SANA - Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus / SANA- Syria condemned in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli attack on the city of Palmyra, stressing that it reflects the nonstop Zionist crimes against the countries of the region and their peoples.

“The Zionist entity committed a horrific crime in Palmyra today, which claimed the lives of 36 citizens and injured dozens of others in the air aggression carried out by Israeli aircraft, targeting a number of residential buildings and causing material damage to the buildings and surrounding area.” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement on Wednesday.

Syria stresses that this entity’s crimes committed in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine pose a real threat to the security and stability of the region, and that the Security Council’s dependence on the decision of one state makes this council lose its credibility in maintaining international peace and security” the statement added.

“Syria calls on all countries of the world to take a firm stance to stop the atrocious massacres committed by the occupying entity in the region and hold its leaders accountable for their crimes and aggression and ensure that they do not escape punishment.” the Ministry concluded.

Tehran-SANA- As part of his visit to Iran, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Bassam Sabbagh met in Tehran with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council.

The meeting touched upon bilateral cooperation and consultations on regional and international issues of common interest.

Sabbagh stressed the depth of the strategic bilateral relation, attaching great importance to enhancing cooperation and joint coordination to confront the escalating Israeli aggression against several countries in the region.

For his part, Ahmadian stressed that the Zionist enemy, despite all the crimes it commits against innocent civilians, has not achieved any noteworthy gains, but rather incurred great losses, including economic collapse.

In addition, Minister Sabbagh met with Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs , with the two parties discussing ways to enhance the growing bilateral ties in all fields, the role they play at the regional and international levels, as well as their efforts to resolve the existing crises in the region.

Minister Sabbagh stressed during the meeting that the enemies’ plans to target our region are not new, with the enemy changing the methods of implementing those plans and using different tools to achieve them.

Velayati stressed that Syria and Iran are the two main pillars of the axis of resistance, adding that the more they strengthen their relations, the stronger this axis will become.

Homs, SANA- 36 people were martyred and more than 50 others injured in an Israeli aggression on Wednesday, that targeted a number of buildings in Palmyra City, Syrian Desert.

“At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of al-Tanf area, targeting a number of buildings in Palmyra City in the Syrian Desert, led to the martyrdom of 36 people, the injury of more than 50 others, and significant material damage to the buildings and the surrounding area.

Fedaa al-Rahai

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA-Palestinian Foreign Ministry stressed that the Israeli occupation continues to violate the most basic rights of children, particularly the right to life, calling on the international community to protect children and improve their living conditions.

“The martyrdom of more than 17,490 children in Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli extermination war reflects the ugliness of the ongoing war that targets innocent people indiscriminately, especially children.” WAFA Agency cited the Ministry as saying in a statement on the occasion of International’s Day, which is in is 20 November each year.

The statement added that children in Gaza face a real threat as they are exposed to bombing and starvation, and it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of them suffer from a severe shortage of food and clean drinking water.

The statement sheds light on the violations faced by Palestinian children in the West Bank, with many being subjected to detentions and military trials that contravene their basic rights, and articulates that these are a flagrant violation of all international norms and agreements, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guarantees special protection for children from arrest and violence.

The Ministry also, highlighted the disastrous consequences of the occupation’s ban on UNRWA activities on services provided to children, whether health, education or living, and called on the international community to take urgent action to ensure the occupation’s commitment to international covenants and treaties, most notably the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Fedaa al-Rahai

Moscow, SANA- Syria’s national football team lost 0-4 to its Russian counterpart in a friendly match that that was held on Tuesday at the Volgograd Arena in Russia.

This match comes at the end of the training camp in Russia led by José Lana, the technical director of Syrian national team.

Our national team participated in the friendly King’s Cup (Thailand) 2024 and won second place.

Fedaa al-Rahai

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Palestinian Health Ministry announced Wednesday perpetrating the Israeli Occupier during the past 24 hours two massacres in the strip claiming lives 13 Palestinians and wounding 84 others.

“Gaza death toll from the persistent Israeli occupation for the 411th day on the strip has surged to 43,985 martyrs, and 104,092 injured, and there are numerous bodies still stuck under the wreck where Israeli enemy forces prevent the ambulances and civil defense from reaching them,” the Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

More than 20 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured earlier today as a result of Israeli shelling in the central, northern and southern Gaza Strip.

Fedaa al-Rahai

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- 14 Palestinians were martyred and others were injured on Wednesday in Israeli occupation bombing of areas in the Gaza Strip.

Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces bombed with aircraft and artillery two houses in Jabalia, north of the Strip, and Khirbet al-Adas area, north and south of Rafah city, and a group of Palestinians east of the city, which led to the martyrdom of 14 Palestinians and the injury of others.

Meanwhile, the occupation targeted with a drone a number of Palestinians at the entrance to Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, as well as it targeted with artillery shells Sabra and Tal al-Hawa neighborhoods in Gaza City.

Nisreen Othman

Beirut, SANA- Over the past hours, Lebanese army soldier and five civilians were martyred in Israeli aircraft raids that targeted several areas in Lebanon.

“An Israeli enemy drone targeted an army vehicle on Borj al-Moulouk-Qalyaa road in the south, causing the martyrdom of a soldier and the injury of others” Lebanese National News Agency quoted Lebanese army as saying in a statement, adding that five people were also martyred in other raids on two towns.

Meanwhile, the enemy warplanes carried out a series of aerial raids accompanied by heavy phosphorous and artillery shelling, targeting several towns.

A heavy artillery shelling targeted al- Khiyam and Marjeyoun district over the night, while aircraft launched thermal balloons and illuminating bombs over the eastern area of the south.

Rafah al-Allouni

New York,SANA-  Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Qusay Al-Dahhak, warned that the occupation entity’s continued ignition of wars in the region threatens regional and international peace and security, calling on the Security Council to stop the genocide in Palestine, the Israeli bombing and aggression on Lebanon, and the barbaric attacks on Syria.

“The Palestinian cause continues to enjoy strong and broad support from all countries that believe in international law, the principles of justice, and the rights of peoples, despite the actions of Israeli occupation, its systematic aggression, and its brutal crimes. The more the Israeli occupation entity takes additional aggressive steps in an attempt to liquidate this cause, erase history, and change geography, the more the number of those in solidarity and support for the Palestinian people will increase around the world.” Ambassador Al-Dahhak said in a statement on Tuesday during a Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East.

The crimes of the occupation would not have continued without the multi-faceted support provided by the United States and a number of its allies to “Israel”, and its tireless efforts to spare Israeli war criminals any accountability and enable them to escape punishment.

Al-Dahhak added that the Israeli occupation entity, within the framework of its continuous efforts to ignite the region, it launches almost daily attacks on Syrian territory, targeting civilians safe in their homes, including women and children, and residential neighborhoods that include diplomatic headquarters and missions and offices of the United Nations, in addition to targeting economic facilities and service facilities, including roads, bridges and border crossings used by those coming from brotherly Lebanon to escape the Israeli killing machine.

“My country calls on the Security Council to immediately implement its relevant resolutions, most notably resolutions 242, 338 and 497, to ensure the end of the Israeli occupation of Arab lands in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, and the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state and its full membership in the United Nations”, he underlined.

Al-Dahhak concluded that Syria condemns the deliberate Israeli attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and stresses the need to preserve the security and safety of the force’s personnel, as well as the security and safety of the UNDOF and UNTSO missions, and not to compromise their mandates.

Latifa Moammar/Nisreen Othman

Moscow, SANA-The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that it shot down 42 Ukrainian drones attempted to attack several provinces in the country.

RT quoted the ministry as saying in a statement “Air defense forces destroyed 42 Ukrainian drones, including 32 that were shot down over Bryansk province bordering Ukraine, 5 over Smolensk province, 2 over Moscow province, and one over each of Kursk, Oryol, and Rostov provinces.”

Kiev regime continues to use attack drones and artillery shelling against civilians and facilities in Russia, causing civilian casualties.

Reem Abdulhameed/ Nisreen Othman

Occupied, Jerusalem, SANA- The Israeli occupation continues bombing and destroying what has remained of the health system in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Health Ministry said, adding that more than 1,000 doctors and nurses have been martyred in the ongoing aggression on the war-ravaged Strip.

“The occupation deliberately targets medical staff, as it has executed more than 1,000 doctors and nurses so far, and it continues to target the entire health system in all areas of the Strip, as it has destroyed dozens of hospitals and medical centers and put them completely out of service,” the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

The ministry added “The occupation bombed Kamal Adwital in the northern Gaza Strip during the past hours, destroyed Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah City, and yesterday targeted Martyr Mohammad Yousef Al-Najjar Hospital in the city in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Health called on the international community to stop the war of extermination against the Palestinian people, protect hospitals, secure medical staff, and work to re-operate and restore hospitals to save the humanitarian and health situation in the Strip.

Ruaa al-Jazaeri

Damascus, SANA- The Omani Embassy in Damascus organized a reception on Tuesday evening on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the Sultanate of Oman’s National Day at the Damascus-based Dama Rose Hotel.

The event was attended by Special Advisor at the Presidency of the Republic, Bouthaina Shaaban, Secretary-General of the Republic Presidency, Mansour Azzam, Minister of Culture, Diala Barakat, Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Mohammad Rabie Qalaaji, and Information Minister, Ziad Ghosn, as well as Damascus Governor, Eng. Mohammad Tariq Krishati, Assistant Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Habib Abbas and Chairman of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce, Bassel al-Hamwi.

A number of directors of departments at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry, as well as economic, cultural and media figures also attended the reception along with a group of Syrian artists, and a number of heads and representatives of the accredited diplomatic missions in Damascus.

In a statement to journalists, Special Advisor at the Presidency of the Republic, Bouthaina Shaaban, shed light on the deep and distinguished relations binding the two brotherly countries and peoples, praising the Sultanate’s wise stances in support of Arab issues, including Syria, as Oman did not close its embassy during the terrorist war on Syria.

In a similar statement, Assistant Foreign and Expatriates Minister Abbas congratulated the Sultanate on its National Day, indicating that the Syrian-Omani relations are deeply rooted and are witnessing a remarkable development in all fields, serving the interests of the peoples of the two brotherly countries.

In turn, Director of the Arab Affairs Department at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry, Dr. Riyad Abbas, expressed hope to enhance bilateral cooperation to achieve the interests of the peoples of the two countries, wishing the Sultanate peace and prosperity.

Ruaa al-Jazaeri

Moscow, SANA- President of Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin called for enhancing cooperation between his country and Syria in various fields, pointing out the importance of expanding the prospects of these relations in education, science fields and exchange of expertise, especially the medical one.

“The challenges that Donetsk People’s Republic are facing as part of Russian Federation are almost the same which Syria is facing, and that affirms the need for strengthening various relations between our two countries to confront the hostile sides,” Pushilin said in a statement to SANA’s correspondent in Moscow on the sidelines of the Transport and Communications Forum held in the Russian capital today.

He added that the United States violates international laws, charters and norms and uses double standards as it imposes sanctions on Russian and Syrian people at the same time.

Pushilin went on to say that the Russian people are watching and observing the events that are taking place in a number of Middle Eastern countries which come under hostile acts by the West and its agents, expressing his condemnation of the American occupation of Syrian lands and its plundering of the resources of Syrian people.

Noura /Mazen Eyon

Damascus. SANA- A Pakistani plane landed at Damascus International Airport loaded with 16 tons of humanitarian aid for comers from Lebanon.

Pakistani Deputy Ambassador Umer Hayat Khan said that the plane carrying 16 tons of medical, food, and relief items out of 80 tons which will arrive successively in batches on Pakistani planes provided by the Pakistani people and government to the comers from Lebanon.

He added that all the aid is delivered to the Higher Relief Committee, which in turn distributes it to those who deserve it in coordination with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent(SARC).

He thanked the Syrian government, Local Administration and Environment Ministry, and SARC for distributing the aid to the beneficiaries.

Shaza Qreima

Tehran, SANA- Foreign and Expatriates Minister Bassam Sabbagh said that the current Israeli occupation’s escalation in our region falls within the framework of an old American-Zionist project to reshape our region, and terrorist tools are being used for this purpose.

Sabbagh’s remarks came during press conference with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Tuesday.

Sabbagh explained that the talks have been positive and aimed at improving cooperation in all fields, for the benefit of the peoples of both countries.

Sabbagh said that We have addressed the issue of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and its extension into Lebanon and the repeated Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, amounted over 130 attacks.

He reiterated Iran’s legitimate right to defend itself and protect its territory and people.

Sabbagh indicated that Syria and Iran condemned the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation, demanding that it be held accountable for its crimes, and affirming the right of peoples to resist all forms of occupation.

He also stressed the need for ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands occupied in 1967, including the Syrian Golan, as this region will not enjoy security and stability unless the occupation is ended.

He also underlined that eradicating terrorism in all its forms and stopping some countries’ support for it is necessary for the stability of the entire region.

Sabbagh indicated that the two countries condemn the illegal coercive measures imposed on them and cooperate to confront their effects.

For his part, Araghchi reiterated that Iran is on the side of Syria and will continue to be so.

The Iranian official condemned the Israeli acts of aggression against Syrian territory and the plundering of the natural resources of the Syrian people by the US forces illegally present in northeastern Syria.

Araghchi said that Syria is currently facing an economic crisis and, despite this, it received some 500,000 displaced from Lebanon.

He added that Tehran will provide all possible assistance in this regard and calling on the international community for help.

He reiterated that any attack on Iran will not go unanswered, and this was demonstrated by Tehran during Operations Al-Waad Al-Sadiq I and II.

“Our political efforts to stop the ongoing Zionist aggression on the region are ongoing with all countries and international organizations, and we always coordinate with Syria in this regard,” Araghchi said.

He added, “The resistance in the field is confronting the Israeli attacks and it is the one that decides the fate of the region.”

Shaza Qreima

Tehran, SANA- Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Bassam Sabbagh, heading an official delegation, arrived Tuesday in Iranian capital, Tehran, to discuss, with a number of senior Iranian officials, boosting bilateral relations and developments in the region as whole.

The delegation comprises Deputy Minister, Ambassador Ayman Raad, and a number of officials.

Upon its arrival, the delegation was received by Aide to Iranian Foreign Minister Mehdi Shoushtari, a number of Iranian officials, Syrian Ambassador to Tehran, Dr. Shafiq Dioub and members of the Syrian Embassy.

Rafah al-Allouni

New York, SANA-Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Qusay Al-Dahhak, stressed that the attacks of Israeli occupation and its possession of weapons of mass destruction of various types, especially nuclear weapons, require more than ever to work on establishing a zone free of these weapons in the Middle East.

This came during the 5th session of the conference on establishing a zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Al-Dahhak pointed out that efforts to establish a zone free of weapons of mass destruction cannot be fruitful unless they deal with the serious threat to regional and international peace and security posed by the entity’s arsenals of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, stressing the necessity of ending the aggression and holding the occupation authorities accountable for their crimes.

He criticized the protection provided by some Western countries, most notably the US, to the Israeli entity, which contributed to Israel’s monopoly in the Middle East region in possessing and developing weapons of mass destruction, and Israel’s persistence in refusing to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-possessor party and subjecting its nuclear facilities to the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Al-Dahhak stated that the only obstacle hindering the efforts of the conference to establish a zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East is the absence of Israeli entity from participating in its work and in all the requirements for establishing this zone with the support of the US.

Al-Dahhak renewed Syria’s call to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to assume its responsibilities and take the necessary measures to uncover the Israeli nuclear program and subject it to the comprehensive safeguards system and the systems of monitoring nuclear facilities and programs in the agency

Syria was one of the first countries to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), it signed a comprehensive safeguards agreement with the IAEA and signed the Biological Weapons Convention, as well as it joined the Chemical Weapons Convention (OPCW), and fulfilled all its obligations, Al-Dahhak noted.

Al-Dahhak stressed the need to guarantee the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy, chemical and biological materials for the States Parties and to facilitate their access to relevant technologies for peaceful purposes without any obstacles.

Latifa Moammar /Nisreen Othman

Rio de Janeiro, SANA- The G20 states stressed support for establishing an independent Palestinian state and put an end to the war waged against Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

“We support the ceasefire in Gaza in regard with UN Security Council Resolution No.2735, as well in Lebanon to enable citizens to safely return their houses,” G20 leaders was quoted by Agence France-Presse(AFP) as saying in a joint statement at the final of the summit held in Rio de Janeiro.

In their statement, the leaders expressed deep concern over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and Lebanon, underlining the urgent need to provide humanitarian aid and ensure the protection of civilians there.

They stressed their steadfast commitment to international law and relevant UN resolutions, according to the statement.

Rafah al-Allouni

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- A number of Palestinians were martyred and injured on Tuesday in Israeli occupation bombing of several areas in the afflicted Gaza Strip.

Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces bombed a house in the new camp area, northwest of Nuseirat, in central Gaza Strip, while they bombed with artillery the south of al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, which led to the martyrdom and injury of a number of Palestinians.

On Monday, Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the number of victims of ongoing occupation aggression on Gaza Strip for the 410th day has risen to 43,922 martyrs and 103,898 wounded.

Nisreen Othman

Damascus, SANA-Russian forces operating in Syria have reinforced their deployment near “the disengagement force zone” on the outskirts of the occupied Syrian Golan, by establishing several observation points along this area in the countryside of Quneitra and Daraa.

“The forces, in coordination with the Syrian Arab Army, established 9 observation points along the disengagement force zone, whose mission is to carry out surveillance operations by air and land,” Deputy Commander of the Russian forces operating in Syria, General Alexander Rodionov, said in a press statement.

Rodionov added that the Russian forces, which began their mission in Syria in 2015 at the request of the Syrian state, did not withdraw from any point in this region, but rather reinforced their presence through these observation points, and “everything that is reported in some media outlets other than that is false.”

Mazen Eyon