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February, 2015

  • 21 February

    Patriarch Yazigi receives Orthodox Peoples Unity Award in Moscow

    Moscow, SANA – Patriarch John X Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East received the Orthodox Peoples Unity Award on Friday during a luxurious celebration at the …

  • 21 February

    Symposium in Italian Foligno city in support of Syria against terrorism

    Rome, SANA – A group of Syrian expatriates and students and members of the European Solidarity Front for Syria in Italy organized a symposium under the title “Together against Terrorism”. …

  • 21 February

    Al-Jaafari: “Commission of Inquiry on Syria” biased, has political purposes

    New York, SANA- Syria’s permanent Envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said the Syrian Government has always expressed reservation on the work of so-called “independent commission of inquiry on Syria” …

  • 21 February

    Iranian Defense Minister: Syrian Army, people reached stage of deterrence against terrorism

    Tehran, SANA – Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan on Saturday stressed that the operations of the Syrian Army and people against terrorism have reached the stage of deterrence, …

  • 20 February

    Russia: Washington ignores the Syrian Army which is the true force combating terrorism

    Moscow, SANA – The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the U.S.-Turkish agreement to train, equip, and arm what Washington calls “moderate opposition” is a continuation of the previous course of …

  • 20 February

    Lavrov: Foreign interference caused outbreak of extremism, terrorism

    Moscow, SANA- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the foreign interference in the affairs the Middle East countries and the nonchalance about the future of their people have caused extremism …

  • 20 February

    Swedish journalist goes missing near Syrian-Turkish borders

    Stockholm, SANA – Swedish media reported that a freelance Swedish journalist went missing in the area of the Syrian-Turkish borders. The Swedish newspaper Expressen did not reveal its sources nor …

  • 20 February

    EU lawmaker: West fast-tracked access of terrorists to Syria

    Warsaw, SANA- President of the Polish Congress of the New Right Michael Marusik, who is a European Parliament member, affirmed that the West’s flawed policies about Syria have led to …

  • 20 February

    Al-Zoubi: Success of U.N. initiative in Aleppo hinged on whether backers of terrorists can force them to comply with truce

    Damascus, SANA_ The success of a U.N. initiative to freeze fighting in Aleppo hinged on whether foreign states that back the terrorist groups can get them to comply with truce, …

  • 20 February

    Iraqi FM, Syrian Ambassador stress coordination and int’l support to face terrorism

    Baghdad, SANA – Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari discussed Thursday with Syria’s Ambassador in Baghdad Sattam Jadaan al-Dandah all issues of interest to both countries. The two sides also touched …