VOL. XL

No. 29

21-July-1997

SYRIA

White House Seeks To Exempt Syria From Terrorism Bill

US State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns said on 17 July that the Clintonadministration will attempt to have Syria exempted from legislation currently pending inCongress that would prevent US entities from doing business with Damascus. Earlier thismonth the US House of representatives passed a bill (H.R. 748) that would end the presentflexibility enjoyed by the administration with regard to the ban on...