Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 3/18/2002
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of March 18, 2002
- King Mohammed sends message to President al-Assad Syria-Morocco, Politics, 3/23/2002
- Sudan to take part in the Damascus Leather's first exhibition Sudan-Syria, Economics, 3/23/2002
- Syria, the US start unofficial dialogue
The director of "James Baker Institute for public policy" of Rice university Edward Djerjian on Thursday said that President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to start a Syrian- American dialogue under the auspices of the Institute. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/23/2002 - Mariam Cooke : An American Arabist focuses on Arab women issues
Mariam Cooke, the American Arabist writer recently visited Damascus and on March 17 has a presentation for her book " Hayati: My life " at the Damascus university. Syria, Culture, 3/23/2002 - Al-Shara in Beirut today; US pressure on the summit
the final statement draft was discussed between Moussa and the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal. Lebanon was persistent to have a role in this statement on the ground that it is the host country. On this ground, this issue will be among the tasks of Moussa during his stay in Beirut which will continue until after the Arab summit. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/22/2002 - Al-Shara's contacts with Arab officials in preparations for Beirut summit
Syria's deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received a telephone call from the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa during which the two sides reviewed Arab conditions and current preparations to convene the Arab summit. Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/22/2002 - Al-Assad- Mubarak discuss challenges, dangers the Arab nation faces
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife on Wednesday visited Cairo and held a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during which existing conditions in the Middle East were reviewed and the challenges facing the Arab woman towards this " critical phase of the national history of the Arab nation." Egypt-Syria, Politics, 3/21/2002 - Mrs. Mubarak, Syria First Lady tour Cairo landmarks Egypt-Syria, Local, 3/21/2002
- Al-Assad meets Egyptian intellectuals
Syrian President Bashar al Assad met yesterday at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis with a number of Egyptian intellectuals and writers. Osama AL Baz, the Political Advisor to the President said President Assad's meeting with intellectuals and thinkers tackled many important issues. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/21/2002 - Al-Refai: Syria is ready for a balanced partnership with European Union
The minister of the economy and foreign trade Ghassan al-Refai on Wednesday stressed Syria's readiness for a balanced and gradual partnership with the European Union. He said that this partnership will be effective and it would be real. Syria-European Union, Economics, 3/21/2002 - A women sit in in solidarity with Palestinian women observed in Damascus
The Arab women committee in Syria in support of the Intifada on Wednesday observed a sit in before the UN office in Damascus in protest of the " Zionist crimes " against the Arabs in the occupied territories and in support of the Palestinians and their heroic uprising. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 3/21/2002 - Syrian member of Parliament sentenced for five years imprisonment Syria, Politics, 3/20/2002
- Al-Assad gets a telephone call from al-Qaddafi Syria-Libya, Politics, 3/20/2002
- Mubarak-Assad talks aim at crystallizing firm Arab stance
Minister Omran said that the visit falls within the context of exchanged trips by the Egyptian and Syrian readerships to serve the best interests of their states and of the entire Arab nation. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 3/20/2002 - Al-Assad meets with Saudi foreign minister
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday received the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal. Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/20/2002 - Syria: Opinion prisoners observe hunger strike
The society in charge of defending human rights in Syria said that several "opinion" prisoners have started an open hunger strike in protest of their "unjustified" detention since more than one year. Syria, Politics, 3/20/2002 - On the Syrian- Iraqi oil pipeline
News reports in Amman said that the Iraqi oil minister Amer Rasheed will arrive in Damascus next week to hold talks with his Syrian counterpart Ibrahim Haddad to discuss the "feasibility study" for starting a new Syrian- Iraqi oil pipeline at a capacity of 1.5 million barrels every day. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 3/20/2002 - Talibani describes his visit to Syria as positive
The chairman of the Kurdistani national federation Jalal al-Talibani has described the contacts he had made with the Syrian officials as very positive. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 3/20/2002 - Difference between human rights commissions in Syria
Chairman of the the committee in charge of human rights in Syria lawyer Aktham Nuueisah opposed the Arab Human Rights program offering a prize to the human rights society in Syria which is led by lawyer Haitham al-Maleh, ignoring thereby, as he said, the role played by his organization. Syria, Politics, 3/19/2002 - Syria- Egypt summit in Cairo on Wednesday
The Orient radio correspondent quoted Arab diplomatic sources in Cairo as saying that the Egyptian, Jordanian and Egyptian- Saudi talks will center on crystallizing the Saudi initiative so as to have it win an Arab unanimity during the Beirut Arab summit. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/19/2002 - US cultural officer in Damascus: cultural and educational exchanges are the best way forward
In a statement to Arabic News, Cultural affairs officer at the US cultural center in Damascus Mr. Mark Schapiro said that Syria and the US have considered that the cultural and educational programs and the exchange programs are now more important more than ever before, in the context of after September 11th and the desire that all share for a peaceful safe world. Syria-USA, Culture, 3/18/2002 - Damascus hosts commission for controlling the desert Locust in the central region
In collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture in Syria and the World Food Organization FAO, and under the supervision of the Minister of agriculture Nour Eddine Mouna, the Commission for controlling the Desert Locust in the Central region ( CRC) held its 23rd session in Damascus on March 9 through 14. Syria, Agriculture, 3/18/2002 - Damascus's advanced training workshop on the use of remote sensing techniques
Abdelgawad said that it will focus on the capabilities provided by the remote sensing techniques and GIA in the field of desertification monitoring and combating; The use of digital processing of the Satellite images and the preparation of the different thematic maps; the use of multi temporal satellite images to monitor changes on land and vegetative cover Syria, Economics, 3/18/2002