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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Following are the latest developments of Operation “al-Aqsa Flood” launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, in response to the attacks launched by the Israeli occupation on the war-ravaged Gaza Strip:

-Martyrs and wounded in Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis and Rafah cities

-Palestinian media: Two Israeli settlers injured in an operation carried out by the resistance east of the city of Qalqilya, the West Bank.

-Palestinian media: Four martyrs and a number of wounded in Israeli shelling that targeted a group of Palestinians in al-Zahraa city, central Gaza Strip.

Beirut, SANA- The Israeli enemy renewed on Sunday its attacks on a number of villages and towns in southern Lebanon.

“Israeli warplanes targeted on Sunday at dawn the town of al-Safari in Baalbek district and the heights of the East Lebanon mountain range in the outskirts of the town of Jinta in al- Shaara district in eastern Lebanon,” according to Lebanese National News Agency.

Last night, Israeli enemy aircraft launched two air attacks, the first targeted the town of al-Taybeh on Deir Siryan road, and the second the town of al- Odaisseh in the south, while the outskirts of the town of Zebqin were subjected to Israeli artillery shelling.

During the night, the Israeli enemy forces also fired flares in the airspace of the heights of the town of Shebaa and above the villages of the western and central sectors, reaching the outskirts of the towns of al-Mansouri, Majdal Zun and al-Shaitiya.

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Geneva, SANA- The World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned the massive destruction inflicted by the Israeli occupation entity on the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, turning it into an “an empty shell with human graves”.

“WHO and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in Gaza, which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was cited by AFP as saying.

“Even restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible,” he added.

Of Gaza’s 36 main hospitals, only 10 remain even partially functional, according to the WHO.

Tedros said urgent action was needed in Gaza as “famine looms, disease outbreaks spread and trauma injuries increase” among the trapped Palestinian population.

Tedros said efforts by WHO and other aid groups to revive basic services at Al-Shifa after (Israel’s) first devastating raid on the hospital last year “are now lost”.

He called for the “protection of remaining health facilities in Gaza… unimpeded access of humanitarian aid into and across the Gaza Strip” and a “ceasefire”.

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Damascus, SANA-Units of our armed forces, in cooperation with friendly Russian forces, destroyed a number of terrorist dens and vehicles and shot down their drones in the countryside of Aleppo and Idleb.

A military source said in a statement “in response to the ongoing violations and attacks launched by terrorist organizations on safe towns and villages and our military sites, units of our armed forces operating in the direction of the Aleppo and Idleb countryside carried out several specific focused strikes, in cooperation with friendly Russian forces, they targeted the terrorists’ dens, vehicles, and heavy equipment, which led to their complete destruction and the killing and wounding of dozens of terrorists.”.

The source added “a unit of our armed forces responded to a terrorist attack with drones and was able to destroy and shoot down a number of drones and prevent them from reaching their targets.”.

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Moscow, SANA- President of the General Federation of Trade Unions in Syria, Jamal Qaderi , signed a trade union cooperation protocol between the International Federation and its affiliated organizations and the General Federation of Trade Unions, which It includes the countries of the former Soviet Union and its affiliated trade union organizations.

The protocol included an agreement to establish partnerships, deepen cooperation and exchange benefits between the aforementioned organizations, defend the interests of workers affiliated with them, protect their social and economic rights, and make joint efforts to exchange information about labor and union legislation, and develop activities. Joint organizational and educational development and promotion of cultural exchange between the signatory parties, and unifying efforts to develop and enhance cooperation with international trade union organizations, trade union centers and movements.

It was agreed to hold conferences and seminars on issues of social policy, labor market development, occupational safety, wages and income, labor migration and social partnership, retraining union, tourism, cultural and sports cadres, strengthening cooperation between youth associations affiliated with the General Federation of Trade Unions and the International Federation of Arab Trade Unions.

The protocol also stipulated the necessity of strengthening cooperation and consultations on common issues and concluding additional agreements to achieve the goals of cooperation between member organizations.

The protocol, which was co-signed by the delegation of the General Federation of Trade Unions in Egypt, headed by the Vice President of the Federation, Abdel Moneim El-Gamal, is scheduled to be circulated to all the aforementioned organizations to benefit from Its terms, noting that the agreement lasts for three years.

On the sidelines of participating in the conference, Al-Qadri and his accompanying delegation held a working meeting with the new union leadership elected by the General Conference of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Russia, headed by Mikhail Shmakov, President of the Federation, and it was agreed to cooperate and coordinate positions in all fields during the coming period.

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Damascus, SANA- Minister of Finance, Dr. Kenan Yaghi, discussed with a delegation from the administration of the Institute for Research in World Economics and International Relations in the Russian Federation, economic relations and means of enhancing them and encouraging private investment.

During the meeting, Yaghi pointed out that the terrorist war on Syria included systematic targeting of the national economy, and is currently at the beginning of the recovery phase, despite the negative repercussions on the economic situation.

Assistant Director General of the Institute for Research on World Economics and International Policy, noted that discussing various economic aspects and developments in the Syrian economy contribute to enhancing the investments of Russian companies in Syria.

Both sides was agreed to continue communication between the Ministry and the Institute through the Russian Cultural Center, to provide all legal and financial clarifications to Russian investors, and to serve the strengthening of economic relations between the two countries.

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Daraa,SANA-7 children were martyred and two civilians were injured, including a woman, when an explosive device planted by terrorists exploded in the southern neighborhood of Al-Sanamayn city in the northern countryside of Daraa.

A source in the Daraa Police Command stated that seven children, four of them brothers, were martyred in the explosion of the device, while a woman was seriously injured and, and another person was injured..

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Damascus, SANA- Syrian oud player Hossam Deeb, has entered the Guinness World Records by playing his solo performance, for 27 hours and 4 minutes.

Deep Told SANA that his experience, was not just an attempt, but a story of ambition, will and love for the oud instrument, believing that Syria, which issued the first musical notation to the world, remains a title of art, civilization and high creative values.

During his playing, he presented 200 musical pieces, including traditional songs and many other types, in addition to musical pieces composed by him.

He was born in Lattakia province and began his hobby of playing the oud since childhood in a fertile artistic environment with all kinds of music.

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Moscow,SANA- Russian Defense Ministry announced that its air defenses intercepted 10 missiles of Ukrainian Vampir missile launchers over Belgorod province.

“This morning, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack against facilities on Russian territory using a rocket launcher (Vampir) was countered, as air defense systems managed to shoot down 10 rocket-propelled grenades over the Belgorod province,”the ministry was quoted as saying in a statement by the Novosti news agency.

Earlier, air defense systems downed 53 Ukrainian drones over the Rostov, Saratov, Kursk, Belgorod provinces and the Krasnodar Territory.

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Washington, SANA-36US representatives of the Democratic Party, including the former speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, called on US President Joe Biden to stop arming the Israeli entity.

Reuters quoted a letter by congressmen, addressed to Biden and his secretary of State Anthony Blinken demanding the cessation of arms transfers to Israel.

They also called on the Biden administration to conduct a special investigation into the Israeli airstrike, which killed seven employees of World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity last Monday.

” Given the recent attack on humanitarian workers and the worsening humanitarian crisis, we believe it is not justified to approve arms transfers to “Israel,” they said.

Last Monday, the Israeli occupation forces bombed a convoy of the “world central kitchen ” organization in Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, killing 7 people of various nationalities, including British, Australian, American, Canadian and Polish.

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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Following are the latest developments of Operation “al-Aqsa Flood” launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, in response to the attacks launched by the Israeli occupation on the war-ravaged Gaza Strip:

-Palestinian Health Ministry: Number of victims of the continuous Israeli aggression on Gaza since the 7th of last Oct. has increased to 33,137 martyrs and 75,815 wounded.

-Palestinian Health: During the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation has committed 4 massacres in the Strip, killing 46 people and injuring 65 others.

-Palestinian resistance blows up a Merkava-4 Israeli occupation tank east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.

-Dozens of martyrs and wounded as a result of the continuous occupation bombing of various areas in Gaza Strip.

Moscow, SANA-Russian Al-Quds Center in Moscow held a mass event on the occasion of international al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), as an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and other Arab peoples who are exposed to the continuous Israeli aggression supported by the United States and its allies.

Al-Quds Day coincides this year with the loss of tens of thousands of victims due to the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sergey Baburin, Chairman of the Russian Jerusalem Committee said.

Baburin strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Syrian territory, the latest of which was the targeting of the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, which proves the true terrorist essence of the Israeli entity
He stressed that Syria stands on the front lines of the struggle against the Israeli occupation and always demands the liberation of all occupied Arab territoriesز

In his speech during the event, the Syrian ambassador to the Russian Federation, Dr. Bashar Ja’afari said “All of Palestine is sacred, not only Jerusalem, where archaeologists indicate that the two oldest cities in the world are Jericho in Palestine and Damascus in Syria.”

Palestinian issue is a just cause that has revealed the hypocrisy of Western societies and Western politicians, al-Ja’afari said asserting that despite Israeli terrorism and its sponsors, the Palestinian cause is much stronger than the might of this entity.

Al-Ja’afari expressed Syria’s support for this great and strong solidarity on the part of friends in the Russian Federation towards the struggle of the Palestinian, Syrian, Lebanese and Iraqi people, stressing that victory is inevitably comingز

The Syrian ambassador considered that the International Quds Day event comes at its appropriate time and in its natural place in Moscow, that the Celebrating this day has a very great meaning because first the Soviet Union and then the Russian Federation have supported the justice of the Palestinian cause and Arab issues from time immemorial until now.

He condemned the horrific crimes and massacres committed by the Zionist gangs against the Palestinian people, pointing out that these massacres committed against the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem are evidence and proof that the Israeli entity is more terrorist, more barbaric, and more brutal.

Al-Ja’afari said that the Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, its killing of international relief workers in Gaza, and the slaughter of 400 sick and wounded people in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza are events that took place in just one day, which confirms the terrorism and brutality of this entity.

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Damascus, SANA-Prime Minister, Hussein Arnous, inspected on Saturday the process of central final exams of the scientific competition for teachers in specializations of Mathematics, Physics, Science, Chemistry and Informatics, held by the Ministry of Education at Zaki al-Arsuzi School in Damascus.

Education Minister, Damascus Governor and a number of Syrian officials participated in the tour.

The competition comes within the Ministry’s plan to develop and raise the competence of teachers inside the class.

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Damascus, SANA-Temperatures continue to drop to become around average or slightly lower in most regions as the country comes under low air pressure accompanied by westerly currents in the upper layers of the atmosphere.

Meteorology department expected in its Saturday bulletin that the weather will be between clear to partly cloudy, turning to cloudy at times, scattered thundershowers are expected over coastal areas.

Temperatures in some major Syrian cities are in Damascus 22/10, in Homs 20/9 and in Aleppo 24/9.

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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- More Palestinians were killed or injured on Saturday dawn in the Israeli occupation continued bombardment on several areas in Gaza for the 183rd day.

WAFA news agency said that the occupation forces targeted with artillery the houses of Palestinians in al-Zaitoun neighborhood to the south-east of Gaza, Sabra, Tal al-Hawa, Zahra and al-Nuseirat camp, killing three Palestinians and injuring many others.

The occupation forces also fired several shells towards the southwestern neighborhoods of the city of Khan Younes, south of Gaza Strip, in coincidence with raids launched by the occupation aircraft on the center and west of the city.

The Israeli occupation has continued its aggression on Gaza Strip since October 7th which led to the martyrdom of 33,091 and the injury of more than 33,091 Palestinians.

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Aleppo and Deir Ezzor, SANA – Neirab Palestine refugee camp in Aleppo witnessed a massive march as part of the International Jerusalem Day (Quds Day) activities, in which participants denounced the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people and occupied Jerusalem along with the genocide that Gaza is being subjected to.

In addition, another popular event in Deir Ezzor was held in the square of the Unknown Soldier Roundabout, entitled “Flood of the Free Men,” which included the presentation of theatrical performances and artistic paintings.

Participants in the event saluted the steadfast Palestinian people, who are facing the fiercest Zionist colonial aggression and are achieving historical victories on the land of Gaza.

New York, SANA – The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was deeply troubled by reports that the Israeli military’s bombing campaign includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool in the identification of targets, particularly in densely populated residential areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, resulting in a high level of civilian casualties.

No part of life and death decisions that impact entire families should be delegated to the cold calculation of algorithms, WAFA quoted Guterres as saying during a press encounter on Gaza.

“I have warned for many years of the dangers of weaponization of  AI and reducing the essential role of human agency.”

AI should be used as a force for good to benefit the world; not to contribute to waging war on an industrial level, blurring accountability, added the UN Secretary-General.

“In its speed, scale and inhumane ferocity, the war in Gaza is the deadliest of conflicts – for civilians, for aid workers, for journalists, for health workers, and for our own colleagues,” he stated.

He said that some 196 humanitarian aid workers – including more than 175 members of our own UN staff – have been killed. “The vast majority were serving UNRWA, the backbone of all relief efforts in Gaza.”

Others include colleagues from the World Health Organization and the World Food Program – as well as humanitarians from Doctors without Borders, the Red Crescent, and just a few days ago World Central Kitchen, he added.

Guterres stressed that denying international journalists entry into Gaza is allowing disinformation and false narratives to flourish.

Regarding Aid delivery to the Strip, he said: “Dramatic humanitarian conditions require a quantum leap in the delivery of life-saving aid — a true paradigm shift.”

He repeated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Six months on, we are on the brink: of mass starvation; regional conflagration; and a total loss of faith in global standards and norms, he said.

“It’s time to step back from that brink – to silence the guns – to ease the horrible suffering — and to stop a potential famine before it is too late.”

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call revealed.

A new investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call revealed that the Israeli army has developed an artificial intelligence-based program known as “Lavender.”

Damascus countryside, SANA- With its modern and advanced therapeutic techniques, Amal al-Khani Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders transforms the pain suffered by autistic children into hope, and draws the way for their integration into the society surrounding them.

The significance of Amal al-Khani center for Autism and Developmental Disorders, which was opened by First Lady, Mrs. Asma al-Assad in Al-Saboura town in Damascus countryside, is to be a quiet place that suits the needs of sick children, and gives them the opportunity to explore and focus, in addition to enhancing their response to treatment and interaction with their surrounding environment.

The center is considered the first of its kind in Syria, not only for providing the necessary medical care for this segment of children, but also for its unique and distinct ability to develop them psychologically and socially, and encourage them to progress until recover.

Secretary of the Raja Developmental Association, Nada al-Ghabra, said that “We at Raja Fund Developmental Association initially established the Birds of Paradise Center for children with Down Syndrome, and after that we establish Amal al-Khani Center for Autism, which was named according to Amal alkhani the head and founder of the association, in 1970, then announced in 2004, with the participation of many white hands.

Al-Ghabra noted that the stages of diagnosis and treatment, when the child comes to the center and we diagnose him, each one has specific data and studies, and after the diagnosis, we select the place that suits him and begin treating each child according to his diagnostic capabilities, then we give him the training that interests him so that he can eventually integrate into society.

The center is characterized by an advanced and innovative vision to help autistic children to recover, including the latest therapeutic technologies and modern devices, in addition to the departments of sensory integration, neural stimulation, audio and visual, the department of interactive and dark rooms, and the department of occupational therapy..

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Geneva, SANA- The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution in which it renewed its condemnation of the settlement policies of the Israeli occupation in the occupied Syrian Golan and attempts to change the legal status and demographic situation and urban character therein.

The resolution issued by the Council at its fifty-fifth session condemned the policies of annexation and colonial settlement pursued by the Israeli occupation entity, stressing the need to allow the return of the displaced from the occupied Syrian Golan to their homes and the restoration of their property.

The Council expressed its dissatisfaction with the occupation authorities’ approval to begin construction work on the wind turbine scheme on agricultural lands owned by Syrian citizens, and called to immediately stop all procedures and all settlement plans in the occupied Syrian Golan.

The Council called on the occupation authorities to stop all their repressive measures against the people of the occupied Syrian Golan and to immediately release the detainees.

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organizations working in Geneva, Ambassador Haider Ali Ahmed, said in a speech before the Council “ This resolution addresses part of the consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan, occupied since 1967, and is based on a set of established principles in international law and its rules, including those related to the duties of the occupying power, and the principle of rejecting to acquire a territory by force.”.

He noted that the decision confirms the illegality of the measures taken by the occupying power to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan in violation of Security Council Resolution No. 497 of 1981, and a wide range of the basic rights of our people in the occupied Golan.

The Ambassador stressed that Western countries that reject the resolution are denying their responsibility to ensure the implementation of the clear principles of international law on which it is based, and showing again the extent of their hypocrisy and their view of human rights as a tool they use to target specific countries.

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Damascus, SANA-In commemoration of International Quds Day, the Permanent Committee for International Jerusalem Day organized an event entitled “The Flood of the Free” in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus to support the Palestinian people in their steadfastness against the Zionist terrorist aggression.

The event included a show presented by the people of the Palestinian camps in Syria, presented a show about the event , and the national flags of the Axis countries and resistance factions were raised, and slogans were chanted.

Secretary of the Damascus branch of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Hossam al-Samman, said in his speech that commemorating this occasion is to emphasis the centrality of the Palestinian cause and its support until the land is liberated, and that Jerusalem will remain present in the heart, mind and thought.

Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, General Command, Dr. Talal Naji, pointed out that Syria’s stance in support of the Palestinian cause and the steadfastness of its army and people who achieved victory over terrorism.

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