November 4, 1998

			EDITORIAL: "PRINCE SULTAN.. SYMBOL OF HUMANITY IN A CARING SOCIETY."   KING FAHD COMMENDS POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF PRINCE ABDULLAH'S TOUR. SAUDI ARABIA EMPHASISES THE NEED FOR RESTARTING TALKS ON SYRIAN AND LEBANESE TRACKS. KINGDOM REITERATED ITS PERMANENT SUPPORT TO MUSLIM MINORITIES.   SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH KOREA AND PAKISTAN AGREE ON THEIR SUPPORT FOR PEACE AND EASING TENSIONS AND CALL ON ISRAEL TO ABIDE BY THE MADRID PRINCIPLES AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY CHANGES IN THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM. PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ CALLED FOR A UNITED ARAB AND ISLAMIC STAND.   OBSTACLES TO PEACE AND THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AT HEART OF DISCUSSIONS OF PRESIDENT MUBARAK AND PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ IN SHARM AL-SHEIKH. PRINCE SULTAN: NETANYAHU IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED, AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE QUESTION OF BORDERS WITH YEMEN WITH ALL GOODWILL.   AGREEMENT ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. DISCUSSIONS OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN RIYADH INCLUDE COOPERATION ON DEFENCE AND OIL.   AFTER A TELEPHONE CALL BETWEEN THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT AND PRINCE ABDULLAH: AL ASSAD AND MUBARAK DISCUSSED IN SHARM AL-SHEIKH THE IMPACTS OF WYE PLANTATION AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE FOR THE MECHANISMS OF PEACE IN THE REGION. THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT: THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT FORESHADOW THE SIGNING OF OTHER AGREEMENTS ON OTHER TRACKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.   DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOW THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT AT WYE PLANTATION: ARAFAT AGREES TO NETANYAHU'S REQUEST TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT. A STATEMENT IN THE NAME OF THE AL-QASAM BRIGADES THREATENING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AROUSES SPECULATION. YEMEN WITNESSES A SERIES OF SECURITY INCIDENTS: SHOOTINGS AT ABU LUHUM HOUSES IN SANAA AND TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN ARMED CLASHES BETWEEN TWO TRIBES. THE IRAQI PRESIDENT RETURNS TO HIS GAME OF EXPLOITING DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL POSITIONS. EUROPE CONFIRMS THAT THE INTERESTS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE ARE THE LEAST OF HIS CONCERNS. EFFORTS FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION CONTINUE IN HOPE THAT IRAQ WILL BACK DOWN. THE US IS MOVING ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT FORCE IS THE LAST RESORT. KING FAHD: ATTACKS AGAINST ISLAM PORTRAY DISTORTED PICTURE OF THE FAITH AND ITS FOLLOWERS. SCHOLARS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES AND WORK TO PROTECT THE MUSLIM IDENTITY.