Category: General

Damascus: Al-Assad National Library has restored its valubale manuscript entitled ‘Kitab al-Fawa’id fi ‘Ilm al-Bahr wa al-Qawa’id’ (Collection of Manuscripts of Benefits in the Science of the Sea and Rules And the abbreviation container in the origins of marine science and Arajiz) written by Ahmed bin Majid as-Saady after four years of being loaned by the brotherly Sultanate of Oman.

The manuscript of the Arabian sailor, bin Majid, has been loaned to the Omani side since 2019 at their request to be recovered and displayed in the National Museum of Oman. It is a unique manuscript, and the period of its loaning to Oman was extended so that the largest possible number of visitors and Omani citizens can view it.

‘Al-Assad National Library concluded its activities for this year with the return of this rare manuscript dating back to the 16th century CE’, the Director General of the Al-Assad Library, Fadi Ghanem, said in a statement to SANA.

Notably, this manuscript is considered the oldest one of Ahmad bin Majid
in the world and contains a collection of Arajiz (poems) in marine science. It is a testament to the enduring legacy of this remarkable figure.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus: Army air defense forces repelled on Thursday evening an Israeli aggression that targeted some sites in southern region and downed a number of the hostile missiles.

‘Around 11:05 p.m. Thursday, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the southern region’, a military source said in a statement.

The source added that the air defense forces confronted the aggression’s missiles and shot down most of them, and the losses were limited to materials.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Lattakia, On the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of Tree Day, a central celebration was held on Thursday at the site of Beit Zantut in Qardaha countryside, and national afforestation campaigns were launched.

These events were launched in the presence of Prime Minister, Hussein Arnous, Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Hassan Qatana and the governors of Lattakia, Hama and Tartous and a number of chairmen of organizations and unions.

SANA reporter said that civil, popular and youth volunteer bodies, associations, and employees of government institutions are participating in the afforestation campaigns in cooperation with the cadres of the Agriculture Directorate.

In a speech during the celebration, Prime Minister announced that upon the directives of President Bashar al-Assad, the Government decided to finance the production and distribute 250,000 saplings for free to different provinces.

He called on national partners to take possible initiatives to expand the growing of trees, maintain a healthy environm
ent for future generations and achieve the goals and indicators of sustainable and balanced development.

‘Celebrating Tree Day is not limited to the importance of the tangible dimension of vegetation, but it is also related to the safety of the environment and the unity of human goals in facing the dangers of nature,’ the Prime Minister added.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad issued Thursday Law No. (43) of 2023.

The law stipulates establishing an authority known as State Property Management and Protection Authority based in Damascus, with the aim of protecting, managing, maintaining and investing in the State’s private properties in an optimal manner.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad issued Thursday the Legislative Decree No. (40) of 2023.

According to the decree, the penalty and fine were raised against those who assisted or enabled, by fraudulent means, obtaining a telecommunications service, with the intention of evading payment of wages and fees due.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Syria has called on the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council to assume responsibility for ending the Israeli aggressive policies that threaten to ignite the region and drive it towards a comprehensive escalation that threatens regional and international peace and security.

That came in two identical letters addressed by the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry to both the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council about the aggression launched by the Israeli occupation forces on Damascus vicinity on December 25.

‘At 16:20 pm last Monday evening, the Israeli occupation forces carried out an act of aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting the vicinity of Damascus City, which led to the martyrdom of the military advisor at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, Sayyed Razi Mousavi, which constitutes a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,’ the Ministry said in the letters.

The For
eign Ministry added ‘This brutal Israeli aggression against the sovereignty of the Syrian territories is part of the occupation authorities’ attempt to expand and escalate their aggression in the region and to cover up war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and brutal massacres committed daily against the defenseless Palestinian people and to escape their failure in the face of the will and determination of the Palestinian people to achieve freedom and self-determination and establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.’

The Ministry elaborated: ‘The Syrian Arab Republic is committed to its inalienable right to defend its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, as affirmed in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, and stresses that Israel’s hysterical acts of aggression will not deter it from continuing to combat terrorism that is backed by Israel and its sponsors, nor will they limit its intention to restore its occupied territories.’

The Ministry c
oncluded its letters by saying that Syria demands the Security Council assume its responsibilities to put an end to Israel’s policies of aggression that threaten to ignite the region and push it towards a comprehensive escalation that threatens regional and international peace and security
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Homs, A ministerial committee inspected the continuation of work in some service and production institutions and companies in the Homs during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

The ministerial committee included the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Bassam Ibrahim, the Minister of Administrative Development, Salam Safaf, and the Minister of Electricity, Ghassan Al-Zamil,who got acquainted by those in charge and the citizens about the progress of providing the required services.

The committee’s tour included Homs Dairy Company, Al-Baath University Hospital, and Al-Zara Electricity Power Station.

The tour comes within the government’s direction to involve the cadres working in the facilities that continue to produce and provide services during the holiday in shifts around the clock, and to identify the difficulties they face in order to address them within the available capabilities, Minister Ibrahim said in a statement following the tour, voicing his appreciation to all national cadre
s that operate without interruption, especially in light of the circumstances the country is going through.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Beirut, Syria U-20 Football team beat its Lebanese counterpart 1-0 in a friendly match that was held in Beirut.

Zakraya Ramadan scored the sole goal in the 79th of the game.

The match was held within the Syrian team preparations for the next Asian tournaments.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Occupied Jerusalem, Dozens of Palestinians were martyred and others were wounded on Thursday, mostly children and women, in the continued aggression launched by the Israeli occupation on the war-torn Gaza Strip for the 83rd consecutive day.

Palestinian media reported that the warplanes of the Israeli occupation bombed Deir al-Balah and al-Maghazi Camp in central Gaza claiming the lives of dozens of Palestinians and injuring others.

On Wednesday, the occupation forces committed a massacre in Khan Yunus City, southern Gaza in which 30 Palestinians were martyred and dozens were injured. Meanwhile, seven Palestinians at least were martyred and others were injured in a shelling by the occupation warplanes on two houses in Nuseirat Camp and al-Zawaida area.

More than 21,110 Palestinians have been martyred and 55,0243 have been wounded since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Daraa, The competent authorities in Daraa seized on Wednesday a quantity of 200,000 Captagon pills and 210 narcotic hashish packages during an attempt to smuggle them across the Syrian-Jordanian border.

‘After monitoring and following up, a unit of the competent authorities seized ‘Lexus’ variant of Captagon at the Syrian-Jordanian border, in addition to the narcotic hashish, and arrested three smugglers,’ a security source told SANA reporter.

The source affirmed that the authorities continue their work in monitoring and hunting down smuggling operations and controlling borders with the aim of eliminating this phenomenon.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency