June, 2014

  • 9 June

    PM opens new health insurance company, inspects work at Credit Bank

      Damascus, SANA, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi inaugurated Monday a health insurance company and inspected work at the branch of the Popular Credit Bank in Abo Rummaneh neighborhood in Damascus. …

  • 9 June

    Damascus National Museum park becomes outdoor school on International Museum Day

      Damascus, SANA, Damascus National Museum celebrated International Museum Day Sunday by making the Museum’s park as an outdoor educational school so that children could get acquainted to Syria’s artifacts …

  • 9 June

    Syrian film “Mariam” honored

      Damascus, SANA, Ministry of Culture honored Thursday actors and director of Syrian film “Mariam” which screens a historic era of the Syrians since the end of the Ottoman occupation …

  • 9 June

    Awqaf minister says reparation work to commence soon at Homs landmark mosque

    Homs, (SANA) Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed said that reparation work will soon commence at the landmark Khaled Bin al-Walid Mosque in Homs. The minister was speaking …

  • 9 June

    Culture Minister calls for spreading culture of tolerance

      Tartous, (SANA) Minister of Culture Lubanah Mshaweh called on Wednesday for spreading the culture of tolerance through holding cultural activities which circulate the amity, love, coexistence thoughts among the …

  • 9 June

    Fatima Rayya wins gold medal at Thailand Athletics Championship

    Bangkok, (SANA) Fatima Rayya won Thursday the gold medal in 2000 m steeplechase in 7: 13, 11 min within competitions of Thailand Athletics Championship which qualify to Youth Olympic Games …

  • 9 June

    People’s Assembly passes bill on exempting agricultural loans from interests and fines

    Damascus, SANA. People’s Assembly held a session chaired by Speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham, during which it passed a bill on exempting the loans from the Agricultural Cooperative Bank from contractual interests …

  • 9 June

    President al-Assad grants general amnesty

    Damascus, (SANA) President Bashar al-Assad issued Monday Legislative Decree no. 22 for 2014 granting a general amnesty for crimes committed before June 9, 2014. The amnesty commutes sentences with more …

  • 9 June

    President al-Assad accepts credentials of new ambassadors of Democratic Korea and China

    Damascus, (SANA) President Bashar al-Assad accepted Monday the credentials of the new ambassadors of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Syria. …

  • 9 June

    Health Minister tours al-Dweir makeshift center for displaced families

    Damascus Countryside, (SANA)  Minister of Health Saad al-Nayef checked on the displaced families and the general health situation at al-Dweir makeshift residential center in Damascus Countryside. The center, located in …