Arabic News Weekly Edition for Syria, 9/27/2004
Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of September 27, 2004
- Syria deplores Lebanese parliamentarian assassination attempt, Khaddam visits
A Syrian official information source on Friday condemned the attempt of assassination against member of the Lebanese Parliament Marwan Hamada near his home in the district of Ein Mreisa, Beirut. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 10/2/2004 - Sezer-highlights Turkish- Syrian relations
Sezer expressed concern over the development of the situation in Iraq, stressing that the unity of Iraq is very important for Turkey which continues its economic and trade relations with it, accusing Washington of evading coordination and cooperation with Ankara against Turkey's opponents in northern Iraq. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 10/2/2004 - Archeological findings-in Damascus countryside
New archeological findings were unearthed in Damascus Countryside Governorate by the National Archeological Team at the end of this season's excavations. Syria, Local, 10/2/2004 - Syrian pottery from the Mameluke Era: Lecture
Scholar at the Islamic Art at London University Prof. Jiza Faher Fari on Wednesday stressed that the vivid export movement that Syria carried out during the Mameluke and Fatimi eras motivated the jar makers in Syria to develop their industry. Syria, Local, 9/30/2004 - Syrian expatriates conference in October
The International Conference of Syrian Expatriates is due to be held in October with the participation of a number of ministries, governmental circles and representatives of the private sector in its various trade, industrial and banking sides. Syria, Local, 9/29/2004 - Syrian FM address at the UN General Syria-Regional, Politics, 9/28/2004
- Following the assassination of a leading figure in Damascus, Hamas threatens Israeli interests abroad
Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group; the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas), threatened to target the Israeli interests abroad following the assassination of the leading figure in the movement Ezz Eddine Subhi al-Sheikh by blowing up his car in Damascus. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 9/27/2004 - Syrian Official source statement on Zahera explosion
"Israeli authorities have taken a dangerous step this morning by the assassination of the Palestinian citizen, Izzuddin al-Sheikh Khalil, who was living in Syria after he had been deported by Israeli occupation authorities to Marj al-Zuhour in Lebanon during the first Intifada in 1992," an official source told the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA. Syria-Israel, Politics, 9/27/2004 - Powell: talks with Syria over the border issues
The US secretary of state Colin Powell said yesterday that talks are underway between Syria, the USA and Iraq over controlling the Syrian Iraqi borders. A mission which he said is "not easy" stressing that the talks he had held in New York last week with his Syrian counterpart were "more positive than previous ones." Syria-USA, Politics, 9/27/2004 - al-Rai: Iraqi Minister describes talks with Syrians as positive; good Iraq-Syria, Politics, 9/27/2004
- Christian traditions in Syria demonstrated in a Symposium Syria, Religion, 9/27/2004