Capital Hosts 2016 Education and Training Expo
SANA (state news agency)
August 23, 2016
Three-day event will provide up to 250 scholarships by training institutes as well as diverse job opportunities for youths
Three-day event will provide up to 250 scholarships by training institutes as well as diverse job opportunities for youths
With 169 documented cases of of poison gas use by the regime since 2013, Assad is still free, despite UNSC and US declarations to respond with force to use of chemical weapons
She had heard stories of how detained girls were often raped. She hugged her daughter closely and they both wept
At the end of the graduation ceremony, Mrs.al-Assad honored 64 graduates and distributed certificates to them
The city’s local council counted the use of eight barrels loaded with napalm on Sunday, in addition to four explosive barrels, which caused heavy material damage and injuries
the fire was started by unknown people but coincided with the city’s seizure by militias belonging to the Syrian Defense Forces alliance, and incinerated official documents that proved individuals’ ownership of their property
I almost collapsed from fear, my friends tried to calm me down, but everywhere I turned I saw death and destruction
Syrian FM meets with head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency for talks in the Syrian capital
Sources claim riots erupted in the notorious prison south of the capital after security forces attempted to storm the facility
Syrian government and opposition forces continue to battle for control of the capital’s water supply as regime ups its siege on the mountainous region
Syria’s shamed former prime minister has vanished from public eye after being sidelined following the formation of a new government
Tourism minister says security company is expected to offer services at all Syrian border crossings at the start of next month
Legal figures call for harsher penalties for offenders as capital and its surrounding countryside hit with hike in mobile phone thefts in recent months
Residents witness huge increase in the price of popular foods in Damascus as vendors charge up to 1,000 pounds ($4.60) for a shawarma sandwich
Abou Mohamed’s family, like 4,000 other families, must endure extremely difficult conditions after being forced from their homes in the Marj area of Damascus’ countryside by regime
Four-day workshop which aims to deal with implementing Basel accords kicks off in the Syrian capital
President receives Archbishop Chrysostomos II in the Syrian capital for talks on developing relations between Cyprus and Syria
Residents and local fighters claim Assad forces deliberately burnt farmlands after seizing control of around 175 acres
Barada supply line out of service after attack on one of the capital’s key water channels
Activists report at least five dead and scores injured in stray gunfire as armed loyalists celebrate news of Turkey’s coup attempt
