VOL. XXXII

NO. 30

1-MAY-1989

THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION

Iran and Iraq have predictably failed to break the deadlock in their peacenegotiations at the fourth round of talks in Geneva. Jordanian Prime MinisterZaid al-Rifa'i has resigned in the wake of last week's price riots, and hisdismissal (plus a pledge by King Husain to hold parliamentary elections)appears to have restored public order. The Arab League is discussing sending anobserver force to Lebanon to oversee a cease-fire in the present...