January, 2017

  • 10 January

    Prime Minister chairs meeting for developing banking work at Central Bank

    Damascus, SANA – Prime Minister Imad Khamis on Tuesday chaired a work meeting at the Central Bank of Syria (CBS) for discussing the strategies of financial institutions regarding monetary policies, …

  • 10 January

    Russian experts find a depot full of explosives left behind by terrorists in East Aleppo

    Aleppo, SANA – Russian bomb removal experts operating in Aleppo city uncovered a depot containing home-made bombs in the eastern neighborhoods of the city. A Russian military source said the …

  • 10 January

    President al-Assad issues two legislative decrees

    Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad issued on Tuesday Legislative Decree No. 2 for 2017 on extending the deadline for people with medical specialties to settle their status in accordance …

  • 10 January

    Kremlin: Preparations for Syrian talks in Astana are quite intensive

    Moscow, SANA – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Tuesday that the preparations for Syrian talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana are quite intensive and Russia will be represented …

  • 10 January

    Popular defense groups confiscate terrorists’ weapons and ammunition in Salamiya countryside

    Hama, SANA- An army unit in cooperation with the popular defense groups on Tuesday confiscated a vehicle loaded with different sorts of weapons and ammunition that belong to the ISIS …

  • 10 January

    Body of Iran’s former President Rafsanjani escorted to final resting place

    Tehran, SANA – Funeral procession of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani started on Tuesday amidst presence of senior figures and huge crowds. Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah …

  • 10 January

    Syria, Iraq sign agreement to boost bilateral cooperation

    Damascus, SANA – The Federations of Chambers of Commerce in Syria and Iraq on Monday signed an agreement to bolster bilateral relations and enhance joint cooperation in foreign trade, particularly …

  • 10 January

    Minister Haidar stresses need to enhance local reconciliations

    Damascus, SANA – Entitled “Reconciliation and army are the only solution to the crisis in Syria”, the civil initiative for local reconciliations on Monday held its first meeting at the …

  • 10 January

    Tuesday weather forecast: Temperatures below average, weather partly cloudy

    Damascus, SANA- Temperatures will rise but remain 2 to 4 degrees below average as the country is affected by a superficial low air pressure accompanied by southwesterly currents in higher …

  • 9 January

    Russian Coordination Center: Terrorists breach cessation of hostilities agreement 14 times in past 24 hours

    Lattakia, SANA-Terrorist groups violated the cessation of hostilities agreement fourteen times in several Syrian provinces during the last 24 hours, according to the Hmeimim-based Russian Coordination Center monitoring the ceasefire …