21.  After the meeting in Cairo, Assad invited Arafat to visit the Syrian capital Damascus.

22.  Al Hayat was not on newsstands where it is normally available in the Syrian capital Tuesday.

23.  An Iraqi trade center is expected to open soon in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

24.  An Assad-Arafat meeting in the Syrian capital would be a milestone.

25.  An Iraqi trade center is expected to open soon in the Syrian capital, Damascus under an agreement signed by Saleh and Raad.

26.  Another boycott meeting, lasting three days, will open Sunday in the Syrian capital.

27.  As Christopher met with Assad in Damascus, French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette pursued a parallel truce effort in the Syrian capital and sounded a more upbeat note.

28.  Baker arrived in Beirut from the Syrian capital of Damascus for a two-day visit at the invitation of legislator Issam Fares.

29.  Bernd Schmidbauer, a top intelligence adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, announced in Damascus, the Syrian capital, that the exchange will take place Sunday.

30.  Bhutto, who arrived from Saudi Arabia, will meet with President Hafez Assad during her three-day stay in the Syrian capital.