of al-Sweida
One of the chiefs ( social dignitary figure) of Sweida ( Southern district in Syria) has announced that a reconciliation will be made on Friday in the province to put an end for the confrontations which erupted in November between the citizens and the Nomadic Bedouins and resulted in killing 20 persons. Syria, Local, 12/19/2000 - Damascus Bimaristan Nureddine: The world's famous 12th century hospital
Few buildings in the world can match the history of Bimaristan Nureddine, a 12th Century hospital opened to the public in Syria in 1978 as a Museum of Medicine and Science in the Hareqa district of the Old City. Syria, History, 12/18/2000