May 21, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "ISRAELI ASPIRATIONS AND THE FINAL PEACE SETTLEMENT"     PRESIDING THE WEEKLY SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: KING FAHD :THE DEATH OF SHEIKH IBN BAZ WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE SERVICE OF ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IS A GREAT LOSS TO THE ISLAMIC NATION.   KING FAHD PRAISES THE GROWING RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN. THE MEETING BETWEEN CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND KHATAMI WAS HISTORIC AND COVERED THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS. CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH HELD WIDE-RANGING TALKS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT.   THE JOINT SAUDI-IRANIAN COMMUNIQUÉ REITERATES THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTLING DISPUTES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION THROUGH DIRECT DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING.     A SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT TO SYRIA. AL ASSAD AND KHATAMI CONFIRM THE NEED OF STRENGTHENING THE RESISTANCE AND CONFIRM THEIR KEENNESS FOR THE UNITY OF IRAQ.   CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES APPOINTS ABDUL AZIZ AL AL SHEIKH AS GRAND MUFTI SUCCEEDING THE LATE SHEIKH IBN BAZ.     KING FAHD, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH, HIGH OFFICIALS, AND MILLION OF SAUDI PEOPLE ATTEND FUNERAL PRAYERS FOR IBN BAZ. IMAMS AND KHATEEBS OF MAKKAH'S MOSQUES UNDERSCORE IN THEIR JUMAA SPEECHES ON FRIDAY IBN BAZ'S SERVICES TO ISLAM.     HOISTING THE YEMENI FLAG OVER ITS EMBASSY IN KUWAIT INDICATES THE END OF CESSATION IN RELATIONS SINCE THE IRAQI INVASION. BA JAMAL: YEMEN IS PART OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE GULF AND THE DIFFERENCE WITH SAUDI ARABIA OVER THE BORDER IS TECHNICAL AND NOT OF ESSENCE. SHEIKH SABAH AL AHMAD: THE OLD PAGES ARE TURNED AND THE NEXT STEP IS NORMALIZATION WITH SUDAN.     COMMUNISTS FAIL TO IMPEACH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. YELTSIN ACTS AS VICTORIOUS AND STAYS IN OFFICE.     IN BRIEF