The Russian ambassador in Damascus says trade between the two countries tripled in 2021, according to Enab Baladi
The vaccination campaign in Syria is subject to corruption and fraud, as vaccination cards are sold to unvaccinated citizens.
Migration, violent conflict, and military conscription have reduced the ratio of men to women in Syria drastically, according to SY24.
On Sunday evening, a senior regime officer died of wounds sustained as a result of an attack in Deir-ez-Zor, just 24 hours after the death of another high-ranking officer from the Tartous governorate, Baladi News reports.
On Wednesday, Syria executed 24 people accused of igniting last year’s wildfires, which left 3 people dead and burnt thousands of hectares of forests, according to Athr Press.
Low levels of registration are hampering the vaccination campaign in Syria, where COVID is wreaking havoc, according to al-Watan.
Syria’s local pharmaceutical industry is booming after a decade of civil war, as local demand is mostly covered and new projects are launched, SANA reports.
Forest fires in Syria are impacting its natural wealth, according to The Levant.
The Syrian regime detained thousands of citizens to force them to vote for Assad in the presidential elections, among other intimidation methods, according to Jesr press.
The Syrian regime is re-arranging its security apparatus, hoping to improve its image with the west, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
Gatherings and rallies organized to celebrate the results of the presidential elections led to an increase in the number of new COVID-19 infections, according to North Press.
The most recent report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights records the death of 96 civilians, as well as an acceleration of the spread of COVID-19 in Syria, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
Syria’s ports have been closed after high wind speeds and bad weather, reports SANA.
Polar air pressure will bring snow, hailstones, and temperatures as low as three degrees celsius, according to SANA.
The Syrian Government has arrested several individuals on charges of “cyber crimes,” including an inspector and a TV news anchor.
Residents of Sheikh Saad have queued for hours to try and secure heating fuel, although there was not enough to go around reports Al-Watan.
Syria’s ambassador to Iraq has met with the Iraqi transport minister to discuss connecting the two countries and the movement of vehicles across the border writes SANA.
A bus carrying regime soldiers went missing on its way to Homs city, only to be later found, empty and on fire reports Baladi News.
A government official has outlined reconstruction projects that have been completed or are underway and the costs associated with them writes SANA.
A Russian group has distributed food to needy people in Damascus, particularly the families of martyrs or those wounded in the war writes SANA.
