Day: May 25, 2023

Health Minister, Dr. Hassan al-Ghabbash, discussed with his Saudi counterpart, Fahad bin Abdurrahman al-Jalajel, ways to boost joint Arab health cooperation and enhance its fields.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 76th session of the World Health Assembly, which is being held in Geneva.

During the meeting, Al-Ghabbash expressed his thanks to Saudi Arabia for its humanitarian stance after the earthquake.

The Minister noted to the importance of strengthening health cooperation between the two countries, especially in terms of medical training and exchanging experiences, which will reflect positively on the peoples of the two brotherly countries.

In turn, al-Jalajel stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation in the health fields between the two countries.

He expressed his happiness with Syria’s participation in the meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health held during the 76th session, which is the first ministerial meeting after the Jeddah summit, at which the Kingdom welcomed the issuance of the Arab League’s decision on the resumption of the participation of Syrian government delegations in the meetings of the Council of the League of Arab States.

He hoped that this will contribute to supporting Syria’s stability.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, discussed on Thursday in Geneva with United Nations’ Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen , solutions to the crisis in Syria.

“Talks during the meeting dealt with the continuation of the dialogue between Egypt and the UN about means of solving the crisis in Syria in a gradual manner in line with Jeddah, Oman and the Arab summit latest meetings according to UN Security Council Resolution No. 2254,” the official spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zaid said.

Shoukry reaffirmed the importance of the Arab role in resolving that crisis from which the Syrian people are still suffering.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Activities of a scientific workshop titled “Visions and Methodologies of Restoration and Reconstruction of Arch of Triumph in Palmyra” kicked off Thursday. The workshop is held in cooperation between General Directorate for Antiquities and Museums, Syrian Trust for Development, and Institute of History of Material Culture of Russian Academy of Sciences in the presence of experts from UNESCO.

The two-day workshop discusses the foundations and methodologies for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the archaeological monument of Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, which was destroyed by Daesh (ISIS) terrorist organization in 2015.

“During the years of war on Syria, the hand of dark terrorism targeted it, destroying as much of its remains as it could to undermine the national identity, the most important of which is the Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, which is one of the most prominent historical symbols of Syria that we are proud of,” Minister of Culture, Lubana Mshaweh said in a speech during the opening ceremony of the workshop.

Mashouh added that the first phase of the project was successfully completed, and then the project, due to its national importance, gained the support of the leaderships in Syria and Russia.

Director of The State Hermitage Museum, Professor Mikhail Piotrovsky, for his part, stressed the importance of working in accordance with international standards in order to reach the main goal, which is the return of Palmyra and the restoration of its historical site.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East (ME), Tor Wennesland warned against Israeli occupation’s schemes, and continued expansion of settlement, demolishing of the Palestinians’ homes and facilities, and allowing the settlers to be returned to settlements that were evacuated in 2005, asserting that “all settlements are illegal under international law, and must stop immediately.”

Wennesland pointed out in a briefing to the UN Security Council that the occupation authorities instructed to the establishment of about 310 settlement units on the Palestinian lands, while they demolished last month 33 Palestinian buildings, which caused the displacement of 89 persons and 45 children.

The UN official indicated to the increasing of the settlers’ crimes against the Palestinians and their repeated provocative storming of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City in occupied Jerusalem.

He referred to that the Israeli recent aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip resulted in the martyrdom and injury of hundreds of Palestinians, among them women and children, in addition to the martyrdom and injury of a number of Palestinians in the west Bank.

He called upon the member-states to increase their support to the Palestinians, including funding of UNRWA and the World Food Program.

“We should adopt measures not only to ensure the Palestinians’ welfare, but also as an integral part of ending the occupation based on the international law,” the UN official said.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

The National Earthquake Centre announced Thursday that a tremor measuring 3.7 degrees at the Richter scale struck northern Lattakia, in a depth of about 43km.

The Center said in a statement that the tremor occurred at 10:21 am.

Earlier, the Center announced that 8 tremors were registered during the past 24 hours, three of them northwest of Lattakia measuring between 1.5 and 2.5 degree.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency