January, 2017

  • 25 January

    Drug Combating Department seizes 30000 pills of Captagon in Damascus

    Damascus, SANA-The Drug Combating Department at the Interior Ministry seized on Wednesday 5 kilograms of Captagon pills in one of the shipment offices in Damascus. In a statement, the department …

  • 25 January

    Russian demining experts clear 70 hectares of IEDs and landmines planted by terrorists in Aleppo

    Lattakia, SANA – Russian demining experts cleared 70 hectares of IEDs and landmines planted by terrorists in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo before they left the area. The Hmeimim-based Russian …

  • 25 January

    Wednesday weather: Temperatures above average, rain falls expected

    Damascus, SANA – Temperatures remain 3 to 5 degrees above average as the country is affected by western moist currents in the higher layers of the atmosphere. The Meteorology Department …

  • 24 January

    Syrian military football team qualifies for World Cup semifinals, beats Germany 2-1

    Muscat, SANA – Syria’s military football team qualified for the semi-finals of the World Military Football Cup in Muscat, Oman after beating Germany 2-1. The first half of the match ended …

  • 24 January

    Cabinet approves providing new benefits for the families of martyrs

    Damascus, SANA – Cabinet approved providing new benefits for the families of martyrs, including granting a full salary to the parents of a unmarried martyr divided equally among them instead …

  • 24 January

    Cameraman from the Lebanese resistance killed while covering military operations against ISIS in Aleppo countryside

    Aleppo, SANA – Cameraman from the Lebanese resistance Haidar Hussein al-Murr was killed while covering military operations against ISIS in Aleppo’s countryside. Sources on the ground told SANA that al-Murr, …

  • 24 January

    Russian long-range bombers destroy arms depots for ISIS in Deir Ezzor

    Moscow, SANA – The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that Russian long-range bombers shelled plants producing explosives and arms depots for ISIS terrorist organization in Deir Ezzor. The Ministry …

  • 24 January

    Al-Jaafari: Astana meeting succeed in consolidating cessation of hostilities for a specific period of time

    Astana, SANA – Head of the Syrian Arab Republic delegation to Astana meeting, Bashar al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that the meeting succeeded in achieving the goal of consolidating the cessation …

  • 24 January

    Astana Joint Statement affirms commitment to preserving Syria as independent and democratic state

    Astana, SANA – The final Joint Statement of Astana meeting affirmed commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic as a multi-ethic, multi-religious, non-sectarian …

  • 24 January

    Joint Statement of Astana meeting reaffirms commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria as a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, non-sectarian democratic state