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00:00:00The issue of combating terrorism
00:00:00Grains Corporation is working to and money laundering
00:00:03mainly, which is indeed something we need. In Syria today, the banking sector
00:00:06is still
00:00:10silos. Many silos spread in a state of coma until now. This sector has not been active. Today we
00:00:14are facing a reconstruction phase that needs banking institutions
00:00:19some farmers faced difficulties to lead this phase through loans, investments, and support
00:00:21for projects. We really need these financing institutions that
00:00:25contribute somewhat to driving the economy
00:00:28and supporting the
00:00:31were unable recovery phase mainly, which is an important matter at this stage.
00:00:34Does this mean God willing. Yes, God willing. Allow me to return to you,
00:00:38Professor Saud. In your opinion, what is the
00:00:41technical and technological support that Syria needs
00:00:44from
00:00:47To learn either the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank
00:00:49to further advance in the Syrian
00:00:53economic reality? In my estimation, what
00:00:58the crop from them, it is received in Syria needs first and foremost, and the most important degree
00:01:01We are on a field visit with for me, is to seek assistance from official international financial institutions,
00:01:04whether they are official
00:01:06of the centers in or even semi-official, to develop the legal environment
00:01:09so that it truly becomes a suitable
00:01:12environment for investment, an attractive environment
00:01:15for investment. And thus, this
00:01:18reinforces Syria's desire to become an important
00:01:22regional investment hub in the coming
00:01:25production this year or the crop this years. More than that, I do not favor
00:01:28any deep relations, if I may say so,
00:01:32with the International Monetary Fund specifically. Meaning, in other words,
00:01:36I do not favor loans with interest. Okay, there could be
00:01:40grants from the International Monetary Fund, and it
00:01:43actually gives such
00:01:48to learn more about and put into operation this grants to countries emerging from war. But to turn to the International Monetary Fund or any international
00:01:52financial institution for loans,
00:01:55I am honestly not a supporter of that and I do not favor this matter because
00:01:58it imposes burdens on the state.
00:02:08official financial institutions in developing the Syrian financial
00:02:11legal environment and the Syrian investment legal environment in
00:02:16and a home for its general. Yes, thank you very much to the financial markets expert,
00:02:20Professor Saud
00:02:22Al-Rahabi, who was with us from Istanbul. I also thank
00:02:26Dr. Firas Sha'ab, the economic expert, who
00:02:30was also with us from Istanbul. Thank you both.
00:02:40land were cultivated
00:02:44that Daraa had not reached This season's wheat crop sets a new record on the table of the Syrian
00:02:48agricultural scene, with the delivered quantities reaching
00:02:522,007,000 tons,
00:02:54thus exceeding the country's annual need.
00:02:58While the figures reflect an abundance in
00:03:01production, the receiving operations from farmers continue
00:03:05to receive more quantities as long as
00:03:08the supply is feasible and serves the reception
00:03:11centers spread across the governorates.
00:03:14for the abundance of this
00:03:16production this
00:03:32The Syrian Grains Corporation announced that the total quantities
00:03:37management for registration on delivered of the wheat crop for the current season in various
00:03:39governorates reached 2 million and 700 thousand
00:03:43tons, pointing out that the received quantities
00:03:47exceeded Syria's annual need, which reaches
00:03:502 million and
00:03:51dignitaries residing in 550 thousand tons, which reflects
00:03:55Syria's achievement of self-sufficiency in
00:03:59to include this service in wheat.
00:04:01Not just a number recorded in the harvest
00:04:04season, but a significant milestone in the course of wheat this
00:04:07year, after the received quantities exceeded the country's
00:04:11annual need for this essential commodity. The Syrian
00:04:15Grains Corporation announced that the total quantities
00:04:18received of the wheat crop during the current season reached
00:04:212 million and 700 thousand tons from various
00:04:24governorates, exceeding the annual need estimated
00:04:28at 2.5
00:04:31million tons. The Assistant Director General of the
00:04:35Syrian Grains Corporation, Ahmed Kaddour,
00:04:38and maintenance. This confirmed that the wheat crop receiving operations from farmers
00:04:40are still ongoing as long as there are feasible quantities
00:04:44available for supply, explaining that the closure of reception centers
00:04:48good this year, according is not linked to a specific time but rather to the continuous flow of marketable
00:04:52quantities. Kaddour pointed out that the majority of
00:04:56reception centers stopped operating after the exhaustion of available
00:05:00quantities with farmers within their geographical scope, while
00:05:03the operating centers continue to receive the remaining
00:05:06crop. With the received quantities exceeding the country's
00:05:09annual need, the Syrian
00:05:13preserve this stock through technical measures
00:05:17that include secure storage and periodic sterilization to ensure
00:05:20the safety and quality of wheat. In parallel with the receiving
00:05:24and milling operations, the corporation continues to implement rehabilitation
00:05:27and expansion works of storage facilities in various governorates with the aim
00:05:31of increasing storage capacities and enhancing the ability to deal
00:05:35with production quantities during the upcoming seasons.
00:05:37The exceeding of received quantities
00:05:41over the annual need places this season's wheat crop
00:05:45in a new phase of preserving the stock
00:05:48and enhancing the ability of local production to meet the country's
00:05:52needs for this essential commodity.
00:05:59more about the reality of wheat delivery
00:06:03operations for the wheat crop, I welcome our correspondents
00:06:07with us from Daraa, Mohammed Al-Ghazawi, and with us
00:06:10Layal Kharbit from Salamiyah. From the Hama countryside. Welcome to both of you.
00:06:13I will start with you, Mohammed. How are
00:06:17the crop delivery operations in Daraa
00:06:20and its countryside
00:06:26going? Yes, if we speak in numbers, according to the information
00:06:29we received from the Grain Department and our silos in Daraa
00:06:32rate for this year
00:06:36has exceeded 30% compared to last
00:06:39year, which indicates that there is
00:06:43a smooth process in wheat delivery and there is
00:06:46an abundant crop that has been delivered to the wheat silos
00:06:50that the Grain Directorate
00:06:52has re-rehabilitated, such as the silos of Nawa
00:06:56city, which have been re-rehabilitated
00:06:59year to receive wheat from farmers
00:07:03and cultivators, in addition to the silos of Izraa city, which
00:07:06are considered among the largest silos in Daraa Governorate. And the other silos that
00:07:10received a large quantity of wheat this year
00:07:13under a new mechanism that farmers and cultivators
00:07:17welcomed
00:07:20with complete comfort regarding the registration mechanism
00:07:23and the receiving and delivery mechanism
00:07:26under the approved conditions and standards for the
00:07:30wheat tour and its classification according to the approved
00:07:33standards: first grade, second grade, third grade. And there
00:07:37was a large percentage of first grade and second grade that was delivered
00:07:40to the silos
00:07:43of Nawa city, where the quantity of wheat
00:07:47received reached approximately more than
00:07:501000 tons for one of the silos of Daraa
00:07:53درعا وهذا الرقم
00:07:57in the past years due to drought and the exclusion
00:08:01of agricultural areas from service and the farmers'
00:08:04inability to access them during the former regime's era. And here
00:08:07I mean the areas that were under the control of
00:08:11the militias during the former regime's era, and they were considered
00:08:15military areas that were out of agricultural
00:08:18work, but these lands have been put into
00:08:21service after the liberation of Syria and have been cultivated
00:08:24again. And this factor
00:08:28year is also due to the abundance of rainfall that occurred in
00:08:32the winter season. And also,
00:08:36there are still ongoing supply
00:08:39operations until these
00:08:42days to the silos within a work plan and within an approved
00:08:46program with the silo
00:08:49the queue and organizing the receiving and delivery process and
00:08:53storing it in the silos designated
00:08:57for wheat in Daraa Governorate. And here I would also like
00:09:01to point out that the Grain Department
00:09:04and the Services Department have carried out or are carrying out
00:09:07a study to rehabilitate other silos
00:09:11the next year. I return to you, Muhammad,
00:09:15to talk more about
00:09:18the measures taken to actually
00:09:21increase the volume of production and receive
00:09:25crops, but also, Layal, if you could inform
00:09:28us about the reality of crop receiving operations in the Hama countryside,
00:09:32how does it look? Yes, in Hama
00:09:36governorate, the wheat crop receiving operations from farmers, which
00:09:39extended from June 1st to June 30th, have ended. Of course,
00:09:43under the directives of the Ministry of Economy,
00:09:46working hours for employees were increased from 7:00
00:09:49AM to 7:00 PM to reduce pressure on centers
00:09:53and allow all farmers to deliver
00:09:56their crops. The supply was very
00:10:01to the Ministry of Economy, in Hama governorate. The silos
00:10:04of Al-Suqaylabiyah and Mhardeh quickly filled with crops
00:10:08and supplies, and the silos of Qalaat al-Madiq,
00:10:11which were destroyed by the regime and out of
00:10:14service, were opened. They were completely destroyed
00:10:18and all their equipment was stolen, but the Ministry was able
00:10:21to equip them by 45% to receive
00:10:25crops from farmers at the beginning of the season.
00:10:28Also, there were silos in Kafr Buhum
00:10:31and Salamiyah
00:10:35throughout the governorate were ready to receive crops
00:10:39from farmers. Registration was done through the platform, which
00:10:44in getting their turn on or difficulty dealing with,
00:10:48which opened the door to
00:10:52or flexible registration. So farmers who
00:10:56to get a turn through
00:10:59the platform go to the approved centers.
00:11:03A turn is registered for them. For example,
00:11:06if the farmer had collected
00:11:09the crop and prepared it before the scheduled
00:11:13time for receiving the crop, for example,
00:11:16Wednesday, and went on Monday, they wait.
00:11:19And if there is time to receive
00:11:23the designated center. If there is no time to receive or there
00:11:27is crowding at the center, they are transferred to one
00:11:31the governorate, which reduced the pressure and
00:11:35allowed the centers to receive crops
00:11:38quickly and complete
00:11:41the period specified by the Ministry. The crop
00:11:45was, yes, for example, in Salamiyah silos, the
00:11:50year reached approximately 20,000 tons, which is a very good figure
00:11:54for this year compared to previous
00:11:58years. Yes, thank you
00:12:00both, Mohammed and Layal. We will be joined
00:12:04and we will host the Director General of the Syrian
00:12:08Grains Corporation, Engineer Hassan Al-Othman,
00:12:13the figures and about the report or
00:12:16what the Syrian Grains Corporation announced. Welcome
00:12:19to you, Professor
00:12:21Hassan. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
00:12:25Firstly, how can we
00:12:29interpret this figure?
00:12:32It speaks of 2,700,000 tons of wheat crop
00:12:36received this year.
00:12:38Yes,
00:12:41this year, thanks to God,
00:12:44thanks to the weather conditions that God
00:12:47sent us, the weather
00:12:50was suitable for wheat
00:12:53growth. Also, due to people
00:12:57returning to
00:12:59their homes that were abandoned, quantities of
00:13:05with wheat and more
00:13:09than these quantities were harvested. But the quantities marketed
00:13:12to the Syrian Grains Corporation are
00:13:141,715,000
00:13:17tons as of yesterday evening.
00:13:20Also, the Seed Multiplication Corporation marketed
00:13:23البيذار
00:13:27the crops designated for seed.
00:13:31Uh-huh. If you could tell us, Professor
00:13:34Hassan, about the most prominent cities, the most prominent
00:13:37governorates whose crop
00:13:41was abundant this year.
00:13:43Of course, in the forefront of
00:13:46the governorates is Al-Hasakah
00:13:49governorate, more than
00:13:511,150,000 tons, followed
00:13:55by Raqqa and Aleppo and the rest of
00:13:58the governorates. Hama
00:14:01and other governorates, but
00:14:04the food basket in the Syrian
00:14:08Arab Republic is Al-Jazeera. Uh-huh. Qamishli, we
00:14:11call it Qamishli branch in the region in Al-Hasakah
00:14:15governorate. Uh-huh.
00:14:18Okay, if you could also inform
00:14:21us, Professor Hassan, about the most prominent measures
00:14:25that you will be working on to
00:14:28increase and double these numbers
00:14:31of received crops for the upcoming
00:14:33seasons. Of course, we suffer
00:14:37from a storage infrastructure
00:14:40for the corporation. We have more than
00:14:433.5 million tons
00:14:47of silos. Half of them are available.
00:14:50And we have silos of
00:14:521 million tons, 40,000 of which
00:14:56are available, and the rest are destroyed
00:14:58and need rehabilitation
00:15:03year, we put 17 sites
00:15:05into service, including silos
00:15:08and small silos, in addition to
00:15:12preparation centers, the open
00:15:16centers in Raqqa and Al-Hasakah
00:15:19governorates. Of course, the merging
00:15:22of our institutions and the
00:15:26agriculture institution in the self-administration came at
00:15:29a short time
00:15:32before the harvest season,
00:15:35and we were able, by the grace of God
00:15:38and with the staff of the institution in the self-administration,
00:15:42to merge our employees and we carried
00:15:46out what was required of us regarding
00:15:49receiving crops in
00:15:51the Al-Hasakah and Raqqa
00:15:54regions in a record time, we consider
00:15:56it so. Yes, it was stated
00:16:00that the quantities received
00:16:03are an important step towards enhancing self-sufficiency
00:16:07and supporting food security in Syria.
00:16:12that we will not need to import
00:16:15wheat this year or for previous years, given that
00:16:19self-sufficiency was achieved
00:16:23this season?
00:16:26Well, now we have two parts
00:16:30of the stock: a stock before 6/1,
00:16:32before the start of the harvest season,
00:16:36and a part of the stock was purchased
00:16:39and marketed from farmers.
00:16:43Of course, the two parts amount to 3.5
00:16:46million tons, or slightly more.
00:16:50This is enough for the Syrian Arab
00:16:53Republic for about 20
00:16:56or 16 months, a year and four
00:16:59months. This means it will last
00:17:03until after the 2027 harvest season. Yes.
00:17:06Of course, we
00:17:08are
00:17:11studying. We will follow the next wheat season
00:17:14in October, November, and December, and based
00:17:17on that, we will either increase
00:17:21the stock, because we cannot reduce the stock below a minimum
00:17:24period of eight months or slightly
00:17:28more. We need around 200,000
00:17:31to 50,000 tons per
00:17:35month. Yes, thank you for the year. Yes, for the
00:17:38year we will need 2.5 million or up
00:17:42to 2,550,000 tons.
00:17:45Uh-huh. These efforts are blessed,
00:17:48and the teams of the Syrian
00:17:51Grains Corporation, which are constantly working
00:17:54to actually produce and increase
00:17:57the work to achieve
00:18:01self-sufficiency and enhance food security in Syria,
00:18:03are also blessed. Thank you very much,
00:18:07Professor Hassan Al-Othman, Director of the Syrian Grains Corporation.
00:19:03The new People's Assembly held its first session and met under
00:19:07its dome. Syrians from different
00:19:10governorates, components,
00:19:12and expertise
00:19:18included defectors from the former regime and survivors from
00:19:22the prisons of this regime, tribal figures
00:19:25and local
00:19:29the country and returnees from the displaced, refugees,
00:19:33and expatriates, victims of
00:19:36disability. Working women
00:19:39and breadwinners, in addition to holders of higher degrees and professionals.
00:21:19Today's meeting in Damascus of the Syrian economic delegation and the Lebanese economic delegation.
00:21:23Memoranda
00:21:29of understanding will be signed between the chambers
00:21:33of commerce between the two countries. We hope that
00:21:36these visits will be a beginning
00:21:39to restore the Syrian-Lebanese relationship to what
00:21:42it was.
00:21:43It's not just an
00:22:50entry stamp, but a testament to Syria's return to its
00:22:53natural place.
00:22:55It's a
00:23:00destination for visitors, a haven
00:23:03for tourists,
00:23:06children in diaspora.
00:23:11In the first six months of 2026,
00:23:13more than 3.5
00:23:16million visitors
00:23:20the country through airports,
00:23:23seaports,
00:23:25and crossings,
00:23:29including 719
00:23:32tourists
00:23:39who came to enjoy the beauty of this country
00:23:43and its history
00:23:44and civilizations.
00:23:52Syria today is regaining
00:23:55its presence on the tourism map.
00:24:10The outlines of a new phase are forming on the horizon,
00:24:14carrying with them promises of real opportunities
00:24:18the future after years of pressures and hardships
00:24:22experienced by
00:24:23Syrians.
00:24:27These efforts are crowned by the beginning of American procedures
00:24:31to remove Syria's designation as a state sponsor
00:24:34of terrorism.
00:24:38The termination of this file and the lifting of related sanctions
00:24:42are the essential step to revive daily life
00:24:46and drive the economy.
00:24:51For the country to continue with steady steps towards
00:24:54development, peace, and stability.
00:25:22Because the distance between the street and decision-makers
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00:25:59and bridges the gap.
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00:26:14I read to you this breaking news. Between
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00:27:03UN-Habitat, which is the funder and implementer
00:27:07of the project in Al-Bayada
00:27:08neighborhood.
00:27:11We are trying to plant a flower in the destroyed neighborhoods.
00:27:14Currently, we have several projects, which are the
00:27:18Cairo Garden project, which is being worked on by UN-Habitat and the
00:27:22Homs City Council.
00:27:26In addition to projects, God willing, solar-powered lighting for the entire
00:27:29neighborhood, God willing. Today,
00:28:18the launch of the single window at Latakia Port is part of the needs
00:28:22and requests of customs clearance companies
00:28:26for maritime agencies in
00:28:27general.
00:29:58Welcome, dear viewers, to this news hour. I will start
00:30:02with a summary of the main news: Minister of Foreign
00:30:05Affairs and Expatriates, Asaad al-Shaibani, discussed with his Turkish
00:30:08counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in the Turkish capital Ankara, strengthening
00:30:11bilateral relations, establishing the Supreme Coordination Council,
00:30:15accelerating the activation of the Committee of the Four Seas,
00:30:18and pushing for the completion of the railway link project. In
00:30:21a joint press conference, Minister al-Shaibani confirmed
00:30:25that Damascus and Ankara understand that stability and sustained
00:30:28success in combating terrorism are the cornerstone
00:30:32of partnership, which is embodied in Syria's
00:30:35decision to extend state authority over all
00:30:39its territories. For his part, Fidan confirmed his country's keenness
00:30:42to support Syria and cooperate with it in
00:30:45various fields, especially economic
00:30:49and counter-terrorism
00:30:50efforts.
00:30:54The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus concluded the fifth
00:30:57session of the trial of the accused Ahmed Hassoun, while