News from Syria

16 March، 2017 Damascus, SANA – Syria strongly condemned on Thursday the U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises and media campaigns targeting Democratic Korea.“Syria has been constantly following the latest developments in the Korean peninsula, mainly the continued U.S.-South Korean military exercises and the pressure targeting the resilience of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and… Read more SYRIA CONDEMNS U.S.-SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY EXERCISES TARGETING DEMOCRATIC KOREA

15 March، 2017 Provinces, SANA- Army and Armed Forces units thwarted an attack by the ISIS terrorists on a number of military posts to the south of the Air Force Academy in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, while the Syrian Air Force destroyed ISIS positions in Deir Ezzor province. Aleppo A military source told SANA… Read more ARMY THWARTS TERRORIST ATTACK BY ISIS IN ALEPPO COUNTRYSIDE

14 March، 2017 Astana, SANA- Head of the Syrian delegation to the 3rd round of Astana talks Bashar al-Jaafari stressed keenness on the success of Astana track, and on that the talks will reach the safe side in a way that would serve Syria’s higher national interests whether the armed factions participated in the talks… Read more AL-JAAFARI: WE ARE VERY KEEN ON THE SUCCESS OF ASTANA TRACK 

14 March، 2017 Cairo, SANA- Egypt has condemned the recent two terrorist explosions in Bab al-Saghir in Damascus which claimed the lives of scores of civilians and injured others. Spokesman of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmad Abu Zeid stressed, in a statement on Monday, the Egyptian government and people rejection of all forms of terrorism, specially targeting the religious sanctities, demanding the… Read more EGYPT CONDEMNS THE TWO TERRORIST EXPLOSIONS HIT DAMASCUS

14 March، 2017 Deir Ezzor, SANA- Army units, aided by the Syrian air force and in cooperation with the supporting forces, thwarted an ISIS terrorist attack on the axes of the eastern direction of Deir Ezzor city. SANA reporter said Tuesday that the army units clashed with ISIS-linked terrorist groups on the axes of the airport, Liwa al-Taamin and al-Jafra village… Read more ARMY THWARTS ISIS ATTACK FROM SEVERAL AXES IN DEIR EZZOR

9 March، 2017 Damascus Countryside, SANA – A governmental delegation, headed by Primer Imad Khamis, inspected on Thursday al-Fijeh spring to the west of Damascus city and the ongoing works to repair the infrastructure of the spring facility in order to fully restore water supply to Damascus city and its surroundings. “We started to work… Read more A GOVERNMENTAL DELEGATION INSPECTS REPAIR WORKS AT AL-FIJEH SPRING

Damascus, SANA – Finance Minister Ma’moun Hamdan discussed on Sunday with a delegation of Syrian industrials residing in Egypt the possibilities of reactivating their industrial activities in Syria and the facilitations provided by the Syrian government in this field. The Minister affirmed that the Syrian government supports the return of industrialists to Syria and has… Read more Finance Minister meets delegation of Syrian industrials residing in Egypt

Damascus, SANA- Temperatures remain around or slightly above average as the country is affected by a high air pressure in all layers of the atmosphere. The Meteorology Department expected in its Monday bulletin that the skies will be clear in general to partly cloudy. The winds will be southeastern of low speed, while the sea waves will be low in amplitude. The… Read more Monday weather: Temperatures around, skies clear

Moscow, SANA – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that attempts to postpone a new round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva are inadmissible, highlighting Moscow’s support to the intentions of UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to resume these talks. “We fully support the resolute intentions of the UN special… Read more Zakharova: Attempts to postpone a new round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva are inadmissible