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The re-emergence of Egypt as a force in the Arab world is the critical factor in Assad's thinking. Two weeks ago the 42-nation Islamic summit meeting in Casablanca invited Egypt to return to the group. Its membership had been suspended in 1979 after Cairo signed a...
As they watch the rising agitation around them, the Israelis are conspicuously uneasy. They fear Syria's desire to dominate Lebanon. They are concerned about Egypt, the only Arab neighbor with whom they are formally at peace, as it repairs its ties with the Islamic world. They are also...
The caller also said that the Islamic Jihad had been responsible for the Beirut kidnaping of the Saudi consul general, Hussein Farrash, a day earlier. Farrash, 45, had been abducted by seven gunmen who intercepted his limousine as he was driving to work. According to the anonymous message, the diplomat...
The Egyptian case was pressed by a number of black African and Asian nations, including Guinea, Senegal, Malaysia and Pakistan, and they reportedly gained the support of 32 delegations. Libya, Syria and South Yemen boycotted the closing session, at which the invitation to Egypt was announced, but most delegates seemed...
Among Egypt's strongest supporters at Casablanca was Yasser Arafat, who demonstrated that, despite the adversities he has suffered during the past year, he has retained the backing of most Islamic states. Lebanon was scarcely mentioned, if only because delegates found it difficult to say anything constructive. Saudi Arabia...