Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 10/14/2002
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of October 14, 2002
- Sharon, Syria and Lebanon Syria-Israel, Politics, 10/19/2002
- Russia denies any nuclear cooperation with Syria Syria-Russia, Politics, 10/18/2002
- Al-Assad describes Sharon as killer; Changing the Iraqi regime costs millions of lives
Syrian President Bashar al- Assad on Thursday said that any war against Iraq will take the region into "the unknown," stressing that the Iraqi regime can not be changed without killing of millions, because the situation is different from that in Afghanistan. Syria-Regional, Politics, 10/18/2002 - Kurdish official meets with Iraqi opposition in Syria
A source from the Kurdistani national federation said that the prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Barham Ahmad Saleh met on Tuesday evening in Damascus with the representatives for the Iraqi opposition movements, existing in Syria. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 10/18/2002 - Al-Shara: Israel has buried the peace process
The Syrian deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received the Norway's special envoy for the Middle east peace process and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Regional, Politics, 10/18/2002 - Syria: membership of al-Homsi, Seif in the parliament dropped Syria, Politics, 10/16/2002
- Al-Assad meets with Samaha, Khouri on Syria, lebanon issues Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 10/16/2002
- The British Red Shoe to be displayed in Damascus, Aleppo
Under the Patronage of the Syrian minister of culture Najwa Kassab Hassan, and The British Council in Damascus, the British "THE RED SHOES" by Kneehigh Theatre Company will be performed in Damascus and Aleppo. Syria-UK, Local, 10/16/2002 - Al-Assad telephones the Saudi crown prince Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/15/2002
- Barham Saleh: Iraq is divided ethnically and religiously
The prime minister of al-Suleimaneyah district in Iraq's kurdistan, Barham Saleh, on Monday held a second round of talks with the Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam in Damascus and also other several Syrian officials. Meetings which were not officially declared. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 10/15/2002 - On mediation between the Syrian authorities, and Muslim brothers
The Islamic movement in Jordan has announced it did not make any mediation between the Syrian authorities and the Syrian Muslim brothers who live outside the country. Syria, Politics, 10/15/2002 - Al-Assad meets with Hrawi, reviews Syrian- Lebanese issues with al-Areidi Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 10/14/2002
- Syrian foreign ministry summons US ambassador in Damascus
The Syrian foreign ministry on Sunday morning summoned the US ambassador in Damascus and gave him an official protest on what was promoted by spokesmen by the US Department of State on the Syrian- Russian cooperation in the field of nuclear researches. Syria-USA, Politics, 10/14/2002 - Iraqi Kurdish delegation visits Syria
A delegation representing the Kurdistani National Federation in Iraq led by al-Suleimaneyah prime minister in Kurdistan district Barham Saleh started a visit to Syria that will last for four days during which he will be meeting with Syrian officials, especially with the Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam and the assistant secretary general of the Baath Party Abdullah al-Ahmar. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 10/14/2002 - Extinct an-Nuq re-discovered within syrian al Badia by Palmyra FAO project
A relict breeding colony of critically endangered Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), an insectivorous colonial cliff-nesting bird, was discovered during the spring 2002 by UN-FAO project GCP/SYR/009/ITA within Al Badia. The news has drawn the attention of conservationists and media world-wide. This legendary and iconic bird is in fact also one of the rarest and most critically endangered wildlife species on earth. Syria, Environment, 10/14/2002