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Damascus, SANA- The Iraqi government and people will stand by the Syrian people till they overcome the ordeal of the devastating earthquake that struck their country, Staff Major General Dr. Mazen Hamid Shallal, representative of the Iraqi Minister of Def...

Muscat, SANA- An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale has jolted the Omani city of Duqm. The Earthquake Monitoring Center in the Sultanate of Oman said today that the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.1 degrees, and a depth of 16.3, and i...

Deir Ezzor, SANA-A Rocket attack targeted the US occupation base in al-Omar oil field in Deir Ezzor countryside. "A missile attack targeted on Saturday Al-Omar oil field, which the US occupation forces take as an illegal base for them in the eastern c...

Belgrade, SANA- Tamara Vui , wife of President of Serbia Aleksandar Vui, expressed her country's solidarity with Syria, following the devastating earthquake disaster. Vui who visited the Syrian Embassy in Belgrade , wrote a word on the condolence book...

Lattakia, SANA- Education Directorate of Lattakia announced the resumption education in 153 schools distributed in cities of Lattakia, Jableh, Qardaha as of Sunday. Director of Education, Omran Abu Khalil, stated in a statement to SANA that the engineerin...

Damascus, SANA- People's Assembly Speaker Hammouda al-Sabbagh received a cable of condolence from the Speaker of the Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Faisal bin Akef Al-Fayez, in which he expressed his deep condolences over the victims of th...

Idleb, SANA- Idleb governorate has allowed the people of Tlemens, Ma'shouen, Ma'rashmasha and Ma'rashmarin villages in the Maaret al-Numan area of Idleb southern countryside to return to their homes after completing combing operations and dism...

Amman, SANA- Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization has sent sevem trucks loaded with relief aid to the quake- affected people in Syria. The Secretary-General of the Charity Organization organization , Hussein al-Shibli said that the organization met the n...

Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad received on Saturday a letter of condolence and support to Syria from President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, conveyed by Special Envoy of Tajik President, Ambassador Zubaydullah Zubaydov. President al-Assad consi...

Tokyo, SANA- Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy Tani Koichi offered condolence over victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Syria on February 6th . Koichi, during a visit to the Syrian Embassy in Tokyo on Saturday, wrote a w...

Rome, SANA-Vatican Ambassador to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari appealed to the international community for providing an urgent relief to those affected by the earthquake struck Syria, affirming that this issue constitutes a test for the humanity. The sanct...

Damascus, SANA- An Emirati plane, carrying relief aid for quake-affected people, arrived at Damascus int'l airport on Saturday. SANA reporter said that the plane is loaded 87 tons of food materials and cloths Later, two Emirati planes arrived Lattakia...

Belgrade, SANA Prime Minister of Serbia, Mrs. Ana Brnabi offered condolence over victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Syria recently. Brnabi who visited the Syrian Embassy chancery in Belgrade, wrote a word on the condolence book that showed her...

Damascus, SANA- The Palestinian popular institutions, unions, organizations and factions staged a stand in front of the UN Headquarters in Damascus to show solidarity with the Syrian people. The unions called for removing the embargo and unilateral coerci...

Ankara, SANA- Disaster and Emergency Management of Turkey (AFAD) has announced Saturday that the death toll from the earthquake that hit the country on February 6th has risen up to 39,672. 'The number of injured in the quake has amounted to 108,086, m...

Beirut, SANA- With the presence of Charg d'Affaires of Syrian Embassy in Lebanon, Ali Daghman, Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon organized Friday a solidarity meeting with the Syrian people in Beirut, under the slogan "breaking the Embarg...

Moscow-SANA A team of volunteers of different nationalities participated in organizing relief aid and donations to the Syrian Embassy in Moscow, to be sent to those affected by the earthquake in Syria. The team flocked to the headquarters of the Syrian Em...

Homs-SANA Fifty-three citizens who were collecting truffles were killed in an attack carried out by ISIS terrorists southeast of the city of Al-Sukhna in the eastern countryside of Homs. "The bodies of 53 martyrs arrived at the hospital, where it was ...

Provinces, SANA- Nine planes arrived at the airports of Damascus, Lattakia and Aleppo, 8 of them from the United Arab Emirates and one from Iran, loaded with relief aid for those affected by the earthquake that struck Syria on February 6th. Damascus Inter...

Beirut, SANA- The Arab and international campaign to break the siege imposed on Syria called for expanding relief operations for those affected by the earthquake disaster, and linking them to campaigns to cancel the so-called US' "Caesar Act" ...

Homs-SANA -An uninhabited three-storey building, in Bayada neighborhood of Homs city collapsed without causing any casualties. "The building was devoid of its population, and was damaged due to the crimes of terrorist groups during their presence in t...

Damascus, SANA-Iranian Minister of Education, Dr. Yousef Nouri, extends condolence over quake victims, affirming that his country stands by Syria in its affliction. During a video conference meeting with the Minister of Education Dr.Darem Tabaa , Dr. Nuri...

Moscow, SANA- There is a clear politicization by the West in delivering humanitarian aid to Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at press conference on Friday. "There is clear politicization by the West in delivering humani...

Damascus countryside, SANA-The Russian Coordination Center in Syria provided food aid to the affected from the quake-hit governorates. who came to Zabadani city in Damascus countryside. The Russian aid was distributed in the Church of Dormition of the Vir...

Damascus,SANA-An Italian ship carrying aid from Italy and the European Union arrived at the port of Beirut on friday for those affected by the earthquake that hit Syria on the 6th of current month. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent stated in a post on its offi...

Damascus, Lattakia, SANA- Four Emirati planes loaded with humanitarian aid arrived on Friday at the international airports of Damascus and Lattakia for those affected by the earthquake that struck Syria on the 6th of February. The first Emirati plane that...

Damascus, SANA-President Bashar Al-Assad on Thursday gave a speech on Syria TV about the repercussions of the earthquake that struck the country; Following is the full text of the speech.. Brothers and sisters, A homeland is a home, and its protection is ...

President al-Assad in televised speech: Homeland is the house... and its protection is a duty regardless of the volume and type of the challenge or potentials, increased or lacked, this is what happened since the first minutes of the earthquake...

Lattakia, SANA- A fourth Emirati plane has arrived at lattakia int'l airport carrying humanitarian aid for the quake-affected people. This is the fourth plane that arrives today from the UAE, it carries 50 tons of food and relief materials to support ...

Damascus, SANA- President Bashar Al-Assad received a message from the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, conveyed by Faleh al-Fayadh, Head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq, in which he offered his sincere condolences to his Exc...

Damascus-SANA- Fayssal Mikdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, expressed Syria's high appreciation for Malaysia's standing by its side in these difficult times. Meeting with a Malaysian delegation headed by Dato' Norman Bin Muhama...

Damascus, SANA -Fayssal Mikdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, reviewed Thursday with the special envoy of the Tajik President, Ambassador of Tajikistan to Kuwait Dr Zabidullah Zabidov, the earthquake's devastating effects on the Syrian ...

Geneva, SANA- Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, expressed her solidarity with those affected by the earthquake that occurred in Syria, pointing out that the survivors are in urgent need of coordinated aid, medical and psychos...

Damascus, SANA- Chairman of the Higher Relief Committee, Minister of Local Administration and Environment, Eng. Hussein Makhlouf, discussed on Thursday with Dato' Norman Bin Muhamad, Deputy Secretary General of Bilateral Affairs of Malaysia, and his a...

Damascus, SANA- Health Minister Dr. Hassan al-Ghabbash, discussed with President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Dr. Pir Hossein Kolivand, means of enhancing cooperation to follow up the response in providing field and logistical support to th...

Damascus-SANA -Prime Minister, Hussein Arnous, asserted to Pir-Hossein Kolivand the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), and the accompanying delegation that Syria, thanks to the solidarity of its people and the support of brothers and friends...

Lattakia, SANA- Three planes arrived at Lattakia International Airport on Thursday, two of them from the Republic of Chechnya and the third one from the UAE. The Three planes carry relief aid for those affected by the earthquake hit Syria last week. "...

Damascus, SANA- Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, Regional Director of United Nations Population Fund in Arab Countries (UNFPA), Laila Baker, and the accompanying delegation, discussed Thursday cooperation between the Population Fund a...

Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad meets Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Kuwait Dr. Zubaydullah Zubaydov...

Damascus, SANA- Damascus Charities Union launched a humanitarian appeal to lift the Western blockade of Syria, during a press conference on Thursday. SANA reporter said that the Charities Union in Damascus has launched a humanitarian appeal for lifting th...

Amman, SANA- The Jordanian Seismological Observatory (JSO) recorded on Thursday an earthquake measuring 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale, north of the Dead Sea. Jordanian Petra News Agency quoted JSO President Ghassan Sweidan, as saying that the quake occ...

Damascus, SANA- Prime Minister, Eng. Hussein Arnous, received a cable of condolence from the Secretary-General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, Andrey Belyaninov, in which he expressed his deep condolences over the victims of the devastating earthqu...

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki announced that the Palestinian relief team will end on Thursday its eight-day humanitarian mission in Syria and return to Palestine at Friday dawn. Palestinian News Agency WAFA quoted ...

SANA reporter: An Iraqi aid convoy of 70 vehicles, arrived at al-Bukamal border crossing in Deir Ezzor province. The Iraqi convoy carries relief aid, foodstuff, fuel, ambulances for the earthquake-affected in Syria....

Damascus, SANA- Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad met Thursday Dato' Norman Muhamad, first Malaysian Secretary-General, the accompanying delegation More to follow.....

Damascus, SANA-A phone call was made between Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, and UN Secretary-General, Antnio Guterres, in which Guterres offered his condolences to Syria and to the families of the victims of the devastating earthqua...

Damascus-SANA Fayssal Mikdad ,Foreign and Expatriates Minister , expressed Syria's thanks to Jordan for the assistance it provided to face the repercussions of the earthquake catastrophe. "We have been cooperating for a long time and we highly app...

Damascus, SANA- Father Elias Zahlawi stated that Syria has suffered extreme circumstances as a result of West relentless schemes; yet, the Syrian people have withstood years of war on the country despite the economic, military and psychometric instruments...

Beirut, SANA- An aircraft belonging to the Romanian Air Force arrived Lebanon, loaded with relief aid to the Syrians affected by the devastating earthquake on February 6. The aircraft arrived Wednesday afternoon at Beirut Air Transport Base as its destina...