Day: December 22, 2023

Damascus: Syria asserted that the so-called ‘Annual Report on Terrorism’ issued by the US Department of State has no minimum of credibility, and is nothing but a failed attempt to cover up the US terrorism represented by illegal unilateral coercive measures, and political and military terrorism represented by its administrations’ sponsorship of terrorist entities and militias.

‘While the Syrian people is still suffering from the consequences of terrorism supported by the US and its allies, and in a shameless irony, the US State Department issued the so-called ‘Annual Report on Terrorism,’ which included a huge amount of lies and fallacies targeted a number of countries, including Syria.’ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement.

It added: ‘Syria stresses that successive American administrations have created and supported the terrorism and made it a tool to serve its political and military plans and objectives worldwide, since the 1970s.The US was not satisfied with that, but also
used the slogans of democracy, human rights and combating terrorism, to divide the world into axes and promote allegations and adopt extremely hostile policies aimed at isolating countries and peoples and undermining their national choices through pressure and blackmail.’

For more than ten years, the American administration sponsored the terrorist war on Syria, and financed and armed terrorist organizations in Syria that are included on the UN Security Council list, most notably ‘ISIS’ and ‘Al-Nusra Front’. It also supported Terrorist separatist militias and colluded with them in stealing wealth of oil, wheat and other Syrian resources, as well as plundering antiquities and historical sites, the Ministry went on to say.

Furthermore, The US colluded with the terrorists even in trafficking of detainees from the families and children of foreign terrorists who are in the camps controlled by the American occupation forces and their agents in QSD militia, the ministry added, noting that these are documented crime
s that the US State Department report sought to cover up by fabricating accusations against other countries that chose to adhere to their sovereignty and free national decisions away from dictation and conditionality.

The Ministry indicated that Syria is adhering to its firm position launched since 1986, which calls for setting a clear and specific definition of terrorism, and avoiding any American-Israeli attempts to confuse this condemned criminal act with the established right of peoples to resist foreign occupation, and to seek independence and self-determination, which are the principles adopted by the UN. On the other hand, the American administrations and their allies are still obstructing agreement on a unified definition in order to allow themselves to continue using terrorism or stigmatizing others with it as one of the arms of American hegemony in the world.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

The first passenger plane of Air Algerie arrived in Syria’s Lattakia International Airport on Thursday evening, after nearly 10 years hiatus.

Onboard the flight was the Director-General of Air Algerie Yassin Bin Salman,and his accompanying delegation .

Lattakia Governor Amer Ismael Hilal, welcomed the delegation and underscored the supportive role played by Algeria in assistance to Syria, particularly after the February earthquake.

In turn, Algerian Ambassador in Damascus Kamal Boushama highlighted the close ties between Algeria and Syria, hoping that this flight would pave the way for increasing cooperation in the future.

Director General of Air Algerie, Yassine Ben Slimane, said that the resumption of flights between the two brotherly countries will allow travelers ease of movement, transit and travel to more than 49 destinations in the world through Algeria Airport, including ten African countries in addition to Europe and North America, in addition to economic facilities for companies and businessmen
on the one hand for transporting goods, which contributes to strengthening mutual relations between the two countries in the economic, social and tourism fields.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

45 artists participated in the annual exhibition of Syrian plastic art, hosted by the Exhibition hall of al-Assad House of Culture in Lattakia province.

The exhibition, was held by branch of Plastic artists Union in cooperation with the Directorate of Culture, presented various works that kept pace with what is happening in occupied Palestine and the massacres committed by the Zionist occupation against children and women.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

The recent decision of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(OPCW) against Syria establishes a dangerous stage in the work of the organization and its future, increases the polarization and politicization, representing the isolationist positions of Western countries only , Al-Hakam Dandi, the acting charge d’affaires of Syria’s Permanent Delegation to the UN said.

Syria rejects this decision and considers it a deviation from the framework of OPCW convention regulating the work of the organization, reiterating that it represents the isolationist positions of Western countries and shows that its goal is to reach what the West was unable to achieve through attacks and failed political campaigns against Syria, he added.

Dandi hold the West responsible for the negative impacts on the present and future of the organization as a result of its imposition of decisions that increase division within it.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

With the participation of Syria, activities of the 100th ordinary Session of Permanent Committee for Arab Media kicked off Thursday in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

The participants reaffirmed previous resolutions on the Palestinian cause and kept this issue central.

‘We call on the various Arab media outlets to highlight stances in support of the Palestinian people, their steadfastness and preserve their Arab, Islamic and Christian identity’ the participants recommended.

They called for documenting crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces which claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinian people, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency