Syria
June 8, 2000
Syria's official press said Thursday misunderstandings with the United States had been cleared up by the meeting Wednesday in Cairo between its foreig
June 5, 2000
Damascus – Albawaba.com Syria is considering reopening its stock market after it has been frozen for 40 years, according to sources at the country's m
June 4, 2000
Damascus – Albawaba.com Syria-Israeli peace negotiations are expected to resume in September, according to diplomats in Damascus. The sources, who as
China is aiding Iran and Syria in projects to develop more advanced surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, Haaretz reported quoting US sources. They
Damascus – Albawaba.com Syrian official sources denied Saturday a widely-spread rumor in the Syrian capital that the widow of former premiere Mahmou
June 3, 2000
Israeli officials have given the green light to a plan to construct 350 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied Golan Heights, according to r
June 2, 2000
Syria may be signaling that it wants to resume peace talks with Israel, an Israeli cabinet minister was quoted by the Associated Press as saying Frida
May 31, 2000
By Nabeel Al Mulhem Syria has pledged full support of UN secretary general’s report on Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon, without demanding a pu
By Nabeel Al Mulhem Syrian Baath ruling party was expected to decide Wednesday to refer to court another former Syrian official on corruption charges
By Nabeel Al Mulhem A former Syrian transport minister has confessed to involvement in a corruption case while he was in office, according to sources
Bashar Assad, the heir apparent to his father, Syrian President Hafez Assad, is due to be appointed Vice President for internal security in his countr
May 30, 2000
Former Syrian deputy prime minister for economic affairs, Salim Yassin, has been arrested in a crackdown on corrupt officials. Syrian authorities arre
Riyad Seif, a prominent Damascus industrialist and a member of the Syrian People's Assembly, is one of the more fascinating figures in present-day Syria. Balancing his public role as a parliamentarian
May 29, 2000
Syrian authorities, cracking down on corrupt officials, have seized the assets of former deputy prime minister for economic affairs Salim Yassin, the
North Korea has supplied a new, longer-range Scud ballistic missile to Syria and is in negotiations to sell the weapon to Egypt as well, reported the