February, 2015

  • 21 February

    Anti-polio vaccination campaign reaches around 247,000 children in Hasaka

    Hasaka, SANA – Anti-polio vaccination in the northeastern Hasaka province reached 246,985 children under five. Hasaka children were given vaccination within a national campaign that was carried out last week …

  • 21 February

    Civilians killed in terrorist mortar and rocket attacks in Aleppo

    Aleppo, SANA – Two civilians were killed and 20 others got injured when terrorists fired mortar shells on al-Midan neighborhood and Bustan Kell-app area in Aleppo city on Saturday, according …

  • 21 February

    Five drug pushers arrested, quantities of Hashish and Heroin seized

    Damascus, SANA – Drugs Combating Department arrested five drug pushers who were in possession of 6.5 kg of Hashish, 295 Captagon tablets and an amount of Heroin that were in …

  • 21 February

    Al-Jaafari: “Commission of Inquiry on Syria” biased, has political purposes

    New York, SANA- Syria’s permanent Envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said the Syrian Government has always expressed reservation on the work of so-called “independent commission of inquiry on Syria” …

  • 21 February

    Minister : Fund to support those who survived massacres of terrorists to be established

    Lattakia, SANA Minister of Social Affairs Kinda al-Shammat said that dealing with the issue of the kidnapped people and those who survived massacres of the terrorists in the northern countryside of Lattakia “was not …

  • 21 February

    Mikdad: US, Turkish agreement to arm and train terrorists means failure of de Mistura initiative

    Damascus, SANA-Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad  said the agreement between the US and Turkey to train and arm terrorists of the so-called “moderate opposition” means the failure of …

  • 21 February

    Iranian Defense Minister: Syrian Army, people reached stage of deterrence against terrorism

    Tehran, SANA – Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan on Saturday stressed that the operations of the Syrian Army and people against terrorism have reached the stage of deterrence, …

  • 21 February

    Rain and snow fall in many areas across the country, temperature lower than average

      Damascus, SANA- Weather will become clear to partially cloudy in general as the country is being affected by a low air pressure accompanied by northwestern air in all layers of the atmosphere. Meteorology …

  • 21 February

    Snow in al-Hwash and Marmarita in Homs Countryside

  • 21 February

    Feb. 21, International Mother Language Day

      1910- Assassination of former Egyptian Prime Minister Boutros Ghali. 1916 – German forces attacks French fortress at Verdun area. 1922 – The UK ends its protectorate of Egypt. 1946 …