December 24, 1999
       
 
       
EDITORIAL:

"SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE DESTRUCTIVE ILLUSIONS"
 
CHAIRING THE COUNCIL OF MINISTER'S BUDGET SESSION:
KING FAHD UNVEILS THE SR I85 BILLION SAUDI GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2000.
GDP GROWTH RATE REACHES 8.44% AND THE DEFICIT DECREASES TO SR 28 BILLION.
 
KING FAHD AND MUBARAK DISCUSS WAYS OF SUPPORTING SYRIA IN ITS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL.
CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH HOLDS INTENSIVE TALKS WITH THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT DURING HIS VISIT TO RIYADH IN THE FIRST LEG OF A GULF TOUR.
PRINCE SULTAN: WE HOPE THAT OUR SYRIAN BROTHERS WOULD RECEIVE THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS IN FULL AND RESTORE THEIR RIGHTS IN THE GOLAN HIGHTS.
 
PRINCE ABDULLAH VISITS KING ABDUL AZIZ HISTORICAL CENTER AND THE DARAH OF THE FOUNDER OF THE KINGDOM IN RIYADH.
DURING HIS TOUR ACCOMPANIED BY PRINCE SULTAN, THE CROWN PRINCE WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE ANCIENT ROUTE OF HAJ AND THE CARAVANS' ROUTES.
 
DECLARING THE DECISION TO AWARD THE INTERNATIONAL KING FAISAL PRIZE FOR SERVICE TO ISLAM TO "AL AZHAR."
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ:
SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS ALWAYS ANY IDEA FOR CONVENING A WELL ARRANGED ARAB SUMMIT.
 
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING A UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA.
THE SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DONATES SR 10 MILLION TO THE PRINCE SULTAN CULTURAL CENTER AT KING SAUD UNIVERSITY.
PRINCE SULTAN CALLS FOR MORE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF DESERTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
 
RIYADH CAPITAL OF THE ARAB CULTURE IN 2000.
CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND CIVIL PARTICIPATION ALL YEAR ROUND.
PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ PRAISES THE IDEA AND PROTECTS IT.
 
PRESIDENT AL ASSAD AFFIRMS TO PRESIDENT CLINTON SYRIA'S ENDEAVOUR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL SIDE BY SIDE WITH LEBANON.
SYRIAN ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS WILL RESUME IN VIRGINIA AND CONGRESS DELEGATIONS WILL VISIT DAMASCUS TO HELP ACHIEVE PEACE.
AL SHARA IN BEIRUT: THE LEBANESE SYRIAN NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY AND THE RESISTANCE IS A LEBANESE ISSUE.
IRAN SUPPORTS SYRIA IN THE ISSUE OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.
 
IN BRIEF