VOL. XL

No. 7

17-February-1997

The Political Scene

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Palestinian Authority President Yasir 'Arafat and released Palestinian prisoners before leaving for Washington, where restarting the talks on the Syrian track headed the agenda. Faced with a rebel offensive in the south and east, the Sudanese Government has requested - but not yet received - military aid from Iran. Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan has rediscovered the virtues of...