October, 2016

  • 4 October

    Al-Jaafari: Israeli occupation of Golan poses threat to stability and development in the region

    New York, SANA-Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that the Israeli continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its looting of the natural resources in …

  • 4 October

    Updated-Lavrov: There are those in the US administration who tried since the beginning to undermine Russian-US agreement on Syria

    Moscow/Brussels, SANA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that there are those in the US administration who tried since the beginning to undermine the Russian-US agreement on Syria, adding …

  • 4 October

    DSE Tuesday session closes at 1,508.91 points

    Damascus, SANA – Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Tuesday session closed with transactions of 10,015 stocks in 9 deals, with an overall value of SYP 1.557 million, with the DSE closing …

  • 4 October

    Cabinet sets preliminary state budget at SYP 2,660 billion

    Damascus, SANA – The Cabinet continued on its weekly session chaired by Prime Minister Imad Khamis discussing the draft state budget for 2017 in both its running and investment sides …

  • 4 October

    Health Minister, WHO discuss enhancing cooperation

    Cairo, SANA – Health Minister Nizar Yazigi discussed on Tuesday with Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan the efforts to provide health services to all citizens, mainly those …

  • 4 October

    UN Secretary General calls on Russia and the US to resume talks on Syria

    Brussels, SANA – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Russia and the United States to resume talks on Syria. During a press conference held in Strasburg, Ki-moon said that he …

  • 4 October

    The army kills a large number of terrorists, destroys more of their vehicles

    Provinces, SANA- Army and Armed Forces units launched Tuesday more military operations against the armed terrorist organizations in different areas across the country, eliminating a large number of their members …

  • 4 October

    Russia: Attack on Russian Embassy in Damascus is due to US support to so-called armed opposition

    Moscow, SANA- The Russian Foreign Ministry said in Tuesday that the mortar attack on the Russian Embassy in Damascus which took place on Monday evening came as a result of …

  • 4 October

    Seven killed, 71 injured in terrorist attacks on neighborhoods in Aleppo, attack in Quneitra causes material damage

    Aleppo/Quneitra, SANA -Seven people were killed, 71 got injured, most of whom students, children and women, in terrorist attacks with shells on the University Campus and the neighborhoods of al-Meridian, al-Sabil …

  • 4 October

    De Mistura calls for resuming talks on settling crisis in Syria

    Geneva, SANA – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura affirmed on Tuesday the need to continue the talks on the settlement of the crisis in Syria. TASS Russian …