January 18, 1997

In Beirut, Syrian officials arrest a Jordanian national of Palestinian descent, Dirar al-Karmi, for attacking a Syrian bus 12/18, take him to Damascus. (WT 1/19; MM 1/20; al-Dustur 1/20, 1/21 in WNC 1/22; RL 1/21 in WNC 1/23)

At the end of the Iraqi-Jordanian Joint Comm. mtg. in Baghdad, Jordan, Iraq initial the minutes of a joint economic, trade, oil cooperation accord. (INA 1/18, 1/19 in WNC 1/22; MM 1/20; al-Ra'i 1/22 in WNC 1/23; RMC 1/26 in WNC 1/28) (see 1/15)