Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 8/30/2004
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of August 30, 2004
- Egyptian-Syrian summit within hours for discussing latest developments
Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad will arrive in Egypt in the upcoming few hours for talks with President Hosni Mubarak dealing with the dimensions of the international and regional position, developments of the Palestinian cause and the situation in Iraq. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 9/4/2004 - Al-Assad in phone talks with Turkey's counterpart Syria-Turkey, Politics, 9/4/2004
- Syria rejects the Israeli threats, Hamas deplores
Damascus has strongly rejected the language of threats in which Israel is talking. The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara said that launching the Israeli threats "lacks the minimum degrees of credibility and the evidence, and increase the pace of the deteriorated conditions in the region." Syria-Israel, Politics, 9/3/2004 - Damascus escorts the deceased Grand Mufti to grave
Damascus on Thursday paid the demised Grand Mufti of the Republic and Head of the Higher Islamic Trust Council Sheikh Ahmed Keftaro who passed away on Wednesday the last honors. Syria, Local, 9/3/2004 - In remarks to Syria, UN Security Council demands withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon
With a majority of nine votes, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for honoring Lebanon's sovereignty and withdrawing all foreign forces from it. Syria-UN, Politics, 9/3/2004 - Lebanon debates foreign interventions
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud Thursday conferred with Lebanese Defense Minister Mahmoud Hammoud and Lebanese State Minister Karam Karam, separately, on the Lebanese foreign diplomatic move to confront foreign interventions in the internal affairs and in the Syrian-Lebanese relation. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 9/3/2004 - Damascus international fair opens today Syria, Local, 9/3/2004
- Syria: UN security council voting over Lebanon's sovereignty is unjustified
Syria said that there is nothing justifying demands raised by the USA that the UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution asking it to honor Lebanon's sovereignty. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 9/2/2004 - Syria's Republic Grand Mufti dies at 89
The Grand Mufti of the Republic and Head of the Supreme Council of Fatwa, Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro, passed away on Wednesday at 89 year old of a heart attack. Syria, People, 9/2/2004 - Syria-Italian higher education cooperation
Syria's Minister of Higher Education Hani Murtada on Wednesday discussed with the Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation in the Italian Province of Campagna Prof. Luigi Nichlais the possibility of setting up a center of research and studies for the engineering sciences in Damascus. Syria-Italy, Education, 9/2/2004 - Al-Refaee underlines trade relations with Turkey
Syria's Minister of Economy and Trade, Ghassan al-Refaee, underlined that his discussions during his visit to Turkey concentrated on bolstering economic cooperation and the bilateral relations between the two countries in all domains to reach solid relations able to establish real partnership between the two sides. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 9/1/2004 - A rehabilitation unit for handicapped children is under construction Syria, Culture, 9/1/2004
- Al-Shara confers with al-Qaddoumi
Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara and Head of the (PLO) Political Department Farouk al-Qaddoumi discussed the latest developments in the region, particularly in the occupied Palestinian lands. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 8/31/2004 - On the Syrian-Jordanian Free Zone Company
The Syrian-Jordanian Free Zone Co. is one of the joint Arab action fruits. It was founded in 2002 as a limited liability company that runs its business in Syria and Jordan with a capital of 60 millions S.P. Syria-Jordan, Economics, 8/31/2004 - Lahoud: Lebanon will never bargain sovereignty Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 8/31/2004
- Syria sentences two Kurds of imprisonment, postpones files of 15 others
A Syrian security court sentenced two Kurdish activists for 3 year imprisonment over charges of affiliation to separatist groups. Syria, Politics, 8/30/2004 - Lebanese continued alliance with Syria Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 8/30/2004