EFTA00690021.txt

"From: Middle East Update < [REDACTED] To: <[email protected]>"

"A dissident member of the Assad family, Ribal Rifaat Al Assad, has warned his cousin, President Assad"

"President Assad's reluctance to propose reform measures, contrary to what had earlier been promised by Vice President Farouk Alshara'a"

"called on President Saleh to transfer his duties to his vice president, Abdu Rabo Mansour"

"the wish of Riyadh to use its influence as Saleh's main financial benefactor to urge him to depart peacefully"

"Sheikh Saleh Abdullah Al-Fozan, a high-ranking Saudi cleric, advised King Abdullah to release political prisoners"

"Nabil al-Arabi, Egypt's new foreign minister"

"the new chief of Intelligence, Murad Muwafi"

"rumors have surfaced that the new chief of Intelligence, Murad Muwafi, has secretly visited Damascus twice"

"Mr. Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, former Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council"

"nominate Mr. Abdulrahman al-Attiyah... as the new Secretary-General for the League of Arab States, to replace Amr Moussa"

"all former Secretaries-General of the Arab League have been Egyptians, with the exception of Mr. Chedli Klibi of Tunisia"

"President Sadat's signing of the Camp David Agreements with Israel"