Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 3/15/2004
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of March 15, 2004
- Damascus: releasing some 500 detainees: a demonstration in Dummar in support to national unity
Signs of detente of the severe acts of riots took place recently in Syria have appeared as the Syrian authorities released more than 500 persons who were detained during the past days. Syria, Politics, 3/20/2004 - Al-Assad confers with Croat President on development, Consulate opened
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received on Friday Croatian President Stipe Mesic and the accompanying delegation on the bilateral relations between the two countries, the two sides stressed joint desire for boosting those relations in the fields of economy, trade and investment. Syria-Croatia, Politics, 3/20/2004 - Damascus urges the UN security council to halt the Israeli aggressions
Syria has called on the UN secretary general Kofi Annan and the UN security council to work for halting the Israeli aggressive practices in the occupied Syrian Golan heights. Syria-UN, Politics, 3/20/2004 - Bush to impose tough sanctions against Syria shortly
Sources in the US congress said that the US President George W. Bush will shortly impose severe economic sanctions against Syria, according to " Syria's accountability law and restoring back the Lebanese sovereignty," which was approved in 2003. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/20/2004 - Amir of Qatar to arrive today in Damascus Syria-Qatar, Politics, 3/20/2004
- Syrian Kurds demonstration deploring al-Qamishli incidents Syria, Politics, 3/20/2004
- Kurdish leaderships call for calm, asking to meet with al-Assad; Damascus: a sedition buried at its birth
Damascus said yesterday that the acts of riots which hit al-Hassaka and certain Syrian cities during the past days were aiming at implanting "sedition" in the country, at a time when the Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari considered that what had happened was "an internal problem" in Syria which he said he will visit during the forthcoming days. Syria, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Syrian interior minister press conference on al-Qamishli incidents
Syria's Interior Minister Ali Hamoud on Thursday held a press conference on Thursday attended by Syrian, Arab and foreign Media correspondents. Syria, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Washington; we do not support the separation of the Kurds
The US yesterday denied that its position which calls for stopping "oppressing" the Kurds in Syria to constitute an encouragement for "separation." Syria-USA, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Syrian- Qatari summit next week to discuss AL reforms, current issues
News reports said that Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khaleifa al-Thani, will pay a visit to Syria next week and he will hold talks during this visit with President Bashar al-Assad on strengthening and developing bilateral cooperation relations in the context to complete what was discussed during the visit made during the visit made by President Bashar al-Assad to Doha by the end of October, 2003. Syria-Qatar, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Vice President highlights Syria's policy towards Greater Middle East initiative
Vice President Zohair Masharqa on Thursday rejected US accusations of Syria as baseless, stressing that they would never make her bounce back from her principled positions. He also rejected the US marketing of the so -called Greater Middle East initiative. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Syrian - Iraqi economic cooperation highlighted
Syria's Minister of Economy on Thursday said Syria was a main and strategic partner of Iraq at the economic and trade levels and pledged to exert all efforts to boost Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 3/19/2004 - Syria highlights European Parliamentarians role in ME policy making Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/19/2004
- Some 17 Kurds killed, confrontation increases pressures in Syria
Syrian Kurdish sources said that the confrontations between the Arab citizens and the Kurds developed during the past 24 hours in the north east part of the country and this resulted in killing 17 persons all of them Kurds, so as number of killings since the eruption of the clashes on Friday reached 36, according to the same sources. Syria, Politics, 3/18/2004 - Al-Assad holds Talks with Saudi Crown Prince, in a short visit to Riyadh
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 3/18/2004 - Training Day on EU-Syria Cooperation
The Delegation of the European Commission organized yesterday, March 17 together with the State Planning Commission a training day on EU-Syria Cooperation. Syria-European Union, Local, 3/18/2004 - Al-Shara meets with Saudi peer on sideline of Syrian- saudi summit Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 3/18/2004
- Al-Assad meets with Canadian church delegation Syria-Canada, Politics, 3/18/2004
- Gul: Riots are not in the service of Turkey; Damascus reacts judiciously, clashes renewed Syria, Politics, 3/17/2004
- Al-Assad is today in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 3/17/2004
- Damascus accuses arrivals from neighbors, denies the existence of a Kurdish problem
Al-Jazeera area in Northern east Syria witnessed yesterday a notable calm after an atmosphere on strong tension prevailed on it on Sunday preceded by acts of riots and destruction that resulted in human casualties and material losses. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Syrian citizens in Brussles protest against attacking embassy
Hundreds of Syrian and Arab citizens in Brussels on Sunday evening gathered in front of the Syrian embassy in the Belgian capital to protest recent events against it and solidify and express loyalty to Syria as a state and leadership. Syria-Belgium, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Damascus denies the visit of an American delegation to al-Qamishli
Damascus yesterday denied a news by the Israeli daily Haartez in which it said that an American delegation moved secretly on Sunday from Iraq into al-Hassaka area in northern Syria. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Syrian- Egyptian coordination for Tunisia's Arab summit
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher stressed the deep-rooted fraternal relations between Syria and Egypt. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Syria- UNDP banking co-operation maintained
Syria and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday signed a document project to support the Central Bank of Syria. Syria-UN, Economics, 3/16/2004 - Syria rebuffs foreign dictations, party official says
Syria on Monday strongly rejected foreign dictations and pressures labeling the so-called initiative of Greater Middle East as a "rejected intervention," but noted keenness on dialogue maintained with the United States. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Al-Qurabi and Syria's accountability law
Yemeni Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qurbi, on Monday stressed the necessity of creating one Arab vision to strengthen the Arab attitude towards the proposed initiatives. Yemen-Syria, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Abu al-Abbas will be buried in Syria
An official in the Palestine Liberation Front said yesterday that the body of the secretary general of front Muhammad Abbas ( Abu al-Abbas) who died in an American detention camp in Iraq will be buried in Syria after Israel had refused to permit him into the West Bank. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Al-Assad confers with GCC chief Syria-Gulf, Politics, 3/16/2004
- In protest of al-Qamishli incidents, some 30 Kurds broke into the Syrian embassy in Brussels, detained
News reports in Brussels said that the breaking in operation of the building of the Syrian embassy in the Belgian capital Brussels, carried out by a group of Kurds ended. Syria-Belgium, Politics, 3/15/2004 - Mubarak meets al-Assad in a short visit to Damascus
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a short visit to Syria. Mubarak was received at Damascus international airport by President Bashar al-Assad. Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, Information Minister Ahmad al-Hasan and the Egyptian Ambassador in Damascus also received Mubarak. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/15/2004 - Syrian- Lebanese coordination underlined
Lebanese Minister of State Talal Arslan stressed the necessity of coordination between Syria and Lebanon to combat the current challenges that face the Arab states. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/15/2004 - Syrian information source and al-Hasakah riot acts
An information source said that the city of al-Hasakah and some other cities in the governorate of al-Hasakah on Saturday witnessed some acts of riot and sabotage during which some mobs destroyed a number of governmental establishments and public buildings. Syria, Politics, 3/15/2004 - Arab Chambers of Trade meet in Damascus Regional-Syria, Politics, 3/15/2004
- Vice President Khaddam confers with Iraqi al-Watan party delegation Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/15/2004
- Al-Shara holds telephone talks with AL chief Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/15/2004