Category: General

Occupied Jerusalem, For the 113th day, the Israeli occupation continued its aggression against the Gaza Strip amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation experienced by the people of the Strip, as a result of the siege and obstruction of the arrival of aid.

Palestinian media reported that the occupation aircraft and artillery continued their raids and violent bombardment on Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes and gatherings of displaced people, as 28 Palestinians were martyred and more than 80 others were injured during the past 24 hours.

Three martyrs, including two women, were martyred as a result of the occupation bombing of a house in the Al-Geneina neighborhood, east of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Baghdad, The Iraqi resistance bombed the US occupier forces in the illegal bases of the ‘ Green Village ‘ and in the Koniko oil field on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor province.

‘In continuation of our resistance against the forces of the American occupier in Iraq and the region, and in response to the massacres of the Zionist entity against our people in Gaza, resistance fighters targeted with drones the American bases in the ‘ Green Village ‘and ‘and the Koniko oil field in Syrian territory,’ reported the Iraqi resistance.

Yesterday, the Iraqi resistance had directed drone attacks against US forces at the ‘Ain al-Assad’ base in western Iraq.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA-The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that in the last 24 hours, the Israeli occupation had committed 18 new massacres in the stricken Gaza Strip, leaving 174 martyrs and hundreds injured.

In a statement released today, the ministry said: ‘174 Palestinians were martyred in the past hours and 210 others were injured, bringing the number of victims of Israeli aggression for the 113th day to 26, 257 martyrs and 6,4797 wounded.’.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad, the Secretary General of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party , listened to a briefing of the tours and meetings conducted by the Higher Committee for Supervising Party Elections in the Branches and Governorates during the past days, in addition to the procedural inquiry points that the dialogues brought up, which the Committee clarified at the time, and others require auditing and organizational review, with the aim of ensuring the greatest level of integrity, electoral justice and representation in nomination, voting and results.

During the meeting with the Supreme Committee for Supervising Party Elections,,President Al-Assad noted the level of responsibility shown by the Supervisory Committee, and its management of a transparent and rich dialogue process with comrades in the branches.

President al-Assad stressed that the success of the election supervision experience will be built upon in the upcoming elections at various party levels that will follow an expanded conference,
therefore the experience today can be part of a democratic track whose transparency and success must be met.

President al-Assad pointed out that the necessity to evaluate this experience in a scientific and a precise manner, in a way we correct any gaps that may be revealed in the application of the regulatory regulations.

President al-Assad discussed with the Committee, the methodology for proceeding with the electoral entitlement, the basic new points that resulted from the rounds of all branches, as well as the peculiarities that may distinguish one party branch from another, and the repercussions of that on some organizational aspects.

The Committee raised the issue of undocumented partisans in a number of branches in the governorates that have a special status , and the issue of the right of the winning candidate at the People’s level to withdraw at the branch level, the committee will decide directly on these two issues, and then it will announce the start date for the party elections, which will beg
in in the coming days.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Sanaa, A British-US act of aggression targeted the Yemeni Hodeidah province on Saturday.

Yemeni media said the US and British forces launched two airstrikes on Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province.

On January 18th, the US and Britain forces launched an aggression on Yemen, targeting the provinces of Hodeidah, Taiz, Dhamar, al-Bayda, and Saada.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Syria welcomed the International Court of Justice ruling to order immediate temporary measures to protect the Palestinians as this ruling is the starting point for the path of putting an end to Israeli escape from punishment on its most heinous crimes it committed against the Palestinians.

‘The Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the ruling issued by International Court of Justice on January 26th to try the genocide crimes committed by the Israeli entity in Gaza Strip.’ Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement.

‘Syria also appreciates the ruling orders to implement a number of immediate temporary measures to protect the Palestinians, top of which is to stop committing murders by Israel against the Palestinians, in addition to providing urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza Strip immediately,’ the statement said.

Syria stresses the necessity of exerting more Arab and international efforts at the UN, particularly in the Security Council, to give the court’s ruling an obligatory power, the Ministry
said.

The ruling issued by the International Court of Justice required Israel to prevent and punish any public incitements to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and to preserve evidence related to any allegations of genocide there.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus: Temperatures will drop to become below average from 1 to 3 degrees, as the weather will be very cold at night in general as the country is being affected by a low pressure accompanied by a cold and humid air mass that extends throughout all layers of the atmosphere.

The Meteorology Department expected in its Friday bulletin that the weather will be cloudy and rainy over most areas, as snow is expected over the mountains.

The Meteorology Department added that the weathers will be very cold at night, warning against fog formation over mountain heights.

The winds will be westerly to southwesterly in a moderate speed with active gusts sometimes whose speed exceeds 75 km/h in the southern regions, as it will be easterly to northeasterly in the northern and eastern parts between light to moderate in speed, and the sea wave height is medium to high in height.

The expected temperatures in some Syrian cities will be as follows: Damascus 12/4, Daraa 12/6, Homs 10/4, Hasaka 8/5, Tartous 16/8, Aleppo 7/3, D
eir Ezzor 12/5.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Geneva: Health Minister, Dr. Hassan Al-Ghabbash , discussed with Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus means of strengthening health cooperation and develop early recovery programs.

That came during the meeting of both sides on the sidelines of the 154th session of the Executive Council of the WHO, currently held in Geneva,they s discussed a number of long-term health projects, in addition to strengthening the support provided to early recovery programs.

The Health Minister pointed out that the difficulties that facing Syria are a result of the terrorist war and the unilateral coercive measures that affected different vital economic and service sectors, including the health sector, noting the significance of the support provided by the WHO to Syria during the past years.

For his part, Director-General of the WHO, stressed that the organization is commitment in continuing to provide the support that Syria requires to strengthen the health sector and continue providing he
alth care to its citizens.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

New York, Preventing the Security Council from putting an end to the crimes of the Israeli occupation by the US and European states reveals their hypocrisy and the falsity of their claims about ensuring the protection of human rights, Acting Chargé d’affaires of Syria’s Permanent Delegation to the United Nations, Dr. Al-Hakam Dandi has said.

Dandi’s remarks came during the Security Council Ministerial Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Cause.

The Syrian diplomat noted that that the ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people and the repeated attacks on Syrian territories reflect an inherent tendency of the occupying entity to commit crime and destruction.

He added that the dangerous developments taking place in the Middle East region, with the continuation of the brutal aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for 110 days, and the repeated occupation attacks on Syrian territory, are a link in the chain of Israeli crimes that have continued for
more than 75 years.

Dandi said that the occupation continues its unjust siege of the Gaza Strip, prevents the entry of humanitarian aid, and uses internationally prohibited weapons in its aggression against it, including phosphorus incendiary bombs, in disregarding all international laws and humanitarian principles.

‘It is shameful that the United States and some European countries are trying to legitimize the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip under the title of ‘self-defense,’ and to turn the criminal into a victim,’ Dandi added.

He went on saying ‘We ask those who have been boasting of preserving human rights, protecting civilians and providing aid to them, and ensuring accountability? Where is their enthusiasm today for those principles? What are they doing to protect the Palestinian people from the Israeli killing machine?’

Dandi renewed Syria’s call on the Security Council to take effective and immediate steps to end the suffering of the Palestinian people by stopping the ongoing occupation attack
s, providing urgent humanitarian support, preventing forced displacement, and ensuring the accountability of the occupation and its supporters for these crimes.

He noted that, in furtherance of its hostile policies, the occupation is launching repeated attacks on Syrian territory targeting residential neighborhoods and vital facilities, including civilian ports and airports, endangering the lives of civilians and the safety of civil aviation, and hampering United Nations humanitarian operations.

‘Syria warns once again (Israel) and its sponsors against continuing these aggressive policies that threaten to ignite the region and push it towards a comprehensive escalation that threatens regional and international peace and security, and calls on the Security Council to assume its responsibilities in putting an end to the aggressive approach, and to work urgently to end the Israeli occupation of Arab lands, and implementing relevant UN resolutions,’ said Dandi.

He added that the European Union delegation used
to exploit the Security Council to raise issues related to the situation in Syria that were not related to the topic of the session, in an open effort to divert attention from the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the region, and from the wrong policies of the European Union that contribute to prolonging the crisis in Syria, and exacerbating the suffering of the Syrian people.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Geneva, The 154th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), held in Geneva, Switzerland, resumed its activities on Wednesday with the participation of Syria and these activities will last till Jan. 27.

Delivering Syria’s statement on comprehensive health coverage, Minister of Health, Dr. Hassan Mohammad al-Ghobash, underlined the necessity of working within the mandate of the World Health Organization to lift the unjust measures that negatively affect the health of the Syrian citizens, and to support Syria within the organization’s comprehensive health coverage plan to reach this goal.

Minister al-Ghobash stated during his speech that Syria has become unable to repair medical devices that are out of service due to unjust sanctions.

He added that cancer patients suffer from a lack of life-saving medicines, laboratory medical equipment, tools for surgical operations, medical equipment for x-rays, and others.

Minister al-Ghobash indicated that Syria was on its way to finalizing
its eleventh plan for health and comprehensive health coverage for all Syrian citizens. However, the terrorist war that it suffered for more than 12 years changed the method and rhythm of work in the Ministry of Health to rapid responses to meet urgent humanitarian needs.

Minister al-Ghobash added that despite the Coronavirus pandemic, which increased pressure on the health system, and then the devastating earthquake disaster that struck several provinces, the health sector continues to work diligently to provide health services to citizens.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency