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[00:00:00] The government, of course, suspending workers does not Al-Shaibani to Ankara necessarily the talks
[00:00:03] mean proving the accusation against them, Kalın. And between them. and his meeting we discuss with his Turkish counterpart and with the head of intelligence, Ibrahim but rather they are suspended
[00:00:06] for a period of time until the necessary investigations
[00:00:10] are conducted with them to reveal whether
[00:00:13] their involvement in these operations
[00:00:17] has been proven or not. Of course, today,
[00:00:19] until the start according to what the Minister of Finance announced, 34
[00:00:22] workers were suspended, 24
[00:00:25] of whom are workers or
[00:00:27] time when the occupation employees in various governorates, namely Damascus and Aleppo,
[00:00:30] and 10 of them are from the Real Estate Bank. Of course,
[00:00:34] this came in conjunction with or on the background of the uncovering of
[00:00:37] a corruption operation in the Real Estate Bank dating back to
[00:00:41] town in southern Lebanon, 2021, where it resulted
[00:00:44] in financial damages estimated at more than 800
[00:00:47] million dollars, in addition to a
[00:00:51] sum in Syrian Pounds. And
[00:00:54] following this discovery,
[00:00:57] grid in Saraqib after ten employees were suspended until they are
[00:01:00] investigated and it is revealed
[00:01:03] later whether there was or if their involvement in these
[00:01:06] operations was proven or not. Of course, according to the statements
[00:01:09] of the Ministry of Finance, it also continues these campaigns, and also
[00:01:13] that it will, it will
[00:01:15] be revealed later
[00:01:19] to the Dahiyeh and the results of the investigation, and also it is expected that during the coming months
[00:01:23] there will also be similar operations until, according to what the Minister of Finance previously said,
[00:01:26] state institutions are financially
[00:01:30] free of corruption, and also the follow-up and prosecution
[00:01:33] of previous corruption that occurred in government financial institutions.
[00:01:37] Yes, thank you very much,
[00:01:43] Israel, which are not about these stations Marit Obeid, our correspondent from Damascus, for these details. The Syrian Grain Establishment announced
[00:01:46] that Syria has reached self-sufficiency in wheat production, with
[00:01:50] quantities received this year reaching two
[00:01:53] million and 700 thousand tons of the country's annual
[00:01:57] needs.
[00:02:01] education, life, Syria achieves self-sufficiency
[00:02:03] with accurate in wheat for the first time since the war and drought
[00:02:06] waves, after the quantities received reached about
[00:02:10] two million and 700 thousand tons, exceeding
[00:02:13] the country's annual need of more
[00:02:17] than two and a half million tons, according to the Syrian Grain
[00:02:20] Establishment. Syria's
[00:02:23] by your house; you need achievement of self-sufficiency
[00:02:24] and towns in the devastated is considered an achievement after a period of relative recovery of the agricultural
[00:02:27] sector, following years of decline in
[00:02:31] local production and the country's reliance on
[00:02:34] Netanyahu, who are imports to secure
[00:02:38] and Khan Sheikhoun. its wheat needs, in a move
[00:02:39] Many villages in these areas that would support the stability of
[00:02:41] do not benefit from electricity, flour and bread supplies. The Syrian Grain Establishment confirmed that there is no final
[00:02:46] of a new war deadline for closing reception centers, as
[00:02:48] quantities continue to arrive from farmers,
[00:02:52] noting that most centers have actually stopped
[00:02:55] operating after receiving marketable quantities within
[00:02:58] للتسويق ضمن.
[00:03:01] its geographical area. Hasakah Governorate topped production with about one
[00:03:05] million and 200 thousand tons, followed by Raqqa then Aleppo, while
[00:03:08] the remaining quantities were distributed to the governorates of Hama, Deir
[00:03:12] ez-Zor, Daraa, Idlib, Homs and the coastal
[00:03:15] governorates. Wheat
[00:03:17] Bashar al-Assad's production in Syria during the 2025
[00:03:19] Damascus in a season had declined to between
[00:03:22] 900 thousand and one million and 100 thousand tons, according
[00:03:26] to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This was due
[00:03:30] to a severe drought wave, which increased
[00:03:33] the country's need for imports. However, the improvement
[00:03:36] in rainfall and the expansion of cultivated areas
[00:03:40] during the current season contributed to an increase
[00:03:43] in production. Before
[00:03:46] the return of electricity to these 2011, Syria produced in good seasons between three
[00:03:51] a report on this matter. and a half million and 4 million tons of wheat annually,
[00:03:54] achieving self-sufficiency and exporting the
[00:03:58] surplus in some years. However, the war, in addition to the drought
[00:04:02] waves that the country
[00:04:04] promises to improve the witnessed, especially during the years
[00:04:06] 2021
[00:04:08] waiting for a solution and 2022, led to a significant decline
[00:04:12] in production. Achieving self-sufficiency in
[00:04:15] wheat represents an important step to enhance food
[00:04:19] security, reduce the import bill, and ensure
[00:04:22] the availability of the basic ingredient for bread production, in light
[00:04:26] of the government's efforts to revive the agricultural sector
[00:04:29] and restore the production of strategic crops
[00:04:32] after years of damage to
[00:04:35] Agency reported that the agricultural infrastructure.
[00:04:39] The Ministry of Defense in Idlib
[00:04:41] a new episode held an introductory forum for the National University of Defense
[00:04:45] Sciences, attended by students from the third secondary class
[00:04:48] who wish to join it. The organizers of the
[00:04:51] forum explained the admission requirements and the
[00:04:55] preferential mechanism, in addition to introducing the university's departments
[00:04:58] and specializations, with the aim
[00:05:00] of helping students choose their
[00:05:02] in our history, university path.
[00:05:06] Thank God, today we were honored to meet a crowd of university students,
[00:05:10] third-year high school students. The successful students in the
[00:05:14] third secondary stage. We congratulated them on their success
[00:05:17] in this stage and introduced them to the National University
[00:05:21] of Defense Sciences. We emphasized the components
[00:05:25] of how to enter this university, from the beginning
[00:05:28] of the preference
[00:05:31] of registration at the university
[00:05:34] according to the student's wishes. We introduced them to
[00:05:37] the National University of Defense Sciences and its components, which
[00:05:41] generally consist of the Land College, the Naval College,
[00:05:44] the Air Colleges, and the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology.
[00:05:48] The start of attendance will be according to
[00:05:51] the Ministry of Higher Education by launching the preference. When the preference
[00:05:55] is launched, registration will take place, and immediately
[00:05:58] after the preference ends, the admission
[00:06:02] exam for students will be held, and immediately
[00:06:05] at the latest on October
[00:06:07] 1st, students will officially
[00:06:10] start attending.
[00:06:14] The General Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation in Damascus
[00:06:17] announced a modification to the water supply program for some areas
[00:06:21] due to a decrease in the flow of main water sources.
[00:06:24] The company clarified through its Facebook pages
[00:06:28] that the modified program will be applied starting today,
[00:06:32] Thursday, in light of the high temperatures in Damascus
[00:06:35] and its countryside and the increase in consumption
[00:06:38] during the summer.
[00:06:46] In this context, residents of Al-Hurayji town in the northern
[00:06:50] countryside of Deir Ezzor complain about the continued
[00:06:53] drinking water crisis due to repeated water outages and the high
[00:06:57] cost of buying water tankers, in addition to complaints
[00:07:00] about weak pumping and poor water
[00:07:03] quality, with demands
[00:07:04] for solutions to end their suffering.
[00:07:08] Abdo checks the water tank in his house almost
[00:07:11] daily, for fear of it running out at
[00:07:15] any moment, forcing him to then order
[00:07:18] a water tanker to secure his family's needs.
[00:07:21] Water only reaches his house intermittently,
[00:07:24] a situation shared by most residents of Al-Hurayji in the northern
[00:07:28] Deir Ezzor
[00:07:30] countryside. Water tankers are not just waiting
[00:07:35] at least two or three days when there's pressure
[00:07:38] on water, and the tanker takes advantage of this,
[00:07:59] the complaints of the residents are not limited to water outages, but
[00:08:02] also extend to its quality, as many confirm that
[00:08:05] the water that reaches their homes lacks
[00:08:09] cleanliness.
[00:08:12] This station is open, so it gets dirt,
[00:08:16] impurities, thorns, even
[00:08:19] animal feces, and dirt. We want a special
[00:08:23] line just for drinking water for people.
[00:08:25] To understand the reasons for the weak water
[00:08:28] supply to the town and the causes of this
[00:08:32] problem, we went to Al-Ja'ar station, where we met
[00:08:35] its operators to learn about its
[00:08:39] operations and the challenges it faces.
[00:08:41] It's drawing. We have a problem
[00:08:45] with the vent. After two hours, we check it.
[00:08:49] It's the same in North Ja'ar. We run it six, five, or
[00:08:53] seven hours, depending on the electricity. Electricity is our biggest
[00:08:56] problem. We don't have enough electricity. It's
[00:08:59] 180, 170, 190.
[00:09:02] The motors won't start. The solution is to get a tank.
[00:09:05] It definitely needs a tank. It needs purification. It needs
[00:09:08] filters. And the water intake from above needs filters.
[00:09:13] Despite
[00:09:16] water situation, the residents of Al-Hurayji are still
[00:09:21] to end their suffering from repeated outages
[00:09:24] and poor water quality.
[00:09:27] Repeated complaints of weak water supply and outages in
[00:09:31] Al-Hurayji town in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which
[00:09:35] forces residents to buy water from tankers, amid demands
[00:09:39] for solutions that ensure its regular
[00:09:41] delivery to residents. Musab Al-Hana,
[00:09:45] Syria TV, Deir
[00:09:48] ez-Zor. Transport Minister Yaarob Bader discussed with
[00:09:51] the new Director of the World Bank for the Middle East,
[00:09:55] Dalia Khalifa, support for rehabilitation and development projects
[00:09:58] for transport and railway infrastructure in Syria.
[00:10:02] The meeting discussed a proposal to conduct a study for
[00:10:05] transporting containers by rail between Latakia port
[00:10:08] and the dry ports in Aleppo,
[00:10:11] Homs, and Damascus, in addition to highway projects
[00:10:15] under the BOT system. For her part, Khalifa
[00:10:18] confirmed the World Bank's readiness to support the railway
[00:10:21] project and to fund technical and feasibility studies
[00:10:25] and project preparation in preparation for presenting it to the Bank's
[00:10:29] Board of Directors.
[00:10:34] Energy Minister Mohammed Al-Bashir said that the Ministry of Energy
[00:10:38] has started rehabilitation work on the electricity grid of Saraqib
[00:10:41] city in the Idlib countryside, after a 14-year
[00:10:43] outage. The minister stated that rehabilitating the grid
[00:10:47] will contribute to restoring electricity to the city's neighborhoods,
[00:10:51] which will also provide access to the towns and villages
[00:10:55] of Saraqib and pave the way for the return of
[00:10:58] displaced people to their homes. For his part, Idlib
[00:11:01] Governor Mohammed Abdel Rahman stated that work is underway
[00:11:05] in coordination with the Ministry
[00:11:06] of Energy to complete the electricity grid rehabilitation work.
[00:11:12] For more details on this topic, our correspondent
[00:11:15] from Idlib, Ibrahim Al-Suwaid, explains. Welcome, Ibrahim. So,
[00:11:19] reactivating the electricity
[00:11:22] this long outage, what are the additional details?
[00:11:27] Yes, indeed, Ruba, Ruba, the General Electricity
[00:11:31] Establishment had started about ten
[00:11:34] months ago the process of
[00:11:38] maintaining the main stations in Idlib
[00:11:41] areas. And about ten days ago, I met with
[00:11:45] the director of electricity in Idlib. He talked mainly,
[00:11:48] Ruba, about the process of repairing
[00:11:52] the main stations, such as Bisida station, Saraqib station,
[00:11:56] and Sinjar station, in addition to the sub-stations, which are
[00:11:59] behind me here, Al-Bara station. And he talked mainly
[00:12:04] being operational soon, and it seems that Saraqib station
[00:12:08] was indeed one of the first stations to receive electricity
[00:12:12] from Al-Zirbah area in the Aleppo
[00:12:15] countryside. The line that reached these stations is the
[00:12:18] 66 line, and there will also be the
[00:12:21] 230 line available soon.
[00:12:25] This is what caused the electricity
[00:12:28] grid to be expanded and enter Saraqib
[00:12:32] city mainly. The director
[00:12:35] of electricity said that the rehabilitation of the main
[00:12:38] stations will lead to accelerating the process
[00:12:42] of extending electricity within villages and towns. He spoke
[00:12:45] about 500 villages
[00:12:49] Idlib countryside that do not have electricity.
[00:12:52] Therefore, there are main population centers and
[00:12:56] areas such as Saraqib and Maarat al-Numan city,
[00:12:59] in addition to Kafr Nabl
[00:13:06] and therefore work is being done on the main stations
[00:13:10] to bring electricity to them. Electricity will be
[00:13:13] supplied gradually to Saraqib city
[00:13:17] in terms of rehabilitating the internal networks, because we
[00:13:20] are talking about dilapidated electricity networks, according
[00:13:24] to the director. Specifically, it will encourage
[00:13:34] the people of Saraqib city to return,
[00:13:38] especially since most of them were displaced,
[00:13:41] not completely displaced, before
[00:13:44] the liberation.
[00:13:47] Yes, and specifically, electricity will contribute significantly,
[00:13:51] and this is according to many of the statements
[00:13:55] we conducted in the region. Electricity will bring
[00:13:58] water with it, which also
[00:14:02] many water stations are waiting for electricity
[00:14:06] and operate on solar energy or diesel. Therefore,
[00:14:11] villages and towns, even about 10 days ago, we were preparing
[00:14:16] The industrial companies and shops in the southern Idlib countryside
[00:14:20] all rely on diesel electricity or even on solar
[00:14:23] energy. However, these are emergency solutions, because in winter,
[00:14:27] solar energy will not work, and the costs of diesel
[00:14:31] are very high. Therefore, many companies, many shops,
[00:14:34] and even residents are genuinely waiting for a real return
[00:14:37] of these stations and a return of electricity
[00:14:41] networks so that they can gradually return to their villages
[00:14:44] and towns. Thank you very much,
[00:14:45] Ibrahim Suwaid, our correspondent
[00:14:50] from Idlib, for this information. The General Authority for Borders
[00:14:53] and Customs stated that the total number of passengers
[00:14:57] who crossed the Kasab crossing in both directions
[00:14:59] since the beginning of the year reached about 121
[00:15:03] thousand passengers. The authority stated that the Kasab border
[00:15:06] crossing with Turkey received during the same period
[00:15:09] nearly 5,000 Syrian citizens as part of voluntary return.
[00:15:13] The authority confirmed that it is working on preparing
[00:15:16] projects to develop the infrastructure and services at the Kasab
[00:15:19] crossing during the coming period, including modernizing
[00:15:23] service facilities and expanding
[00:15:34] some operational facilities. The Israeli occupation army continues
[00:15:38] to launch intense raids on southern Lebanon, accompanied
[00:15:41] by evacuation warnings, while the seventh round
[00:15:45] of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel has not
[00:15:48] achieved any progress.
[00:15:53] A military escalation in southern Lebanon is met
[00:15:57] with a stalemate at the Lebanese-Israeli negotiating table
[00:16:01] in Rome, at a
[00:16:04] army has expanded its targets in the south
[00:16:07] by launching raids on villages and towns that
[00:16:11] had been spared Israeli fire for a while,
[00:16:14] in addition to evacuation warnings that affected Al-Mansouri
[00:16:19] leading to the displacement of dozens of families
[00:16:23] from the town. This scene brought back to
[00:16:26] the southerners the memory of the war that
[00:16:28] started and has not ended yet. President Joseph
[00:16:32] Aoun returned from the United States with solutions
[00:16:36] for southern Lebanon based on the principle of complete
[00:16:39] Israeli withdrawal in exchange for dismantling Hezbollah's military
[00:16:43] structure. Of course, Hezbollah refused and still refuses,
[00:16:47] so I fear that we are heading towards
[00:16:50] a new round of annihilation in southern Lebanon,
[00:16:54] and it may extend
[00:16:56] to Beirut. Between the stakes of political solutions
[00:17:00] and the possibility of military escalation,
[00:17:03] Lebanon remains largely linked to the course
[00:17:06] of events in the region. This is
[00:17:09] what keeps the Lebanese arena in a constant
[00:17:12] state of anticipation and fear. This
[00:17:16] is matched by the Lebanese negotiations with
[00:17:21] progressing in their seventh round, but
[00:17:24] they are working to extinguish the flames of
[00:17:28] the expected war that flares up from time
[00:17:31] to time. It is clear that things are
[00:17:35] moving day by day towards more
[00:17:39] complications and more escalation. There are
[00:17:42] American threats that I believe are the
[00:17:46] most serious since the ceasefire between
[00:17:49] the two sides and the signing of the
[00:17:52] memorandum of understanding. I believe that things have
[00:17:56] returned to square one, and the American
[00:18:00] president realizes that the Iranian mother
[00:18:03] is playing on the factor of time,
[00:18:06] which favors Iran, not Trump or
[00:18:12] facing elections. I believe that the American
[00:18:15] president is determined to end the Iranian
[00:18:18] nuclear file. At the popular level, fears
[00:18:23] are increasing, and what results from it
[00:18:26] in terms of displacement, rising rents, and
[00:18:29] the prices of goods and services, in light
[00:18:33] of an economic crisis plaguing the country
[00:18:36] that has significantly increased since the
[00:18:40] beginning of the Israeli war on Lebanon last
[00:18:43] March. The political scene in Lebanon remains
[00:18:47] stagnant, while the south remains under intermittent
[00:18:51] Israeli shelling. Between political stagnation and
[00:18:55] military violations, many Lebanese live with one
[00:18:58] obsession: that war does not return to
[00:19:01] impose itself again. With every regional
[00:19:05] development, fears are renewed, while eyes
[00:19:08] remain fixed on diplomatic efforts that
[00:19:11] may prevent the situation from escalating into
[00:19:15] a wider confrontation. From Beirut, Maya
[00:19:18] Hashem, Syria
[00:19:19] TV. The Israeli
[00:19:23] army spokesman said that the Israeli army
[00:19:27] attacked Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas
[00:19:31] in southern Lebanon during the past 24 hours.
[00:19:33] He explained that the strikes came in
[00:19:37] response to an explosion that occurred in the
[00:19:41] Majdal Zoun area and resulted in the
[00:19:44] death of two Israeli soldiers and
[00:19:47] the injury of four others with serious
[00:19:51] wounds. He added that the raids targeted
[00:19:54] weapons depots, a command headquarters, and
[00:19:58] other infrastructure, confirming the continued
[00:20:01] deployment of Israeli forces in what he described
[00:20:04] as the security zone in southern
[00:20:07] Lebanon. The Lebanese National News
[00:20:13] seventh round of indirect negotiations between Lebanon
[00:20:17] and Israel, sponsored by the United States,
[00:20:20] was held in the Italian capital, Rome,
[00:20:23] amid continued efforts to
[00:20:28] reach an understanding on the outstanding issues,
[00:20:31] especially the borders and
[00:21:24] prisoners. On its part, Lebanese media reported
[00:21:27] that September 1st was set as a
[00:21:30] preliminary date for a new session,
[00:21:33] with an American commitment to follow up on
[00:21:36] the prisoner and border files during the interim period. It
[00:21:40] also indicated that no final results
[00:21:44] were reached regarding the model areas, in light of Lebanon's
[00:21:47] insistence on moving
[00:21:50] to new areas against Israel's insistence
[00:21:54] on completing the verification of the
[00:21:58] first and second areas. A new
[00:22:01] security agreement to regulate the situation on the
[00:22:04] borders with international legal reference was
[00:22:08] also discussed, in addition to exchanging
[00:22:12] preliminary lists of prisoners, with Lebanon
[00:22:14] demanding the immediate release of a
[00:22:18] first batch.
[00:22:21] This concludes this bulletin. Thank you
[00:22:24] for watching, and may God protect
[00:22:28] you. At that time,
[00:22:31] the planes were bombing.
[00:22:34] It was like barrel bombs
[00:22:37] in those days. Mr. Rasem,
[00:22:41] you are now portraying the Palestinian
[00:22:45] character who is interested in work,
[00:22:51] and a love for
[00:23:00] learning and knowledge. This is the Palestinian
[00:23:03] people. The security mind cannot
[00:23:06] differentiate between having a relationship with
[00:23:09] politics and working in politics, so you necessarily
[00:23:13] know everyone. And I was
[00:23:16] curious because this was the
[00:23:21] first time there was a
[00:23:23] coup in Syria. Your first
[00:23:27] contact with Ghassan Kanafani was when
[00:23:31] you submitted a text for
[00:23:35] publication in Al-Hadaf magazine.
[00:23:37] And to
[00:23:40] this day, Shukri Kuwatli's
[00:23:43] voice still rings in
[00:23:46] my ears. And I remember
[00:23:54] when he said, "This is a
[00:23:58] momentous day from the days
[00:24:01] of Omar, never to
[00:24:04] be forgotten."
[00:24:07] escape from
[00:24:09] time when events are accelerating.
[00:24:13] Welcome, viewers, to this news
[00:24:16] hour from Syria TV, where issues
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[00:24:25] complete picture to the whole
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[00:24:41] developments with hourly coverage.
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[00:24:50] the headlines
[00:24:54] and reveal what lies
[00:24:56] behind them.
[00:24:59] End of bulletin. May God
[00:25:01] protect you. Syria, the
[00:25:05] stone of steadfastness, the cradle
[00:25:08] of civilizations.
[00:25:10] It suffered from the fires
[00:25:13] of war
[00:25:18] and witnessed unprecedented
[00:25:36] destruction. But the will
[00:25:40] does not break, and hope
[00:25:43] does not die.
[00:25:48] Today, we write a new chapter
[00:25:52] a chapter of building and
[00:25:55] reconstruction.
[00:26:05] We prove to the world
[00:26:09] that we are one
[00:26:12] people, strong
[00:26:16] and cohesive. With the hands of its
[00:26:20] children and
[00:26:25] the spirit of cooperation,
[00:26:29] Syria rises again.
[00:26:36] And we build it
[00:26:39] stronger, more beautiful,
[00:26:43] and more prosperous.
[00:26:48] The new Syria is
[00:26:52] the Syria
[00:26:53] of the future.
[00:27:08] The Syria of science
[00:27:10] and knowledge. The Syria
[00:27:14] of wealth and culture.
[00:27:17] The Syria that we
[00:27:20] all deserve. We will
[00:27:24] not stop until we
[00:27:27] reach our goal. We
[00:27:31] will not stop until
[00:27:34] we make Syria the
[00:27:37] pride of Arabs and
[00:27:41] the world. Syria,
[00:27:45] we build it together.
[00:27:48] A long experience in
[00:27:52] current economic policies
[00:27:55] will leave an impact. There must
[00:27:59] be greater transparency in
[00:28:02] Syria, especially
[00:30:38] data. Welcome, dear viewers, to
[00:30:44] of Syria Today, where we discuss
[00:30:47] the most important issues at the
[00:30:50] local level. We begin our first
[00:30:54] hour by discussing the visit of
[00:30:58] Foreign Minister Asaad