Syria
February 9, 2004
Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa arrived in Washington Sunday night on an official visit to the United States. During the vi
Tanganyika Oil Company has agreed to sell, on a private placement basis, up to an aggregate of three million shares of the company at a price of $6.30 per share for gross proceeds of $18.9 million in
February 5, 2004
Amnesty International on Thursday welcomed the release of scores of political prisoners from prisons in Syria. However, the organization has called on
An official delegation from Singapore representing the InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) conducted a three-day visit to Jordan early last week. The delegation's visit was primarily to
February 4, 2004
Intellectuals, writers and lawyers called on the Syrian leadership to introduce political reforms and lift the state of emergency which has been impos
Lebanese singers Haifa Wahbi and Katia Harb have announced that they will hold a joint concert on Valentine's Day February 14, 2004 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Beirut
February 3, 2004
Lebanese Culture Minister, Gazi al-Areidi stressed that the Syrian military presence in Lebanon comes in the framework of an agreement and cooperation
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Trade and Industry has decided to lift the ban on imports of Egyptian fresh and frozen meat. The ban had been imposed in resp
February 1, 2004
Israel's Defense Minister Saul Mofaz said Sunday during the weekly cabinet meeting that, "If Hizbullah will try again to kidnap soldiers, Israel's rea
Iraq’s financial sector was transformed yesterday when the Central Bank extended operating licenses to the National Bank of Kuwait, UK-based Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, ending
January 29, 2004
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued Legislative Decree No. 7 for the 2004, stipulating the ratification of a contract signed between
Nigerian Vice-President Atiqu Abu Bakr and the accompanying delegation arrived in Jeddah on Thursday from Madinah, SPA reported. Abu Bakr and the acco
Damascus radio stressed that the mission of the US envoys to the Middle East - namely, Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield and John Wolf ai
Turkish Minister of State Korshad Tozman is expected to visit Syria late February to discuss establishing a free trade zone and opening four border cr
A roadside bomb exploded Thursday in a central Iraqi city in the "Sunni Triangle", injuring at least 11 people, police said.