February, 2017

  • 15 February

    Decree for holding elections to fill vacant seat for Aleppo areas district

    Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday issued decree no. 50 for 2017 on holding legislative elections to fill a vacant seat for the Aleppo areas district, setting the …

  • 15 February

    Astana meeting on Syria postponed till Thursday

    Astana, SANA- The Kazakh Foreign Ministry announced that the second Astana meeting on the settlement of the crisis in Syria has been postponed till Thursday due to technical reasons. The beginning of the …

  • 15 February

    Wednesday weather: Temperatures continue to drop, snow expected over mountainous areas

    Damascus, SANA- Temperatures continue to drop to become 4 to 6 degrees below average as the country is affected by a low air pressure in all layers of the atmosphere …

  • 14 February

    Astana meeting on Syria postponed till Thursday

    Astana, SANA – Astana meeting on the settlement of crisis in Syria, which was scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed till Thursday, SANA delegate to Astana said on Tuesday. Earlier …

  • 14 February

    Damascus Week for Organ Musical Instrument kicks off

    Damascus, SANA – The 1st edition of “Damascus Pipe Organ Week”, organized by the International Holy Land Organ Festival and the Higher Institute of Music, kicked off at Dar al-Assad for …

  • 14 February

    The Cabinet forms work team to control distribution of petroleum products

    Damascus, SANA- the Cabinet discussed on Tuesday the difficulties that faced the work plan of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources about providing the petroleum products to the market. …

  • 14 February

    Russian Defense Ministry: Allegations of “Atlantic Council” about human rights violations in Aleppo are false

    Moscow, SANA-Russian Defense Ministry affirmed on Tuesday that all conclusions made in the report of the “Atlantic Council” in Washington about human rights violations during the liberation of eastern neighborhoods …

  • 14 February

    Gatilov: Syria’s unity, territorial integrity is very important

    Moscow, SANA- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday that Syria’s unity and territorial integrity is undoubtedly a very important issue, adding this goes in line with UN …

  • 14 February

    DSE Tuesday session closes at 2598.51 points

    Damascus, SANA – The Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Tuesday session closed with transactions of 26,319 stocks in 41 deals, with an overall value of SYP 8.210 million, with the DSE …

  • 14 February

    Army establishes full control over Hayyan gas factory and Jahar station in Homs, foils fierce attack on Daraa city

    Homs, SANA- Army units established full control over Hayyan gas factory in the eastern countryside of Homs province after targeting ISIS terrorist organization. A military source told SANA Tuesday that the army units in …