May, 2015

  • 21 May

    Thursday USD exchange rate against SYP 256.11

      Damascus, SANA The Central Bank of Syria (CBS) on Thursday set the exchange rate of the USD against the SYP at 256.11 for banks and at SYP 256.27 for currency exchange …

  • 21 May

    President al-Assad receives members of the General Secretariat of the Union of Arab Teachers

  • 21 May

    Terrorists launch mortar attack in Daraa during basic education exams

    Daraa, SANA – Terrorists on Thursday targeted Daraa city with mortar shells in conjunction with the time when students were heading to exams. A source at Daraa province told SANA …

  • 21 May

    Arab Writers Union re-affirms Palestinian people’s right to return

    Damascus, SANA –The heinous crimes and massacres committed against the Syrian and Iraqi peoples represent a new Nakba and an extension of the Palestinian People’s Nakba of 1948, Chairman of …

  • 21 May

    A Lebanese party leader stresses adherence to Lebanese resistance in defending Syria

    Beirut, SANA-Head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, MP Talal Arslan stressed adherence to the Lebanese resistance, which doesn’t only defend Lebanon, but it also defends Syria as the conspiracy is …

  • 21 May

    21st May, Colombia abolishes slavery

    1851 – Colombia abolishes slavery. 1871 – The French government invades Paris Commune and kills 20,000 of its residents of what is known as ‘the Bloody Week”. 1904 – International …

  • 21 May

    More food and health aid distributed to Yarmouk displaced residents

    Damascus, SANA- General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees (GAPAR) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Supported by the Syrian government …

  • 21 May

    A scientific tourist trip to be organized to some archeological sites

    Damascus, SANA- The Syrian Transport and Tourism Company in cooperation with Damascus University will organize a tourist-scientific trip to some of the archaeological sites in the provinces of Homs, Lattakia …

  • 21 May

    Thursday weather forecast: Temperatures below average, rain showers expected

    Damascus, SANA – Temperatures start to drop gradually but remain 2 to 4 degrees above  average due to a superficial low air pressure accompanied by southwestern air currents in all layers …

  • 21 May

    A citizen injured by ISIS terrorists’ mortar shells against a Sweida village

    Sweida, SANA – A citizen got injured when terrorists fired mortar shells on al-Haqaf  village in the northeastern countryside of the southern province of Sweida Wednesday. A source at Sweida …