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[00:00:00] and civil defense teams and responsibility in public continue their operations to evacuate discourse, with an emphasis on the importance of verifying information, respecting differences in viewpoints, and raising awareness of the difference between freedom of expression and hate speech. He pointed out that expressing opinions and criticism is a guaranteed right, but it loses its responsible character when it turns into incitement to hatred. The campaign extended to more than 10 governorates and achieved more than 24 million views on social media platforms. Al-Sharif pointed out that the monitoring and follow-up operations carried out by the Academy during the campaign period documented 70 separate media materials through 21 entities and publishing platforms, including 61 materials related to the campaign and the project, in addition to 28 re-publishing operations, bringing the total number of monitoring records to 119 records. In light of the rapid spread of digital content and the development of production and distribution methods, the campaign aimed at enhancing awareness of the dangers of hate speech and misinformation, and consolidating responsible practices in content sharing through media outlets and social media platforms, and placing journalists and content creators before their responsibilities. The advisor for Arab affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mohamed Taha Al-Ahmad, met with the Ambassador of the European Union to
[00:00:04] of Internal Trade and Consumer trapped families and open
[00:00:04] at all, closed
[00:00:06] roads.
[00:00:09] A terrorist cell
[00:00:11] and installing pre-stressed of ISIS involved in carrying out assassination operations in Deir ez-Zor
[00:00:15] was arrested
[00:00:18] days are the final and a terrorist plot to target
[00:00:21] let's call it, Homs refinery was foiled.
[00:00:23] The Anti-Narcotics Department carried out 157
[00:00:27] security operations and dismantled three
[00:00:30] internal smuggling networks and seized large
[00:00:33] and varied quantities of narcotic substances
[00:00:36] during October.
[00:00:41] span will be installed The Ministry of Information announces
[00:00:43] the launch of the Media Gateway application
[00:00:47] to develop services provided to journalists
[00:00:50] and facilitate access
[00:00:51] we will cast the slabs to them.
[00:00:57] and strength of the
[00:01:16] 12 noon Damascus time, a detailed news bulletin
[00:01:20] of the latest and most important news. Welcome.
[00:01:22] resulted in the Units from the naval
[00:01:25] forces and coastal defense participated in search and sweep
[00:01:28] operations for missing persons due to the floods
[00:01:32] that swept through Raqqa province and its countryside,
[00:01:35] as part of humanitarian response efforts. Areas in Raqqa
[00:01:38] and Deir ez-Zor
[00:01:40] the body of a missing provinces suffered agricultural
[00:01:43] in an escalating damage due to heavy rains and floods that accompanied
[00:01:47] There is also participation the recent low-pressure system, which led to damage
[00:01:51] of Defense in search to agricultural lands.
[00:01:54] The floods and torrents resulting from the recent
[00:01:58] low-pressure system, which swept through scattered areas
[00:02:01] of the country, resulted in an increase in the death
[00:02:05] to this breaking toll to seven civilians, including five
[00:02:08] children, while civil
[00:02:10] at the National Hospital defense teams were able to rescue 62 civilians after the floods
[00:02:14] trapped them inside their vehicles, in a scene
[00:02:17] that reflects the extent of the damage and risks caused by the recent
[00:02:21] weather conditions.
[00:02:25] with the Supply Directorate, In Raqqa province, naval forces found the body
[00:02:28] of a young man from Khawajjeh, affiliated with the Masakanah
[00:02:32] region, who had been missing since the recent floods
[00:02:38] the Minister of Foreign morning. They found in the Salman Bridge area in the province, where the body was transported to the Tabqa National
[00:02:41] Hospital. The heavy rainfall that accompanied the hail
[00:02:46] of causing these cases, and strong winds led to the formation of floods and flowing
[00:02:50] valleys, which caused the closure of a number
[00:02:53] of main and secondary roads,
[00:02:56] most notably the general
[00:02:58] Al-Atra, Syrian road connecting Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor at the Khneifis Bridge in the Maadan
[00:03:02] area. Following the current weather conditions, the Passenger
[00:03:06] Transport Directorate in Deir ez-Zor announced the suspension
[00:03:09] of all night flights to the provinces,
[00:03:12] to ensure the safety of travelers, given the damage
[00:03:15] to a number of roads. As for the agricultural
[00:03:18] sector, water submerged about 2,500 dunams
[00:03:21] of land in the town of Al-Kabar in the eastern
[00:03:25] countryside of Deir ez-Zor, while initial assessments
[00:03:30] off. Work is underway in the Bar Hashem area in the Raqqa countryside showed damage to 1,000 dunams
[00:03:34] held a series of meetings of cotton crops, with percentages in the village reaching 35%,
[00:03:39] ez-Zor. Well, in addition to damage to 800 dunams of yellow corn, with percentages
[00:03:42] exceeding 40%,
[00:03:46] such as electricity as well as damage to other crops. While the relevant
[00:03:48] from the cleanliness authorities continue
[00:03:50] visited the headquarters field surveys and loss assessment, affected farmers are demanding compensation
[00:03:54] for the damage to their crops, as well
[00:03:57] as the adoption of preventive measures that limit
[00:04:01] the recurrence of floods
[00:04:04] Forces, apprehended and contribute to protecting agricultural lands and residential
[00:04:07] areas from their repercussions. Meanwhile, work continues
[00:04:11] on the project to rebuild and rehabilitate the political
[00:04:14] bridge in Deir ez-Zor city, in preparation
[00:04:18] for completing the lighting
[00:04:20] and asphalt works, so that the total
[00:04:24] completion rate reaches approximately
[00:04:26] 44%, with March 25,
[00:04:30] 2027,
[00:04:30] set as the expected
[00:04:35] details regarding the
[00:04:40] date for putting the bridge
[00:04:43] Shadi Abu Zaid, into full service. We started the first phase of installing the girders,
[00:04:46] followed by installing the diaphragms or transverse
[00:04:50] girders, and then the slab, metal railing, and lighting,
[00:04:54] and so on, meaning the implementation of asphalt
[00:04:57] layers, etc. This
[00:05:00] phase includes 60 girders for five or six spans, God willing.
[00:05:04] According to the program,
[00:05:06] we will be finished
[00:05:09] Intelligence Service with the concrete work networks. More details completely by the end
[00:05:12] of the first month. Today, we began one of the
[00:05:15] most important works in the project of building and rehabilitating
[00:05:19] the political session. This is the work of building
[00:05:24] concrete bridges with post-tensioning. The total completion rate
[00:05:26] of the project reached
[00:05:30] about 44%. The expected time for completing this
[00:05:34] project and putting it into service is March
[00:05:37] 25, 2027. We cast approximately
[00:05:40] per week. By the end
[00:05:44] of the first month, all of them should be finished,
[00:05:48] and it will be in sequence. For example, the first
[00:05:53] and ready for the second span. The second
[00:05:56] will be installed and ready for the third, and so on.
[00:06:00] At the same time,
[00:06:04] and diaphragms that connect the girders. For example,
[00:06:07] once we finish the girders of this span,
[00:06:10] we will work on the slab and diaphragms, and then
[00:06:14] we will prepare the second one. We are currently
[00:06:16] working on the retractable
[00:06:22] crane, connecting it to the factory
[00:06:25] to lift the girders and install them
[00:06:28] on the openings. There are six openings,
[00:06:31] and each opening has 10 girders.
[00:06:34] Returning to the field situation in Raqqa
[00:06:38] and Deir ez-Zor, and to the aftermath
[00:06:41] of the floods in these areas, our correspondent
[00:06:45] from Raqqa, Sybil Ahmed, joins us. Good
[00:06:48] morning, Sybil. Welcome. So, unfortunately,
[00:06:53] person was found in the countryside of Raqqa
[00:06:56] due to these floods.
[00:06:59] from the Ministry
[00:07:03] and rescue operations, and other efforts
[00:07:06] to open roads and evacuate families.
[00:07:09] What is new in this situation? Please
[00:07:12] give us the full picture, Sybil.
[00:07:15] Hello. In fact, the body of one
[00:07:19] of the missing persons was found this morning,
[00:07:23] in the east of the Sulaymaniyah Bridge near the village
[00:07:26] of Al-Saryian. Of course, it was found
[00:07:29] by the defense forces present, the coastal
[00:07:33] naval forces belonging to the Ministry of Defense,
[00:07:36] which had been hampered yesterday by the Directorate
[00:07:40] of Emergency and Disaster Management due to the difficulty
[00:07:43] of the search, which has been ongoing since Wednesday
[00:07:48] the body of a civilian
[00:07:51] who had been lost, through the use of drones,
[00:07:54] in addition to the continuous search operations to find
[00:07:57] the second body. There is difficulty
[00:08:01] in this search due to the formation of mud
[00:08:05] and muddy water as a result of the floods and the washing
[00:08:08] away of much of the soil in that area.
[00:08:13] The teams present in that area at the Sulaymaniyah
[00:08:16] Bridge are searching using boats and drones.
[00:08:19] Of course, the search is being
[00:08:22] carried out in parallel with operations and efforts
[00:08:25] by the technical services and the Construction
[00:08:29] and Development Corporation to rebuild the Khneifis
[00:08:33] Bridge, whose detour, not the bridge itself,
[00:08:35] was cut off. This is not the first time
[00:08:39] this detour has been cut
[00:08:42] to build a culvert to make the road better
[00:08:45] for vehicle passage. Of course, this road
[00:08:48] connects Raqqa and Deir
[00:08:52] in a minute, Sybil, what is the status of services in the area,
[00:08:58] and so on? Have these services returned?
[00:09:01] In fact, electricity has not
[00:09:04] returned yet. Of course, electricity returned to
[00:09:08] Raqqa city after the rainstorm, but last
[00:09:11] night there was another storm that hit
[00:09:14] Raqqa and its countryside. Electricity was cut
[00:09:18] off from some neighborhoods, and the station at the
[00:09:20] Furusiyah station was damaged. Electricity
[00:09:24] has not been restored yet. In parallel with
[00:09:27] that, internet networks are also difficult
[00:09:31] to access, in addition to the variation of these
[00:09:35] networks between one area and another.
[00:09:38] However, with the deteriorating weather conditions,
[00:09:42] we find that there is difficulty in communications in general
[00:09:45] and the internet. Services in general
[00:09:49] and bridges are passable. The storm was not as
[00:09:52] severe as the previous storm, but only the detour
[00:09:56] of the Maadan Nifis Bridge was cut off, and work
[00:09:59] is underway to repair it, as you mentioned, by the Construction
[00:10:02] and Operations Corporation. Thank you, Sybil Ahmed,
[00:10:06] Syrian News correspondent, who was with us live
[00:10:09] from Raqqa. Thank you. The Directorate
[00:10:12] of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection in Hasaka
[00:10:16] seized expired and unfit for human consumption food
[00:10:20] items in a restaurant in Hasaka city,
[00:10:23] following reports of food poisoning cases. The Directorate
[00:10:29] Protection in Hasaka stated that it received
[00:10:32] a report about food poisoning cases,
[00:10:35] including five cases suspected of being
[00:10:38] linked to eating sweets, and three cases resulting
[00:10:41] from eating meals from a restaurant.
[00:10:45] A supervisory patrol was dispatched
[00:10:48] to inspect the shops from which the affected
[00:10:51] people ate, and unfit for consumption food
[00:10:55] items were seized, and the necessary
[00:10:57] supply records were
[00:10:59] organized. The Health
[00:11:03] Directorate in Deir ez-Zor had stated that it was
[00:11:07] informed of the arrival of 60 food poisoning
[00:11:10] cases to Deir ez-Zor National Hospital,
[00:11:13] and it instructed to take the necessary
[00:11:16] measures and take
[00:11:17] samples for analysis
[00:11:22] and to determine the cause of the poisoning.
[00:11:26] Dozens of injuries in Deir ez-Zor ranged
[00:11:30] from mild to moderate due to food poisoning
[00:11:33] suffered by a number of citizens, which required
[00:11:37] their transfer to hospitals and health centers to receive
[00:11:40] the necessary treatment. The affected people
[00:11:44] received first aid at the National Hospital
[00:11:48] and Al-Huwaydi Hospital. The Health Directorate
[00:11:51] in Deir ez-Zor said that it was informed
[00:11:55] of the arrival of 60 food poisoning cases
[00:11:58] to Deir ez-Zor National Hospital last Friday,
[00:12:02] and it instructed to take the necessary measures.
[00:12:06] An epidemiological investigation team went to the hospital
[00:12:09] to take samples from the patients, and a second
[00:12:12] team went to the site of the poisoning and took
[00:12:16] food samples. Some of them were sent to the
[00:12:20] central laboratory in Damascus and others to the public
[00:12:24] health laboratory in Deir ez-Zor, indicating that
[00:12:27] the results will appear in the coming days.
[00:12:31] In this context, the Deputy Head of Resident Physicians
[00:12:35] in Deir ez-Zor, Mohammed Suleiman, stated that
[00:12:39] most of the patients left the hospital after
[00:12:43] receiving treatment, with prescriptions
[00:12:45] and medical recommendations. Coordination is still ongoing
[00:12:50] the Health Committee, the Epidemiological Surveillance
[00:12:54] Committee, and the Governorate to receive any
[00:12:57] new cases. Concurrently with the widespread
[00:13:01] spread of poisoning cases, the Directorate
[00:13:04] of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection closed
[00:13:07] two restaurants on suspicion
[00:13:11] while the people of Deir ez-Zor are demanding
[00:13:14] stricter control over restaurants in
[00:13:17] the governorate and taking the necessary measures
[00:13:21] against violators. For his part, Bassam
[00:13:25] Hazzah, head of the Consumer Protection Department
[00:13:28] in Deir ez-Zor, confirmed that the Directorate
[00:13:31] of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection
[00:13:35] sends daily inspection patrols to all commercial
[00:13:39] establishments in the governorate, including restaurants,
[00:13:42] and issues the necessary fines against violators,
[00:13:45] with penalties gradually increasing with repeated
[00:13:49] violations, in response to the rising
[00:13:51] number of poisoning
[00:13:56] cases in the governorate. Hazzah stressed that
[00:14:00] the directorate regularly and continuously monitors
[00:14:03] the work of restaurants and various other
[00:14:06] establishments, either individually
[00:14:09] or through committees, with inspections starting
[00:14:13] of the place and kitchen, up to the cleanliness of the tools used
[00:14:17] in serving food, in addition to ensuring
[00:14:20] the commitment of workers to complete health
[00:14:24] attire, including head coverings,
[00:14:28] aprons, and gloves.
[00:14:32] Ahmad Al-Atra, Syrian News correspondent from
[00:14:36] Deir ez-Zor, joins us. Welcome, Ahmad.
[00:14:39] Good morning. Unfortunately, there
[00:14:43] was a case of poisoning due to eating meals
[00:14:46] yesterday. Let's start with the latest
[00:14:49] statistics on the number of poisoning cases.
[00:14:52] What is the condition of these affected
[00:14:56] patients, and what are the latest
[00:15:00] samples that were taken from these places?
[00:15:03] Please, Ahmad. Yes, Abdul Razzaq,
[00:15:07] regarding the final statistic, it was
[00:15:10] 277 cases. All of them received
[00:15:14] treatment. Some cases during the first
[00:15:17] few days or during the first day of
[00:15:21] the poisoning incident visited the hospital,
[00:15:25] received treatment, did not improve
[00:15:28] after returning home, and returned to the hospital
[00:15:32] again. The final statistic is 277.
[00:15:35] Currently, there are no poisoning patients
[00:15:39] in Huwaydi Hospital
[00:15:41] and the National Hospital has not
[00:15:45] received any cases since this morning.
[00:15:48] This means that the cases that were reported
[00:15:52] in the past few
[00:15:55] toll of this,
[00:15:58] poisoning crisis,
[00:16:00] which caused great concern among citizens
[00:16:04] there. There were interpretations that
[00:16:07] this and this, directly, the Health Directorate,
[00:16:10] from the first day of the poisoning cases,
[00:16:14] which reached 60, arrived at the National
[00:16:18] Hospital, formed a committee of inquiry from
[00:16:20] the epidemiological surveillance. The committee
[00:16:24] was divided into two parts: one part in
[00:16:28] the hospital took samples and analyses
[00:16:31] from the patients who visited, and the other
[00:16:34] part went to the suspected places that caused
[00:16:37] these cases. The committee that
[00:16:40] went to the restaurants took two samples:
[00:16:44] one of food and one of the water
[00:16:47] from the tanks in the two restaurants. The water
[00:16:51] samples were transferred to the central laboratory
[00:16:55] in Deir ez-Zor, while the food samples
[00:16:58] went to the central laboratories in Damascus.
[00:17:01] The analysis takes approximately three to five days.
[00:17:05] The result will be announced immediately after it arrives.
[00:17:08] Well, Ahmed, you told me yesterday
[00:17:12] evening that all the patients had been discharged
[00:17:15] from the hospitals, thank God. Are there
[00:17:19] any cases that have returned to these
[00:17:23] hospitals? Yes, today there are no
[00:17:26] cases at all that have returned. For
[00:17:30] those who remained in the hospital, everyone
[00:17:33] who comes receives
[00:17:42] treatment and is discharged immediately. That
[00:17:46] is, a case of poisoning requires an anti-emetic
[00:17:49] and an anti-inflammatory, in addition to
[00:17:52] a saline solution to compensate for the fluids
[00:17:55] lost through diarrhea and vomiting.
[00:17:58] These are given to them,
[00:18:01] and they leave after their condition improves.
[00:18:05] There are people with
[00:18:07] high blood pressure, diabetes, and chronic diseases
[00:18:11] in general. They are kept under observation
[00:18:14] in case their condition worsens or their
[00:18:17] health deteriorates. However, currently,
[00:18:20] there are no poisoning cases in Deir ez-Zor
[00:18:24] hospitals, neither the National nor Huwaydi. We
[00:18:26] ask God for safety for our people in Deir
[00:18:30] ez-Zor, and I thank you for all this
[00:18:32] clarification, Ahmed
[00:18:36] News correspondent, who was with us live
[00:18:40] from Deir ez-Zor. Thank you, Ahmed.
[00:18:43] The General Intelligence Service dismantled
[00:18:46] a cell belonging to ISIS in Deir
[00:18:49] ez-Zor, involved in carrying out
[00:18:53] a series of assassination operations, coinciding
[00:18:56] with the thwarting of a terrorist
[00:18:58] plot to target Homs refinery. Details
[00:19:01] in this report. We continue.
[00:19:05] Continuous security operations to pursue terrorist
[00:19:08] cells and thwart their plans, as
[00:19:11] the competent authorities announced the thwarting
[00:19:14] of plans to target Homs refinery, coinciding
[00:19:18] with the dismantling of a cell belonging
[00:19:21] to the terrorist organization ISIS
[00:19:25] in Deir ez-Zor and the seizure
[00:19:29] of weapons and ammunition found in its
[00:19:31] possession. In Deir ez-Zor, the General
[00:19:35] Intelligence Service,
[00:19:37] in cooperation with the Internal Security
[00:19:42] a cell belonging to the terrorist organization ISIS,
[00:19:45] consisting of two individuals, after
[00:19:49] meticulous intelligence monitoring. Investigations
[00:19:52] revealed the involvement of the detainees
[00:19:56] in carrying out a series of assassination
[00:19:59] operations in the governorate. The last of these
[00:20:02] was the targeting of Ministry of Defense
[00:20:05] member Ibrahim Al-Jassem
[00:20:07] with a gunshot
[00:20:11] near Al-Rashid Mosque in Al-Mayadin city.
[00:20:15] The operation resulted in the seizure of weapons
[00:20:18] and ammunition found inside the cell's
[00:20:21] hideout. Meanwhile, the competent authorities
[00:20:25] continue their investigations with the detainees
[00:20:29] to uncover their connections, in preparation for bringing
[00:20:32] them to justice. In a related context,
[00:20:36] a source in the General
[00:20:47] revealed the thwarting of a terrorist
[00:20:50] plot to target Homs refinery. These
[00:20:54] operations come after a security operation
[00:20:57] in Rankus town, Damascus countryside,
[00:21:00] targeting a cell belonging to ISIS,
[00:21:03] which resulted in the martyrdom of two
[00:21:07] internal security forces members
[00:21:09] and the injury of five others.
[00:21:13] These developments fall within the framework
[00:21:16] of continuous security and intelligence efforts
[00:21:20] to pursue ISIS cells and thwart
[00:21:23] their plans and preserve the security of the
[00:21:27] homeland and citizens. The Internal Security
[00:21:31] Command in Hama province graduated
[00:21:34] 150 trainees from the 71st
[00:21:38] course with the rank of guard, after
[00:21:42] the trainees completed a training program
[00:21:45] that lasted 70 days. The head
[00:21:49] of the Rehabilitation and Training Branch
[00:21:53] in the Internal Security Command
[00:21:57] in Hama, Colonel Hussein Hassan
[00:22:00] Shawa, explained that the graduates of the
[00:22:04] course will be assigned to work in the province,
[00:22:07] which will contribute to strengthening
[00:22:11] the tasks of guarding and security protection
[00:22:14] there. The General Establishment
[00:22:17] for Road Communications, in coordination with
[00:22:20] the engineering teams in the Ministry
[00:22:24] of Defense, has started surveying the Damascus-Tadmor-Deir
[00:22:28] ez-Zor road. The establishment
[00:22:32] clarified that the survey came to detect
[00:22:35] mines and war remnants and secure
[00:22:39] the road in preparation for its rehabilitation,
[00:22:42] as it is one of the most important
[00:22:45] transport arteries between
[00:22:49] the center, north, and east of the country.
[00:22:52] Viewers, we draw your attention
[00:22:55] news that appears on the screen
[00:22:59] before you now,
[00:22:59] from the Syrian News
[00:23:06] correspondent.
[00:23:09] The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates,
[00:23:13] Mr. Asaad Al-Shibani, receives the Lebanese
[00:23:16] government delegation, headed by the Deputy
[00:23:20] Prime Minister, Tariq Mitri.
[00:23:23] So, from the Syrian News correspondent,
[00:23:28] Affairs and Expatriates, Asaad Al-Shibani,
[00:23:32] is currently receiving the Lebanese government
[00:23:34] delegation, headed by the Deputy Prime
[00:23:38] Minister, Tariq Mitri. So, we repeat this
[00:23:41] breaking news now, from the Syrian News
[00:23:44] correspondent. The Minister of Foreign Affairs
[00:23:47] and Expatriates, Mr. Asaad Al-Shibani,
[00:23:51] is currently receiving the Lebanese government
[00:23:54] delegation, headed by the Deputy Prime
[00:23:57] Minister, Tariq Mitri. Returning to our
[00:24:01] bulletin, Israeli occupation forces
[00:24:04] imposed new restrictions on the movement
[00:24:07] of residents in a number of villages in Quneitra,
[00:24:11] threatening to target anyone who ignores
[00:24:14] the warnings. Warning signs
[00:24:17] were placed by the Israeli occupation forces here
[00:24:22] of Al-Samadanieh Al-Gharbiyah, and
[00:24:24] in several other villages such as
[00:24:28] Al-Hamidiyah and Rasem
[00:24:30] Al-Shouli in the central and northern Quneitra
[00:24:34] countryside. Of course, these signs, this
[00:24:36] is one of the signs
[00:24:39] that warns against more than three
[00:24:43] cars driving together, and confirms that
[00:24:46] this will expose them to retaliation
[00:24:50] from the Israeli occupation forces.
[00:24:54] This measure comes within a series
[00:24:57] of restrictions imposed by the occupation
[00:25:00] forces on the residents, as they have long
[00:25:04] prohibited any worker from outside the
[00:25:06] town of Hader from staying after
[00:25:10] 7 PM. They also prevented
[00:25:14] a citizen in the vicinity of Al-Rufaid village
[00:25:18] from building the foundations
[00:25:20] of a farm he was planning to establish.
[00:25:22] This systematic tightening continues
[00:25:26] in light of the continuous Israeli attacks
[00:25:29] on the region.
[00:25:33] Syrian News, Quneitra Governorate.
[00:25:37] The Anti-Narcotics Department of the
[00:25:40] Ministry of Interior revealed the results
[00:25:43] of its operations during the past
[00:25:46] October, which included the seizure of millions
[00:25:50] of narcotic pills and quantities of
[00:25:53] hashish and crystal meth, in addition to dismantling
[00:25:57] internal smuggling
[00:25:59] in this report.
[00:26:10] We continue. Within its strenuous
[00:26:13] efforts to dry up the sources of
[00:26:16] organized crime and protect society from the
[00:26:20] dangers of the destructive scourge, the security
[00:26:23] agencies in the Ministry of Interior continue
[00:26:26] to deliver their painful blows to
[00:26:29] trafficking and smuggling networks. In embodiment
[00:26:33] of this approach, the Anti-Narcotics Department
[00:26:36] revealed the results of its security
[00:26:39] operations during the
[00:26:40] past October, which
[00:26:44] resulted in thwarting widespread criminal
[00:26:48] schemes and seizing huge quantities of
[00:26:51] narcotic substances, in a clear indication
[00:26:54] of the efficiency
[00:27:00] field and intelligence movement. According
[00:27:03] to official data, the department carried
[00:27:06] out 157 precise security operations
[00:27:09] during the mentioned month, culminating
[00:27:12] in the dismantling of 30 internal
[00:27:16] smuggling networks that were active
[00:27:19] in promoting and distributing. These operations
[00:27:24] seizure of an arsenal of toxins, including
[00:27:28] 4,300 large pills and 28,000
[00:27:31] narcotic pills, in addition to seizing
[00:27:35] 582 kg of hashish
[00:27:38] and seven kg of crystal meth.
[00:27:41] These figures are just a station
[00:27:46] security path adopted by the state since
[00:27:49] the fall of the former regime, as these
[00:27:52] efforts intersect with a huge
[00:27:55] harvest announced by the Anti-Narcotics
[00:27:59] Department, coinciding with the International
[00:28:02] Day against Drug Abuse in August
[00:28:06] last year, where the total number
[00:28:08] of security operations since the fall
[00:28:11] of the former regime reached 1,550
[00:28:14] operations, which resulted in the dismantling
[00:28:18] of 90 international smuggling networks. These operations
[00:28:22] succeeded in dealing a crushing blow
[00:28:24] to the capabilities of gangs by seizing
[00:28:28] about 697 million Captagon pills
[00:28:32] and 15 tons of hashish, in addition
[00:28:36] to various quantities of crystal meth,
[00:28:39] cocaine, and heroin, as well as the
[00:28:43] basic materials used in manufacturing. These
[00:28:47] successive achievements confirm the Ministry
[00:28:50] of Interior's determination to continue
[00:28:53] pursuing the remnants
[00:29:03] of production and trafficking networks with full
[00:29:06] force, in parallel with strengthening
[00:29:09] regional and international Syria Mikhail
[00:29:12] Omaht, at the Ministry's headquarters in Damascus.
[00:29:15] The two sides discussed regional developments in the Arab region
[00:29:19] in general, and Syrian relations with neighboring
[00:29:22] and Gulf countries, and their repercussions
[00:29:25] on the prospects
[00:29:27] for cooperation with the European
[00:29:31] Union. Major General Marhaf Abu Qasra, Minister of Defense,
[00:29:36] and official visits in the Qatari capital, Doha,
[00:29:39] which focused on ways to develop cooperation and exchange
[00:29:43] expertise in military fields, within the framework
[00:29:46] of strengthening military cooperation between Syria
[00:29:50] and Qatar. Minister Abu Qasra
[00:29:53] of the Joint Special Forces Command, where he was briefed
[00:29:57] on experiences and expertise in military training
[00:30:00] and rehabilitation. The Minister also visited, accompanied
[00:30:04] by the President of the National University of Defense Sciences,
[00:30:07] Mohammed Wael Al-Khaled, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani University
[00:30:11] for Military and Technical Sciences, and discussed
[00:30:15] with its officials prospects for joint cooperation.
[00:30:18] The Minister of Public Works and Housing, Mustafa Abdel Razzaq,
[00:30:21] discussed with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
[00:30:24] to Syria, Ghazi bin Rafi Al-Enezi, the reality
[00:30:28] of the public works and housing sectors,
[00:30:32] and investment opportunities and projects proposed for joint cooperation
[00:30:35] and exchange of expertise. Minister Abdel Razzaq stressed
[00:30:39] the importance of strengthening institutional relations,
[00:30:42] appreciating the Kingdom's support for the Syrian people.
[00:30:46] For his part, the Saudi Ambassador stressed his country's keenness
[00:30:50] to expand coordination and transfer successful
[00:30:53] experiences, affirming the Saudi private sector's interest in investing in Syria and continuing to support reconstruction and development efforts.