Minister Sarah: The Syrian media is ready to confront all attempts of targeting it

Damascus, SANA- Information Minister, Imad Sarah, stressed that the Syrian media is ready to face all attempts of targeting or silencing it, pointing out that the decision of the European administration of Eutelsat satellite to stop  the broadcast of Syrian official media channels through it is part of the war on Syria in which all kinds of religious, economic, media and other weapons were used.

Minister Sarah said in a speech to “Sham FM” radio on Thursday that “in front of those wars we expect the worst, and not only silencing the national media, but besieging everything in Syria,” pointing to the failure of previous attempts to target the national media, such as bombing the building of Syrian Al-Ikbaryia channel in addition to targeting the general Establishment of T.V and Radio with shells and terrorist bombing operations, but the general Establishment, with all its channels, is currently on the air.

Minister Sarah stated that the national media, which offered 40 martyrs and more than 60 wounded employees in defense of Syria, is ready to face all attempts of targeting or silencing it, adding, “Currently, we are witnessing a war on social media by targeting all Syrian institutions.

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