Word: assad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israeli perception is basically correct. Ever since his Clinton, Mass., call last March for a Palestinian "homeland," Jimmy Carter has become more and more convinced that the Palestinian issue is, as President Hafez Assad of Syria calls it, "the mother question" in the Middle East...
Home and familiar surroundings are a comforting thought to some students. Alfredo Assad '79 is going to the Fieldston Homecoming Centennial in New York, where he will see his teachers and "release...
...Syrian soldiers on peace-keeping duty in devastated Beirut were said to have picked up the disease and carried it back to Damascus and their native villages. That may be true, but the rapid spread of the disease did not speak well for Syrian medicine and sanitation. Indeed, President Assad rebuked his health authorities for their poor performance. They responded by closing swimming pools, public beaches, fruit juice and ice cream parlors, and many restaurants. Proprietors of the restaurants that remained open were warned that any violation of food laws could mean immediate imprisonment. To add to the troubles, Syria...
Palestinians On this "mother issue," as Syria's President Hafez Assad calls it, the two sides seemed wider apart than ever. The Arabs insist on Palestinian representation in Geneva. But Begin last week reiterated Israel's refusal to deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he called a group of "demented genocidists...
...Vance had two sessions with Sadat and one with Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy before departing Egypt for a four-hour stop in Lebanon, where he pledged $142 million in military and economic aid. Then on to Damascus for a 3½hour session with Syria's President Hafez Assad who promptly shot down the whole idea of the working group." In a 45-minute news conference, the Syrian leader explained: "There is a possibility that this working group would be looked upon as a competitor to the Geneva Conference, and I do not think that any of us would...