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...Israelis -- and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat -- should know by now, the intifadeh seems to be running itself. Arafat and other Arab leaders have lent considerable rhetorical support to the uprising, as well as an undetermined amount and of financial aid. Just last week Arafat and Syrian President Hafez Assad held a surprise meeting in Damascus to assert their joint symbolic control over the uprising. The encounter was their first since 1983, whenAssad sent the Palestinian leader into exile after a long feud. "There are no differences among the one family," said Arafat after the meeting. "The outcome ((of the session...
What inspired Syria's change of heart? According to summit participants, Assad concluded he could no longer remain aloof from the Arab world. Sentiment among the Arab leaders overwhelmingly favored pressuring Iran to end the war, and Assad apparently felt he had to move with the tide, putting at risk the millions of tons of free and subsidized oil that Iran has provided his country as a reward for his support. As for Egypt, the participants were eager to mend relations with the Arab world's most populous and powerful state so that Cairo's 450,000-man army could...
Bringing Syria around was not easy. The longtime feud between Assad and Saddam Hussein poisoned the first day's summit proceedings. The two men, who are rivals for leadership of the region's socialist Baath movement, refused to shake hands, exchange words or even look at each other. But after hours of delicate mediation by other Arab leaders, the atmosphere thawed. At one point, when the Syrian and Iraqi Foreign Ministers were deadlocked over a U.N. resolution calling for a cease-fire in the gulf war, Jordanian Foreign Minister Taher Masri went to Assad's suite to discuss the problem...
...confirm Fahd's waning authority, his proxy in Amman, Crown Prince Abdullah, played an important role in persuading Syria's Assad to moderate his views. Moreover, the absence of the Saudi monarch served, as it turned out, to cast more of the spotlight on Jordan's Hussein, who has emerged in recent years as the Arabs' most active statesman. In the end, it was Hussein who persuaded Assad and Saddam Hussein to talk directly to each other...
Nicaragua' s Ortega storms Capitol Hill with a new cease- fire plan, capping a week of diplomacy orchestrated by House Speaker Jim Wright. -- After a groveling mea culpa, Moscow Party Chief Boris Yeltsin is fired. -- Syria' s Hafez Assad rejoins Arab ranks. -- Cory Aquino is losing support as the Philippines slides into chaos...