Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 6/24/2002
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of June 24, 2002
- Syrian- Saudi joint committee meetings postponed Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/29/2002
- Syria: two parliamentarians are tried on corruption charges
Following three years of suspension, the Syrian People's Assembly ( parliament) permitted to bring before the security economic court two of its "Baathist " members under charges relating to corruption and misuse of their post. The two parliamentarians will be triad but while being out of prison in contrary to what happened with the two other parliamentarians, already in custody, Riad Seif and Mamoun al-Homsi. Syria, Politics, 6/28/2002 - Omran confers with Dubai media delegation, CNN chief
The Syrian Minister of Information Adnan Omran on Thursday received Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum, the chairman of the media department in Dubai. United Arab Emirates and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 6/28/2002 - Syrian- Saudi joint committee to meet on July 2, 3 in Jeddah
The Syrian- Saudi joint committee will hold its 10th session in Jeddah on July 2 and 3 under the chairmanship of the Syrian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara and the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Economics, 6/28/2002 - Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Exiled Yemeni army officers return back home
Some 32 Yemeni army officers on Monday evening returned back home to Yemen from Damascus following a compulsory exile that lasted for almost 8 years since the Yemeni civil war in the summer of 1994. Yemen-Syria, Politics, 6/27/2002 - Al-Turk sentenced for two and a half years imprisonment
The state's supreme security court on Wednesday issued its decision concerning Riad al-Turk. The court convicted him of the crimes attributed to him in the accusation sentence at five years imprisonment. Syria, Politics, 6/27/2002 - Al-Hayat: Palestinian organizations ruled out to be expelled from Damascus
Leaders of four Palestinian organizations which take Damascus as a headquarter have ruled out that the Syrian leadership will respond to the call made by the US President George Bush to expel leaders of these organizations. Syria-USA, Politics, 6/27/2002