Syria

December 23, 2003

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Fitch Ratings has revised the Support ratings of Turkey’s Garanti Leasing and Garanti Factoring to 4 from 5. At the same time, the agency has affirmed the two companies' Long-term foreign and local cu

December 22, 2003

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Iran's President Mohammad Khatami on Monday brushed aside speculation about a likely US attack against Iran and Syria, while he laughed off Israeli de

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On December 18, 2003, the European Union (EU)’s External Relations Commissioner, Chris Patten, and the Yemeni Ambassador at the EU Mohamed Jaffer signed the establishment agreement for the opening of

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ExecuJet Middle East has launched a new sales and service strategy for the Levant, aiming to capture a significant share of the growing market for executive aviation in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.  To

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The African Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have agreed to enhance their collaboration on governance at country level through the acceleration of Country Gover

December 21, 2003

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The Italian Ambassador to Damascus Laura Mirakian gave on Sunday a lunch banquet in honor of Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara in the presence

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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday met the current Chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim.

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The Egyptian al-Usbu newspaper condemned the signing by the U.S. President on the so-called "Syria Accountability Act", stressing that it was part of

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Fighting illegal emigration is a top priority to the interior ministry that will create new administration services to crack down on human trafficking

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Libya's decision to surrender its weapons of mass destruction program could remove the Arab state from the US list of terrorist-supporting nations, subsequently ending sanctions and the return of US o

December 20, 2003

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U.S. soldiers mistakenly shot and killed three Iraqi police officers and injured two others, thinking they were bandits, an Iraqi police officer said

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Syrian singer George Wassouf and his three children have finally been granted a Lebanese citizenship after residing in Lebanon for over 20 years

December 18, 2003

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Syria's Interior Minister, Ali Hammoud, said Wednesday that security forces were pursuing and searching for suspects with links to the bombing attacks

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The United States said it would allow its nonessential diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia due to increased security fears.

December 15, 2003

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Syria's Information Minister Ahmad al-Hasan has said that there is no problem between the Syrians and the American people but there is a difference in