August, 2014

  • 30 August

    Syrian journalist wins Ravij Gandhi Excellence Award

    New Delhi, SANA – Syrian expatriate, journalist, and SANA’s correspondent in New Delhi Waiel Awwad received the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award for best foreign journalist living in India. The award …

  • 29 August

    Yazigi lays cornerstone for polyclinics in Wadi al-Nadara in Homs

    Homs, SANA – Greek Orthodox Patriarch for Antioch and All the East John X Yazigi stressed that Syria will be built by its people, adding that the Syrians will remain …

  • 29 August

    4 citizens wounded by mortar rounds in Damascus

    Damascus, SANA-Four citizens were wounded, among them three university students, and material damage was inflicted to four cars due to attacks with mortar rounds that terrorists launched on Bassel al-Assad …

  • 29 August

    Iran condemns abduction of 43 UNDOF soldiers in Golan

    Tehran, SANA- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham condemned the abduction of the UN peacekeepers in Syria by terrorist organizations, calling for their immediate and unconditional release.  In a statement …

  • 29 August

    Army units advance in Joubar neighborhood in Damascus

  • 29 August

    Patriarch Yazigi inaugurates Shrine of St. John the Baptist in Wadi al-Nadar, Homs

  • 29 August

    August 29, Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist, passes away

    1940- Italian army bombed Suez Canal. 1949- Soviet Union detonated the first nuclear bomb. 2003- Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Mohammad Bakir al-Hakim was …

  • 29 August

    Russia and Iran stress determination to combat terrorism no matter where it is

    Moscow, SANA – Foreign Ministers of Russia and Iran stressed Friday that their countries share identical views on combating terrorism in the region and are determined to fight it in …

  • 29 August

    Tartous city bustles with summer festivals and artistic and sport activities

    Tartous, SANA –Tartous Summer Festival 2014 kicked off Thursday on the beach of al-Sheraa Touristic Complex in the city. A plastic art exhibition marked the opening of the festival, which …

  • 29 August

    Patriarch Yazigi inaugurates Shrine of St. John the Baptist in Wadi al-Nadar, Homs

    Homs, SANA – Greek Orthodox Patriarch for Antioch and All the East John X Yazigi inaugurated Thursday the Shrine of St. John the Baptist in a church that carries the …