January, 2017

  • 5 January

    Mikdad: We hope Astana talks lead to ending terrorism in Syria

    Damascus, SANA – Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad met on Thursday the visiting Kazakhastan delegation that included Ambassador Azmat Berdibay and Kazakhstan’s Consul in Syria. Discussions during the …

  • 5 January

    Local reconcilations targeting 1200 gunmen launched in Damascus southwestern countryside

    Damascus Countryside, SANA – 200 gunmen had their legal status settled in a number of villages and towns in the southwestern countryside of Damascus. SANA reporter said 200 gunmen from …

  • 5 January

    President al-Assad meets Faleh al-Fayad, the National Security Advisor and Envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

  • 5 January

    President al-Assad meets Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I Keshishian

  • 5 January

    President al-Assad meets Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Iranian Shura Council, Alaeddin Boroujerdi

  • 5 January

    President al-Assad and Iraqi National Security Advisor affirm need for concerted efforts against terrorism

    Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad met on Thursday Faleh al-Fayad, the National Security Advisor and Envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Al-Fayad conveyed to President al-Assad an oral …

  • 5 January

    11 civilians killed, 35 injured in terrorist bombing in Jableh city, Lattakia

    Lattakia, SANA – A terrorist car bomb attack took place near the Municipal Stadium in Jableh city in Lattakia province on Thursday, causing human casualties. SANA reporter said the bombing …

  • 5 January

    President al-Assad issues law regarding injured military personnel who succumb to wounds as martyrs

    Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad issued on Thursday Law no. 1 for 2017 that stipulates for regarding injured military personnel who succumb to wounds and die after their military …

  • 5 January

    De Mistura: UN welcomes Astana talks about the crisis in Syria

    Geneva, SANA- UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said the UN welcomes and supports talks expected to be held in the Kazakh capital of Astana on the crisis …

  • 5 January

    Religious Endowments Minister and Grand Mufti during meeting with Boroujerdi: cooperation in combating Takfiri ideology continues

    Damascus, SANA – Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed stressed during his meeting on Thursday with Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security at the …