Five Citizens Martyred, Others Injured in Car Bomb Blast in Idleb Countryside   Information Minister: Arab League's Role in Syria Is Destructive   Moscow: Russian-American Initiative on Syria Real Opportunity to Stop Violence    Terrorist Leaders, including Non-Syrains, Killed in Army Operations   Syria and Russia: Realizing Political Solution to End Crisis    Czech and Slovakia Reject Arming the Opposition in Syria, Support Peaceful Solution     Sources: 644 Syrian Refugees Returned Home Willingly    President al-Assad Stresses Role of Pan-Arab Parties in Facing Extremist Thinking and Plots   Russia Appreciates Syria Reaction to the Conference.. Syria Open to Int'l Efforts   Russian Diplomat: EU Discussions on lifting Arms Embargo on 'Syrian Opposition" Inappropriate    Jawa Te'meh Wins 3rd Place in World Amateur Chess Championship in Romania    Kerry Stresses U.S. Efforts for Political Solution to Crisis in Syria Based on Geneva Communiqué
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Austria Reiterates Rejection of Arming Syrian Opposition


VIENNA/PARIS, (SANA) – Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger reiterated his country's rejection of lifting the embargo on arming the Syrian opposition, saying that such an action would form a drastic turning point in the EU and lead to a perpetual vortex of armament...Read more
Official in US State Department: Kerry will Meet Lavrov in Paris Next Monday

WASHINGTON, (SANA) – A high-ranking official at the US Department of State announced that the US Secretary of State, John Kerry will meet his Russian ...Read more

Health Minister Calls on International Organizations to Help in Rehabilitating Health Institutions in Syria


GENEVA, (SANA)_Health Minister, Dr. Saad al-Nayef discussed on Friday with Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan the efforts to meet the health needs of citizens ...Read more

Araghchi: Crisis in Syria Should be Solved through Dialogue Between Government and Opposition, not Terrorists


TEHRAN, (SANA) - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, reiterated his country's stance on solving the crisis in Syria through dialogue...Read more

Syria and Russia: Realizing Political Solution to End Crisis


MOSCOW, (SANA)- Syrian-Russian talks were resumed on Thursday between Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad and Deputy foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov...Read more

Czech and Slovakia Reject Arming the Opposition in Syria, Support Peaceful Solution 


PRAGUE, (SANA)- Czech Foreign Minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, seeks a political and not military solution to the crisis in Syria, said sources at the Czech Foreign Ministry...Read more

Jordanian Popular Movement Condemns Holding 'Friends of Syria' Conference in Jordan


AMMAN, (SANA)- The Jordanian Popular Movement condemned the holding of the so-called 'Friends of Syria' conference on the Jordanian land, stressing that this goes against the interests of Jordan as a state and people and against the interests of the region...Read more

Imam of al-Zaytouna Mosque in Tunisia: Jihad in Syria Is Prohibited


TUNIS, (SANA)- Imam of al-Zaytouna Mosque in Tunis, Hussein al-Oubaidi, stressed that what has been happening in the Arab region over two years now is "a new Sykes-Picot" and a conspiracy to fragment the Arab region...Read more
Sources: 644 Syrian Refugees Returned Home Willingly

AMMAN, (SANA)-Jordanian sources on Thursday affirmed the increasing number of the Syrian refugees who return from Jordan to Syria willingly while the number of Syrians who come to

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Russian Journalists Send Evidence to the UN on Terrorist Groups Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria


NEW YORK, (SANA)- Assistant spokesman of the UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq, announced that Russian journalists have presented to the UN evidence in the form of video tapes proving that gunmen in Syria did use chemical weapons...Read more
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    National symphony orchestra, choir of high institute perform music evening

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    Orchestra of Arab house for music in Dar al-Assad in Lattakia

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    Wheat Crops for the Current Season

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    Coptic Church in Egypt Holds a Mass for Peace in Syria

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