Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mecca clashes were widely viewed in the region as a manifestation of Arab-Persian jealousies and the divisions of Islam...
...already been delayed for seven weeks, the Kuwaiti tankers are still undergoing a final U.S. Coast Guard inspection at several undisclosed foreign ports. According to congressional sources, the first reflagged Kuwaiti ship, accompanied initially by the carrier U.S.S. Constellation and then by naval warships, will steam from the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on the Indian Ocean to the Kuwaiti port of Mina al Ahmadi, some 675 miles away. After refueling and loading up with oil, the vessel will return to Khor Fakkan. The trip will take about five days; three more convoys are planned for August...
...advocate an international peace conference, and the idea has recently gained momentum. But the U.S. has been wary. Administration officials fear that Moscow, which continues to back the P.L.O., would use such a conference to expand its influence in the region and ultimately control the meeting to favor Arab aspirations. The Soviets sent an eight-member consular team to Israel last week. The mission marks the first time an official Soviet delegation has visited Jerusalem since Moscow severed relations with Israel over the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The Soviets may soon be the only major power to have contact with...
More than three quarters of the population is Chinese, about 15 percent Malay, six percent Indian, Ceylonese, and Pakistani, and about 2.3 percent European, Jewish, Armenian, and Arab...
...signs of moderation in order to increase his influence with his neighbors. In April, not long after his return from a trip to Moscow, Assad went to Jordan for a secret meeting with his long-time enemy, Iraq's President Saddam Hussein. Except for Libya, Syria is the only Arab state that backs non-Arab Iran in its seven-year war with Arab Iraq. Assad is believed unlikely to be ready to change sides in the gulf war, in part because of the oil concessions he gets from Iran. Nonetheless, the meeting raised hopes that he may be interested...