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00:00:00in this field, isn't it? Yes, I mean, today
00:00:04we will achieve, God willing, and we will appear on we need a new cable so that we can send more data
00:00:07and also carry more data, but in two contexts,
00:00:11we need
00:00:13and I see the good coming, God willing, in this to work to bring this cable, but we also need
00:00:16national equipment
00:00:19inside Syria, where the establishment of data centers depends on
00:00:23electricity and depends on
00:00:26and to employ people in water and depends on specialists even in cooling and heating, and it depends on
00:00:30the building and so on, so that we save energy
00:00:33and these centers are in the areas attributed to them, such as Deir al-Zour, such as
00:00:37Hasya, when water is drawn,
00:00:40We need a lot of such as the areas of the Syrian coast and others. We
00:00:42only have one data center in
00:00:46Damascus, I mean, far from
00:00:50the other areas, but when the telecommunications
00:00:55or even in the Gulf, in infrastructure develops
00:00:55Professor Yahya, from and we have internet,
00:00:59talents, is present today in we forget the citizen who suffers from
00:01:02financial problems, let's say,
00:01:05stay in in this field, and this is the negative point. The citizen
00:01:08also needs the market to be open so that there are
00:01:11telecommunications companies that provide internet service
00:01:15at competitive prices so that in the end, the citizen
00:01:18benefits from the services and technical solutions and artificial
00:01:22intelligence that are used in institutions and
00:01:25governance, but there must be legislation, there must
00:01:29be control over the market. Let me also mention one last
00:01:32point: in Germany, for example, when there was
00:01:36a coronavirus pandemic, they designed a framework or
00:01:39designed an emergency plan specifically
00:01:42for Germany in case a pandemic occurs
00:01:45in the future. And today in Syria, we do not lack
00:01:49minds, nor do we lack specialists.
00:01:52Specialists are distributed and spread in other countries. We
00:01:55need this national strategic vision
00:01:59to be sustainable and there to be
00:02:02smooth communication with specialists. I mean, I
00:02:05suggest that there be a platform
00:02:08that communicates with all specialists
00:02:10attract students for in this sector from Syrians in all countries and without
00:02:14obstacles. I mean, today in this
00:02:17context, in this sector, we need to be
00:02:20flexible and open. We need to accept ideas. We need
00:02:24to have communication. I do not link
00:02:27forums. This today the future of a whole country, for example, to a specific
00:02:30institution or company, even if it is inside Syrian territory. Rather,
00:02:34I link it to Syrian minds and the vision
00:02:37of the Syrian leadership
00:02:39vision based on and the benefit, in the end, of the citizen from these services. Yes, stay with me, Professor
00:02:43Abdul Aziz. Dear viewers, we bring you this breaking news
00:02:46displayed on the screen now, issued by the Directorate
00:02:50of Media
00:02:52issues of digital transformation, and Communication at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. Minister
00:02:56the economy in this Assad Al-Shaibani arrives in Doha to hold
00:02:58regard. I ask Professor Abdul talks with Qatari officials. So,
00:03:02issued by the Directorate of Media and Communication at the Ministry
00:03:04of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Foreign Minister
00:03:08that does not advance Mr. Assad
00:03:09in the end on Al-Shaibani arrives in Doha
00:03:13not only serve Syria but serves the region to hold talks with Qatari officials.
00:03:16Professor Yahya Sbeih, returning to you, when
00:03:21and prepares we talk about digital transformation in
00:03:24Syria today, what does that mean for
00:03:27the average citizen in his daily life, away
00:03:32of going to the office for two days a from the complex technical terms?
00:03:34Simply
00:03:36put, today digital transformation
00:03:40means a lot to the citizen, and among the most important
00:03:44is to carry out all his
00:03:46needs from government services
00:03:50at home, from payments to
00:03:53issuing documents to taking appointments at hospitals
00:03:57to issuing university cards or transcripts
00:04:00to, I mean, today the citizen needs
00:04:04a lot. For example, today we are talking about
00:04:07a crisis in hospitals regarding
00:04:10appointments. He wants to take an appointment
00:04:13for a heart exam or a lung exam, so through
00:04:16the special application of the Ministry of Health and the special application
00:04:20of all
00:04:23invest in the ministries, he logs into his account linked to his personal number,
00:04:27benefit from these his personal ID number, he logs into the hospital where he wants
00:04:30to take an appointment, he sees the available appointments and takes his appointment. And
00:04:34here, here
00:04:37culture happens, here knowledge increases for citizens.
00:04:42good and wealth to Every person and every citizen in Syria wants to learn how
00:04:46to use this application or these applications because they will
00:04:49help him in his life, they will facilitate his operations. I mean, today
00:04:53specializations that will help them in we need the most important things we need today in our
00:04:56daily lives are to speed up operations. Today life has become very fast. Anything
00:05:00that speeds up the completion of my household
00:05:03tasks, I try to get it.
00:05:06Anything that helps speed up my
00:05:11as we have achieved in experience do not banking operations, I try to get it. And also, the citizen needs a passport, a travel document,
00:05:15a family statement, a birth
00:05:18registration, all these documents help
00:05:21the citizen. So digital transformation must have
00:05:24goals, and we must work
00:05:27on it. You talked about archiving. I
00:05:30hope that there will be balanced plans to
00:05:33employ people who have experience in archiving
00:05:38digital transformation, to move in two parallel lines
00:05:42together. We need intensive work. We know that we are
00:05:46in a dilapidated country that was in
00:05:50a defunct regime. work,
00:05:53and we hope that Syria will also
00:05:57expand its culture to remote
00:06:00work. This culture of most
00:06:04bright and experienced minds in this regard,
00:06:08Syrian
00:06:12abroad, present in European Union countries,
00:06:15present in Turkey, present in diaspora countries.
00:06:18We need today perhaps for these
00:06:22minds to return to the country
00:06:25to contribute to strengthening the issue of digital
00:06:29transformation and participating in this field.
00:06:32Today, what can be done by
00:06:35the Syrian government to attract these
00:06:38expertise existing abroad, especially since many of today's
00:06:42Syrian youth have become
00:06:45specialized in the field of digital
00:06:48transformation in the countries of the region?
00:06:52In my opinion, the government should work on a fundamental part,
00:06:55which is freedom of work. How can
00:06:59the employee or the entrepreneur or
00:07:03the technical expert abroad have the freedom to choose the work
00:07:06pattern, from remote work or
00:07:10hybrid work, which is divided into an office
00:07:13part and a remote part, and office work? We
00:07:17always now in all companies in the world
00:07:20have these simple
00:07:24steps. The employee chooses, or according to the type of job, so we
00:07:28give him the freedom to benefit from his experience while he is abroad
00:07:31and ask him to make regular visits to the workplace in
00:07:35Syria. And here we help him to be in
00:07:38a comfortable place equipped with internet
00:07:41and electricity, and he transfers his experience to
00:07:44Syria, or according to the type of each job to its limit, but
00:07:48we hope for openness to this culture because this culture helps
00:07:51all Syrians abroad to
00:07:55offer their expertise to the Syrian government or to private
00:07:58companies as well. But today we are asking some
00:08:01people to return to Syria, and this is a beautiful
00:08:05thing. Everyone wishes to return to Syria, but we all know the current
00:08:09conditions: weak internet, weak capabilities, weak infrastructure
00:08:12of electricity and water, etc. So we need the person to return,
00:08:16but he does not have the necessities of life like the country he
00:08:19was in. Yahya, for example, you are in
00:08:23Amman, and you are also a technical expert. Are you
00:08:26willing to return today to contribute to
00:08:29developing this sector, the digital sector? Yes,
00:08:33I am ready to return, but with freedom of work. I mean, today I cannot
00:08:36leave Amman permanently, there are commitments, but with a system like what was mentioned, the hybrid
00:08:40ولكن بنظام مثل ما تحدث الهيب
00:08:45week and returning to Amman, it's a beautiful
00:08:48thing that it's only two and a half hours away from Damascus. But
00:08:52let's also see the opinion of Dr. Jihad Al-Attasi. Dr. Jihad, I mean,
00:08:55you are speaking from Istanbul, Professor Abdul Aziz is in Berlin,
00:08:59Professor Yahya is in Amman.
00:09:02All of you are specialists in
00:09:04perhaps technical matters
00:09:08and digital transformation. All of you are abroad. Today
00:09:12we need these
00:09:14expertise to be present on the ground.
00:09:17Is working remotely, as Professor
00:09:20Yahya said, sufficient in this
00:09:24stage?
00:09:25In this stage,
00:09:29to benefit from the expertise available outside
00:09:32Syria, it is almost
00:09:35the only way to
00:09:40Syrian talents
00:09:43outside Syria.
00:09:46But, I mean, I am speaking personally, when
00:09:49I am invited to a conference or to
00:09:52a training course that I must give
00:09:56to young people in Syria,
00:09:58I travel and I have gone down several times in this matter
00:10:01and given courses, some of them to several
00:10:05government agencies
00:10:07and also to
00:10:10civil organizations.
00:10:13The important thing in this matter,
00:10:16I expect or believe that all young people with
00:10:21mind returning permanently, but.
00:10:25The beginning, as the brothers said, is that
00:10:28there must be an establishment of an
00:10:31infrastructure for the employment
00:10:35or for the engagement of these young people or
00:10:38talents in Syria, not only in terms
00:10:41of procedures for work
00:10:44and laws, but also, I mean,
00:10:47the proposal there is, as
00:10:51there are business councils.
00:10:55The Syrian-Turkish Business Council, the Egyptian-Syrian
00:10:57Business Council, the Lebanese Business Council,
00:11:01I suggest that there be
00:11:04councils for Syrian experts in the field
00:11:07of digital transformation
00:11:09and the establishment of mechanisms
00:11:12for this council. There may be a good
00:11:15number in Turkey or in Europe
00:11:20Saudi Arabia. Most of the young people
00:11:24who, I mean, excelled in Saudi Arabia,
00:11:27I had a long Saudi Arabia. Most
00:11:31of the young people who worked in
00:11:35Saudi companies were Syrian youth, and they are still working.
00:11:39And also, I mean, many of them are
00:11:41ready to return permanently.
00:11:45Therefore, I expect
00:11:48that it will be the beginning. I mean, I
00:11:52will give an example, if there was
00:11:56an observation outside the question,
00:11:59that the state has established now a smart
00:12:03city in Hasia, and this city in
00:12:06central Syria is a very important city.
00:12:10I mean, for example, here in Turkey,
00:12:13most of the Turkish universities
00:12:16have a geographical area called
00:12:20Technopark. The Technopark is a collection of
00:12:23companies
00:12:26in the specialized field that are located
00:12:30in the vicinity of the university, and these
00:12:33companies training
00:12:36and to foster and build
00:12:40competencies.
00:12:44Therefore, I mean, this
00:12:47smart city will be
00:12:50educational, it will be training,
00:12:53and it will also be executive
00:12:57for working within factories
00:12:59and the industrial zone located in Hasia.
00:13:02Therefore, I expect
00:13:05that this city will also be,
00:13:08as I understand, a national data center
00:13:11that will be established, a national data center. And this is one of the
00:13:17even if it reflects on
00:13:23Aziz Al-Doudi, briefly, if you please,
00:13:26Professor Abdul Aziz, there is a belief
00:13:29that technology is a luxury
00:13:34livelihood priorities for the citizen,
00:13:37especially in the recovery phase. How can we
00:13:41prove that technology is the fastest and least expensive
00:13:44solution to address these
00:13:47priorities in particular? Briefly, if I may.
00:13:50When we see capital in countries
00:13:53around the world, in developed countries, investing in artificial
00:13:56intelligence and losing in the first two or three years
00:14:00and earning billions after a specific period of time,
00:14:04and when there is a plan in Syria to develop the sector within
00:14:08two or three years, we need
00:14:11minds that can work within these
00:14:14data centers. And when we recall
00:14:18the Danish experience in developing the digital
00:14:22economy through applications that
00:14:25control all of Europe, and the application costs
00:14:28about $1,000, and hundreds of thousands
00:14:31of companies use it, and when
00:14:34when, I mean, the richest men in the world
00:14:38are among those who founded Microsoft, among those who
00:14:40founded YouTube, for example, or
00:14:44Amazon, or even Amazon began to
00:14:48technology sector, and when we see
00:14:51Turkey exporting modern defense industries to
00:14:55other countries and ranking second in terms of area of countries,
00:14:58and when we see that Saudi specialists
00:15:01receive high salaries and are preparing for
00:15:04a stage that will bring them
00:15:07Syrian society and also will support
00:15:11citizens, I mean, today we need, oh Syrian
00:15:14citizens, we need to empower our children to have
00:15:18the future, improve their living conditions.
00:15:21And when we see, let me mention this last point,
00:15:25when we see a Syrian team ranking second by
00:15:28designing some robots in a world
00:15:31championship, we have hope, and
00:15:36the past two years,
00:15:42the news after two or three years and evaluate the situation
00:15:45again. And I am, I mean, optimistic
00:15:51Professor Abdul Aziz Al-Doudi, the technical
00:15:55and cybersecurity expert, spoke to us from Berlin. Thank
00:15:58you. And I thank my guest, Dr. Jihad Al-Attasi, consultant in digital
00:16:02transformation and internet
00:16:05technologies, who spoke to us from Istanbul. Thank you. I also extend
00:16:09my thanks to Professor Yahya Sbeih,
00:16:12the technical expert, who was with us from Amman. Dear viewers,
00:16:15we have reached the end of this news hour. At the top
00:16:19of the hour, I will meet you in a detailed news bulletin about
00:16:23the latest field developments and on the political
00:16:26scene. Goodbye.
00:16:27The wheel of production has returned.
00:17:06عادت عجله الانتاج.
00:17:08in more than three thousand new production lines with
00:17:11growth in agricultural production to reach
00:17:14self-sufficiency, accompanied by remarkable growth in the energy
00:17:17and services sector and the establishment of real estate projects of about two million housing
00:17:21units in the next five
00:17:23years.
00:17:26Recovery has returned to this wounded country, bringing with it
00:17:28more than three and a half million displaced people and refugees
00:17:32in a voluntary
00:17:33and dignified return.
00:17:37Syria transformed from a crisis tossed around by nations to
00:17:41an opportunity for good that nations unite for.
00:18:09From Tunis, where Arab media institutions
00:18:13meet and exchange voices
00:18:15and experiences, Syria returns to the scene.
00:18:19A presence that opens a new door for communication,
00:18:23exchange of expertise, and building
00:18:25partnerships. In the corridors of the Arab Radio
00:18:29and Television Festival,
00:18:31the General Authority for Radio and Television
00:18:35of Syria participates to say
00:18:38that Syrian media is regaining its presence.
00:18:41The first prize was awarded to the program "Off
00:18:45the Game" produced by
00:18:49the General Authority for Radio and Television.
00:18:53Syria opens up to its Arab
00:18:56surroundings for a new phase of
00:18:59work and cooperation. The winning of a number of produced
00:19:03materials in the General Authority for Radio and Television within the competitions of the Arab Radio Festival
00:19:08is a source of confidence, pride, and honor for
00:19:11us, and most importantly, it is an appreciation for the efforts
00:19:14of the workers who produced these materials. Of course,
00:19:18these results are an indication that Syrian
00:19:21production has the ability to compete
00:19:25within international forums, and that what our
00:19:28colleagues in the General Authority for Radio and Television produce reaches
00:19:32evaluation and arbitration platforms and receives
00:19:35appreciation from Tunis.
00:19:38Another step towards a wider
00:19:40horizon.
00:19:49Today we inaugurate the Consular Services Office in Al-Sweida
00:19:51Governorate.
00:20:00Such offices actually relieve
00:20:04the burdens of transportation to Damascus.
00:22:12Implementation of the project to rehabilitate
00:22:14Granada Bridge.
00:22:32Work will begin on Al-Mayadeen Bridge.
00:22:45The technical services teams, in cooperation with the emergency
00:22:49and disaster workshops, are rehabilitating and renovating
00:22:52the earthen bridge.
00:22:55We are in the final stages of the rehabilitation work on Al-Rashid Bridge.
00:23:29Its name is "Fajr Al-Furat" for removing and managing and recycling
00:23:33rubble.
00:23:40Our role today is in monitoring and evaluation. Our mission will be to
00:23:43follow up on the work on the ground and evaluate the quantities of rubble
00:23:46that will be removed. Hope is revived, not only
00:23:56for Syrians but for the region as a whole.
00:23:59The stability of Syria today does
00:24:03as a whole, and it is a common interest for all. Syria now,
00:24:07as I mentioned to you,
00:24:10has great opportunities, and many have seized them,
00:24:14especially Gulf countries, so investments began
00:24:17to flow into Syria gradually.
00:24:20Our people in the Emirates are opportunists,
00:24:24so Dubai Ports rushed to invest in Tartus port.
00:24:41We call on tanker drivers and all road users
00:24:45to adhere to the specified
00:24:46speed limit.
00:28:04Damascus makes history.
00:28:08Syrian diplomacy was never just ink on
00:28:11paper, but embodied fateful
00:28:14positions that succeeded in breaking the chains of
00:28:17isolation, lifting international sanctions, and restoring
00:28:21sovereignty over strategic facilities, leading
00:28:24to the historic return to international
00:28:29effective role is not a product
00:28:32of coincidence, but an extension of Syria's
00:28:36geographical location that lies in the middle of the world
00:28:38and its national
00:28:42full sovereignty, keeping the country
00:28:45away from conflicts, and prioritizing the interests of the Syrian people
00:28:48above all else. And based on these
00:28:52constants, Damascus opened its doors to connect
00:28:55the East with the West through intensive diplomatic
00:28:58activity. Mutual visits,
00:29:02historic summits that established joint
00:29:06work and strengthened relations
00:29:09into
00:29:13strategic partnerships it formed with leaders
00:29:17of major powers.
00:29:20And today, Syrian diplomacy continues
00:29:23its firm approach through constructive
00:29:25dialogue and expanding the horizons
00:29:29of cooperation.
00:30:12President Ahmed Al-Shara discusses with Syrian
00:30:15experts opportunities to develop the technology sector and support innovation
00:30:19in Syria.
00:30:23The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates affirms Syria's full
00:30:26solidarity with Saudi Arabia in facing the escalating targeting
00:30:30by the Houthi militia of civilian facilities.
00:30:35A specialized field survey ends the controversy
00:30:38about Al-Zahrawi Palace in Homs, and the Directorate
00:30:41of Antiquities and Museums announces the integrity of the architectural
00:30:45fabric and defines the scope of the ongoing
00:30:48maintenance and rehabilitation
00:30:51works. For the first time in 14 years,
00:30:53the Central Bank of Syria announces
00:30:56the execution of the first documentary credit for