1797 –First parachute jump carried out by Andre Jacques Garnerin using hot air balloon. 1873 – Empires of Germany, Russia, Austria and Hungary establish alliance. 1940 – Italy declares war …

The UN, SANA – Syria’s Permanent Envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari stressed that time has come for the UN to move and punish the terrorist coalition of Turkey, Saudi …

Damascus, SANA  Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi reiterated that combating terrorism in the region and in Syria in particular cannot be carried out without coordination with the Syrian state and leadership. …

New York, SANA –  Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin  stressed that the reports that the terrorist organization of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is in possession of …

Aleppo, SANA – Governor of Aleppo Mohammad Wahid Aqqad and resident representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Syria Hanaa Sinjer inspected the polio vaccination campaign in its …

Aleppo, SANA – The people of Ayn al-Arab northeast of Aleppo continued to confront the attacks of ISIS terrorists, with the locals targeting terrorist concentrations in the east part of …

Damascus, SANA – The Cabinet approved on Tuesday a bill regulating the affairs of firefighting and a proposal for permitting the transportation of cotton crops outside administrative borders. Chairing the …

Damascus, SANA – One civilian was injured in a terrorist mortar attack which targeted Barzeh residential neighborhood in Damascus. A source at the Police Command told SANA that a mortar …

Beirut, SANA – Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Bad-Eddin Hassoun slammed the double standards of the western leaders on Islam. Hassoun’s criticism came during the launching of the International Union of …

Moscow, SANA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Russia will fully support all efforts aimed at resuming the political process in Syria in a way that takes into …