Sunday, July 11, 1993

U.S. Special Coordinator Ross arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian leadership on peace process. (NYT 7/12)

3-day multilateral seminar on regional arms control opens in Cairo. Seminar focuses on verification of accords to be reached by multilateral arms control talks of the Middle East peace process. (MENA 7/11 in FBIS 7/13)

IDF reinforces artillery batteries in southem Lebanon following PFLP-GC and Hizballah attacks the previous week (see 7/8, 7/9). Israeli negotiator Uri Lubrani charges that recent clashes in southern Lebanon are a "planned escalation" that "would not happen if Syria did not want it." (NYT, WP 7/12)