VOL. XLV

No 24

17-June-2002

SYRIA

Former Minister Among 50 PeopleArrested After Dam Accident

Around 50 people,including a former minister, have been arrested in the aftermath of the Zayzun dam collapse on 4 June in which more than 20 peoplewere killed and 4,000 left homeless, according to Arab press reports from Damascusquoting Syrian officials. Most of those arrested were current and formerofficials in the Ministry of Irrigation, along with former minister 'Abd al-Rahman al-Madani, and senior...