Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 3/24/2003
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of March 24, 2003
- Syria rejects American accusations on supporting Iraq militarily
An official source at the Syrian foreign ministry said "Once again the US defense secretary provokes the humanitarian feelings at a time when his forces are committing crimes of an ugly war against unarmed civilians in Iraq where hundreds of children, and women are killed, houses are demolished and civilians are arrested." The statement added "Now and after the failure of Rumsfeld's allegations of a clean and quick victory, ( Rumsfeld) tries to justify the failue of his forces -- one time because of the weather condition and another time by accusing others of smuggling equipment for Iraq." Syria-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/29/2003 - Al-Assad postpones visit to Austria due to war on Iraq Syria-Austria, Politics, 3/29/2003
- Al-Assad to Assafir: Iraq situation was planned, reminds of Sykis-Picot agreement to partition region
With regard to the historic perspective of the war on Iraq and with regard to what US. Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent statement that the war aims at reshaping the Middle East as a whole, the president indicated that the Arabs looked with sadness at Sykis-Picot Agreement which partitioned the region and "we dealt with it as a temporary event." Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/28/2003 - Syrian draft resolution to be vetoed by the USA
The BBC correspondent in New York said it is certain that the Syrian draft resolution to condemn the American- British war against Iraq and to halt it immediately will be vetoed by the US and UK if the resolution comes up for a vote. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/28/2003 - Maher summons Syrian ambassador in Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher summoned Wednesday Syrian Ambassador to Egypt Youssef Ahmed, to whom he stressed the importance of avoiding any matters that might harm Egyptian| Syrian relations. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 3/28/2003 - More Syrian demonstrations in Aleppo, Daraa against the war
Millions of Syrian people in the city of Aleppo and the city of Daraa demonstrated today expressing anger and condemnation against the American and British war on Iraq. The participants called for stopping aggression on the Iraqi people and an immediate withdrawal of the aggressive forces from Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/27/2003 - US express to Syria regret over killing civilians in bus bombing incident
The US has expressed its regret over the killing of Syrian civilians in a bombardment of a bridge to the west of Iraq last Sunday, according to the US Department Of State on Wednesday. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/27/2003 - Saudi Arabia, Syria for boosting bilateral relations Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 3/27/2003
- Calls to stop the bloodshed in Iraq
Popular Organizations and Vocational Associations in Syria Demanded yesterday an immediate halt to the U.S- British aggressive war against Iraq. They called for "an immediate end to the U.S policy of bloodshed and destruction in Iraq." Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/26/2003 - Al-Assad gets a telephone call from Chirac Syria-France, Politics, 3/26/2003
- Syrian Cabinet calls on US, Britain to immediately withdraw from Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/26/2003
- Syria condemns US-UK attack against its bus
A Syrian official source yesterday said the following: The American- British planes on Sunday, March 23 bombed a Syrian civilian bus carrying Syrian workers working in Iraq on their way back to Syria. This criminal act resulted in killing five Syrians and others were wounded. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/25/2003 - Continued demonstrations in Syria in protest of war against Iraq
Thousand of people in Damascus yesterday continued massive marches condemning the US and British aggression on the Iraqi people. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/25/2003 - Large march today in Damascus in support of Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/25/2003
- Turkish Park Group delegation in Damascus Syria-Turkey, Politics, 3/25/2003
- Al-Shara confers with Iraqi counterpart
Sabri: Regarding the US official statements on the situation in Iraq, he underlined that such statements fall within the framework of propaganda. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 3/24/2003 - Syrian Baath Party: US attack on Iraq are illegal and immoral
Al-Baath Arab Socialist Party -- pan-Arab Leadership -- on Sunday circulated a message to the other parties on the US.-British aggression on Iraq. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 3/24/2003 - Continued demonstrations in Damascus in protest of the war against Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/24/2003
- Aggrandizement eliminates germs from slaughtered animal, Syrian scholars
People have not yet realized the wisdom beyond mentioning god's name (Allah in Arabic) on the slaughtered animal, some scientists say. Consequently they neglect and leave out pronouncing the Almighty God Name and aggrandizement when cattle and chicken are slaughtered for human consumption, a tradition widespread in Islamic practice. Syria, Science, 3/24/2003