Day: March 9, 2024

Tunis, Syria and Tunisia discussed means to boost scientific and educational relations, in addition to exchanging experiences between the two education ministries, particularly in the pedagogical and research capacities and providing technical services.

That came during a meeting between Tunisian Minister of Education, Mohamed Ali Boughdiri, and Syrian Ambassador to Tunisia, Mohamed Mohamed.

Tunisian Education Minister said that the meeting is considered as an important step in the right direction after restoring relations between both countries thanks to the wisdom of presidents of the two countries.

For his part, the Syrian ambassador underscored the importance of strengthening cooperation in the educational fields which are the most stable and well-established basis in achieving further progress in the fraternal Syrian-Tunisian relations.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Amman: A total of 23 Gazan children were killed of malnutrition and dehydration, after 3 victims in Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza dehdrayted and starved to death, Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced Saturday.

To date following 155 days of Israeli aggression against Gaza, death toll rose to 30,878 Palestinians and 72,400 others wounded since last October 7, the ministry’s initial statistics showed.

So far, a total of 586 Israeli soldiers were killed since last October 7, while 246 others died since start of the ground operation on last October 27.

Source: Jordan News Agency

UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said, ‘This morning, a coordinated vehicle patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) came under small arms fire from the south of the Blue Line in the vicinity of Aita al-Shaab.’

‘The LAF vehicle involved in the patrol was impacted, fortunately, no one was injured,” added Tenenti.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

New York, Russia has affirmed that the West is to blame for the continued massacre in Gaza and crimes of genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Strip.

‘The West’s double standard policy occurs through its proposal of a draft resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Sudan and an immediate solution there, while it doesn’t allow to pass a draft resolution on Gaza,’ Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Anna Evstigneeva said during a Security Council session Friday.

Evstigneeva added that the double standard policy of the West seems in particular when ‘we see that its states postpone a resolution on a cease-fire in Gaza while the real massacre is continued for the 5th month,’ reminding that the US used the veto many times to obstruct a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Strip.

She added that Russia has not obstructed the resolution on Sudan, but it abstained from voting.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Moscow, The Russian air defenses downed 47 Ukrainian drones over Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk and Volgograd provinces.

‘Overnight, the air defense systems thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to carry out a terrorist attack via 47 drones on Russia territory, and downed them’, Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, 41 drones were shot down over several Russian territories, according to the statement.

An intense attack by drones on Taganrog city was also repelled, while debris of a Ukrainian drone downed on roof of a clinic in Kursk province, without causing any casualties.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Deir Ezzor, Six citizens were killed, two others were injured in landmine blast left behind by Daesh (ISIS) terrorists in Hreibsheh area in Deir Ezzor southern countryside.

Director of Al-Assad Hospital in Deir Ezzor, Dr. Al-Muthanna Al-Yousef told SANA reporter that six citizens were dead on arrival at the hospital and two others were seriously injured as a result of landmine explosion in the car that transporting them while they were heading to collect truffles.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Minister of Water Resources Hussein Makhlouf discussed Saturday with his Iraqi counterpart Aoun Diab Abdullah and the accompanying delegation boosting bilateral cooperation on common water issues in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in light of common challenges.

The meeting dealt with cooperation on issues of the water situation of the Euphrates River, water resources management, confronting the challenges of climate change ,and the effects of water scarcity.

The two sides focused on the need to exchange expertise and scientific research in the field of water resources management, planning and studies to reach the best coordination between the two countries by holding joint technical meetings to discuss water issues of concern to the two brotherly countries.

Makhlouf indicated that the region has been exposed to water scarcity in recent years due to the reduction in imports from the upstream country, Turkey.

He underlined the need to coordinate efforts between Syria and Iraq to obtain their fair
share of the Euphrates water.

The Iraqi minister, for his part, pointed out the challenges facing the two countries in light of water scarcity and the lack of water storage in dams and reservoirs, and noted the need to benefit from the Syrian experiences and expertise in the field of groundwater management, and the systems of pressurized irrigation, and closed irrigation .

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency