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February, 2016

  • 29 February

    DSE Monday session closes at 1,383.69 points

    Damascus, SANA – Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Monday session closed with transactions of 46,748 stocks in 37 deals, with an overall value of around SYP 5.829 million, closing at 1,383.69 …

  • 29 February

    UN Secretary-General: Cessation of hostilities in Syria is largely holding till now

    Geneva, SANA -United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that the cessation of hostilities in Syria was largely holding, despite some isolated incidents that took place. “By and large …

  • 29 February

    Peskov urges caution before accusing any side of violating cessation of fighting actions agreement in Syria

    Moscow, SANA – Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov called upon Russia’s foreign partners to be careful over accusing any side of violating cessation of fighting actions agreement in Syria or …

  • 28 February

    Higher Judicial Committee for Elections: Candidacy Committees for Parliamentary elections will receive applications of candidates until Wednesday

    Damascus, SANA-The Higher Judicial Committee for Elections (HJCE) announced on Sunday that the Candidacy Committees for the 2nd Legislative term of Parliamentary elections will continue receiving applications of candidates until …

  • 28 February

    Syria and UNICEF discuss activating joint work in child care

    Damascus, SANA-Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi discussed on Sunday with Anthony Lake the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) the mechanisms to activate joint work between the Syria …

  • 28 February

    Updated- Lavrov and Kerry stress importance of their military coordination over Syria

    Moscow, SANA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry stressed in a phone conversation the importance of a tight military coordination between Moscow and Washington …

  • 28 February

    Pope Francis expresses hope cessation of fighting actions in Syria would end the crisis

    Vatican, SANA – Pope Francis expressed hope that cessation of fighting actions in Syria would lead to ending the five year-long crisis. Cessation of fighting actions started last Friday midnight …

  • 28 February

    A citizen killed, 8 inured in a terrorist attack in Deir Ezzor

    Deir Ezzor, Lattakia, SANA-A citizen was killed on Sunday and 8 others were injured in a terrorist attack with rocket shells fired by ISIS on al-Qusur neighborhood in the city. …

  • 28 February

    People’s Assembly approves draft law on establishing teachers’ retirement fund

    Damascus, SANA- The people’s Assembly, headed by its speaker Mohammad Jihad la-Laham, approved on Sunday a draft law on establishing teachers’ retirement fund. Education Minister Hazwan al-Waz pointed out that …

  • 28 February

    Russia affirms Turkey’s shelling of Syrian territories, requests clarification from USA

    Moscow, SANA – Russian Defense Ministry confirmed Sunday that armed terrorist groups launched an attack from the Turkish territories against Tal Abyad city in the north countryside of Raqqa province. …

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