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00:00:27does this Good evening and welcome to a detailed news bulletin. We begin with the headlines.
00:00:33Minister of Energy, Mohamed Bashir,
00:00:35, for example, removed this says that local production covers one-third of Syria's
00:00:39daily
00:00:40gas needs.
00:00:44The Ministry of Justice announces
00:00:46are noticing in the lifting of most exceptional measures by terrorism courts for
00:00:50approximately 130 thousand
00:00:52people.
00:00:55The Minister of Economy re-forms the Syrian-American Business Council
00:00:59to strengthen economic, commercial and investment
00:01:02relations.
00:01:04Washington warns its citizens in the
00:01:07Middle East, and Trump abruptly cuts
00:01:11his vacation short.
00:01:30marketing, energy,
00:01:37Minister of Energy, Mohamed Bashir, can enter his name stated during the parliamentary hearing
00:01:41that Syria's gas needs amount to approximately
00:01:4424 million cubic meters
00:01:47daily, while local production reaches approximately
00:01:518 million cubic meters daily.
00:01:56Syria's reserve of Mohamed Bashir also pointed out that the refining capacity of refineries in Syria reaches
00:02:02barrels daily. Of course, Syria's
00:02:05gas need is 24 million cubic meters to operate
00:02:09all our ready-made stations. Currently, we need
00:02:1124 million cubic meters of gas. We will get it, God willing.
00:02:16are 2.5 billion barrels of Today, we are producing 6 million, meaning
00:02:18crude oil and 241. Of course, this is based on a quarter. Sorry, we used to produce 6, we raised it to 8.1 after we brought
00:02:21part of the Conoco plant online.
00:02:24Every two days, we hear about Of course, yesterday it was 84. The day we prepared the presentation, the day we
00:02:26started it, it was 8 on Wednesday
00:02:29Shadi. Let's discuss this and Thursday. Yesterday it was 8.4 or 8.5
00:02:32million cubic meters. Before that, it reached 9 million, according to the same oil story,
00:02:36closing wells and bringing new wells into service, reactivating
00:02:39drilling operations. We drilled about four,
00:02:424840 meters,
00:02:45to generate electricity in several and we brought two drilling rigs into service after they were stalled and stopped.
00:02:47However, I mean, this 21 wells were repaired, 152 wells were
00:02:50operated, 10 new wells were brought into
00:02:52Of course, this announcement or this production. They were drilled and brought into production. This is the balance
00:02:56of need, and this is a very
00:02:58important point. Syria's balance of need. We
00:03:01need about
00:03:03Therefore, simplifying 30,000 barrels of crude oil daily. We need
00:03:0730,000 barrels of
00:03:11agricultural areas. crude oil daily to cover Syria's needs. I mentioned
00:03:14are being deprived of all of this. earlier, last year, that when the ministry was first established, we
00:03:16had 15,000 barrels. Right? That is, it used to cover our needs.
00:03:20We would buy crude oil and refine it
00:03:23of this is reflecting on in our refineries. Banias was operating, and Homs refinery was operating.
00:03:26From the refinery's production, we cover the local market. This was when
00:03:29Syria's consumption was 15,000.
00:03:32Bashir explained that Syria currently buys approximately
00:03:36enter the 6.3 million cubic meters of gas
00:03:39daily from Azerbaijan, in addition to
00:03:42quantities supplied through a ship located in
00:03:46the Jordanian port of Aqaba at a cost of approximately
00:03:49140 million dollars
00:03:54detention system. Of course, this monthly. We are now buying 5.3 million cubic meters of gas
00:03:56from the north, from Azerbaijan to Turkey. And we are buying 1 million cubic
00:04:00meters of gas from Aqaba, from Jordan, from Aqaba, from
00:04:03a ship there. The important thing is from Jordan. Jordan doesn't have gas; it's imported. So there's a regasification ship
00:04:07that converts LNG
00:04:10to gas, within the pumping of the Arab Gas Pipeline.
00:04:13We receive it in Syria and transfer it to
00:04:17capital will depart on Tuesday, power plants, the Deir Ali plant, where electricity is generated. So I am actually buying 6.3 million cubic meters of
00:04:20gas daily. I am paying for it. Before, the gas price wasn't this high, we weren't paying this
00:04:24amount. We are currently paying approximately
00:04:27140 million dollars monthly
00:04:32for generation. 140 million. Of course, part of it was a grant from Qatar,
00:04:35for which we are grateful,
00:04:38but the grant ended in August. These amounts were
00:04:413.2, half of this gas
00:04:43TV about the prices of goods and commodities in was a grant, and the other half was purchased. Now, it's all purchased, we're buying it all
00:04:46and paying for it. That's why
00:04:49benefited a lot in this when the fuel crisis occurred recently
00:04:52Chicken, and gas prices rose significantly, the Ministry of Finance did not allocate
00:04:54meat, enough details regarding the in its budget to cover ruling and its
00:04:57the full cost of this gas. So, it will reduce
00:04:59It means that many our gas purchases by 2 to 3 million during the coming period. Of course, this
00:05:03will affect generation and the number of hours
00:05:07of electricity supply.
00:05:10liras per kilogram Regarding the supply of market needs, Bashir explained
00:05:12that Syria needs approximately 831
00:05:16million dollars monthly
00:05:18to purchase oil derivatives and crude oil. He also pointed
00:05:22to the trend of contracting with
00:05:26fuel-producing countries
00:05:29to secure needs until the
00:05:32country can achieve self-sufficiency. Our
00:05:36vision is to move towards signing contracts with friendly and brotherly
00:05:39fuel-producing countries until we achieve self-sufficiency, God willing. We hope to get rid
00:05:43of all these crises and problems that the energy
00:05:47sector is facing. So we practically need 831 million
00:05:49dollars, close to a billion dollars, to buy
00:05:53oil and oil derivatives.
00:05:55Bashir clarified that oil production in
00:05:59Syria reached approximately 140,000
00:06:03barrels daily during a previous period,
00:06:06explaining that oil production experiences ups
00:06:09and downs due to conditions related to the
00:06:13state of wells, production, and transportation.
00:06:16The situation of the wells when we took them over was very bad. We were producing 14,000
00:06:20at most, that is. By the way, the conflicting
00:06:23statements about how it was 140 and today it's 1000 or
00:06:26144. Of course, we used to produce about 140,000
00:06:30barrels. Of course, people, it doesn't mean that for example, today I say
00:06:3314,000 or today we produce 10,000 or 103,000, it doesn't mean tomorrow it has to be
00:06:3710,000. It could become 10,000, it could become
00:06:4011,000. That is, a few days ago, when fuel prices were raised,
00:06:44you saw roadblocks, crude oil stopped here, the reservoirs we were
00:06:47filling from stopped. Some wells stopped production, production dropped to
00:06:5198,000. So it's natural that when I say today's production is
00:06:549800, and the day before it was 10800, today it's 14,000.
00:06:58So this is not a contradiction in statements. We reached a stage where it was
00:07:0114,000.
00:07:04Bashir also noted that
00:07:08crude oil amounts to approximately 2.5 billion
00:07:12barrels. He explained that Syria has 78
00:07:15oil fields and 28
00:07:18gas fields. The oil and gas wealth in Syria.
00:07:22We have 78 oil fields, 28 gas
00:07:25fields. Our reserves
00:07:30old surveys. We have not yet conducted
00:07:34a current survey. We have formed a geological committee
00:07:36for surveying oil and gas
00:07:39and a thermal map for geothermal energy,
00:07:43in addition to the issue of generating energy through geothermal
00:07:45heat.
00:07:48During the hearing, Bashir revealed that the ministry
00:07:51had signed a contract for the construction of four new gas-fired
00:07:54power plants
00:07:58provinces, including Deir ez-Zor
00:08:00and Hama. We went ahead and signed a contract
00:08:04to build four new gas stations. These four
00:08:07combined-cycle stations. One of them in Muhardah, one in Aleppo,
00:08:11one in Deir ez-Zor, God willing. Deir ez-Zor, imagine, the province of Deir ez-Zor still
00:08:15has no power plant. There's one in Al-Suwaidiyah towards Al-Hasakah, and it's very
00:08:19small. So we're going to build a new power plant in Deir ez-Zor, and we've started working on it.
00:08:22We've prepared the land with the companies, God willing. So these are four
00:08:25stations. One will be in Aleppo, one in Zayzun, the old
00:08:29station that was destroyed, and one in
00:08:33Deir ez-Zor, of course, at Al-Taim, and in Hama, at Muhardah,
00:08:36and in Aleppo, in the Tarifawi area, and Zayzun,
00:08:38with a capacity of 4000 megawatts, God willing. Three of them will be ready
00:08:42in 2029, and one of them will be in 2030, God
00:08:46willing. These 4000 megawatts will grid.
00:08:50On the sidelines of the hearing of the Minister of Energy, Mohamed Bashir,
00:08:54members of the People's Assembly confirmed to Syria TV that
00:08:57this session came as a rapid response
00:09:01to public demands after the rise in fuel prices, and that
00:09:05the energy committee formulated questions that represent the voice
00:09:08of the citizen before the executive
00:09:09authority.
00:09:17This session was a rapid response, a rapid response
00:09:21to the demands of the people after the increase in fuel prices.
00:09:24The second thing is that the questions presented by the Energy Committee are not
00:09:27questions that were formulated in half an hour. We have been working for a week
00:09:31now, with specialists and engineers who wrote
00:09:35reports and came up with statistics, formulating these
00:09:38questions in a way that represents the voice
00:09:42of the citizen before the executive authority, and at the same
00:09:45time proposing recommendations and solutions. That is, in the end, when
00:09:48a question is presented by specialists, the picture is complete before
00:09:52the Ministry of Energy. And indeed, the Minister
00:09:54of Energy's briefing and his answers to
00:09:58the questions today, I personally
00:10:01sector, even though I am not a specialist, because he presented it
00:10:04in a way that directly reaches the citizen's
00:10:07ear.
00:10:11In fact, we have many questions and suggestions.
00:10:13Now, the entire Syrian people are waiting for this session.
00:10:17They are waiting for its outcomes, waiting for convincing answers to the
00:10:21fuel price increase that affected people's livelihoods, and thus
00:10:24reflected within Syrian society. This matter needs
00:10:28to be addressed, it needs future plans to be put in place to prevent
00:10:31this from happening again, to prevent
00:10:34the recurrence of price increases, sudden oil price
00:10:37increases that citizens wake up to,
00:10:41increase through their work, their livelihood, and their daily
00:10:45income.
00:10:51From the parliamentary hearing on fuel price increases
00:10:54to the markets, where attention is focused on
00:10:58the movement of food prices in conjunction with the new fuel
00:11:01pricing and the decline in the exchange rate
00:11:04of the lira against the dollar. Meanwhile, Syria TV surveyed the opinions
00:11:08of residents regarding the changes they
00:11:11the markets.
00:11:15Now, there's been an increase in prices, almost 20% in ghee, oils,
00:11:18and tea.
00:11:21Sugar, all types of food products have increased by almost 70%.
00:11:25All imported goods have increased, and even local transportation costs have all increased.
00:11:29We were a bit affected by the increase in diesel prices.
00:11:32Things were affected. The dollar goes up 300 liras, and traders raise prices
00:11:35by 4,000 or 5,000 liras for every commodity, like ghee, sugar, rice, everything is getting
00:11:39more expensive. Now, rice and sugar were 8,000, now they are
00:11:4310,000. Oil was 24, now it is
00:11:4627, 28. This is all increasing, all increasing, it's a game
00:11:50of traders, the traders are manipulating the markets. First, this oil
00:11:53that we drink and eat. For example, sugar, sugar 10,
00:11:5710.5, 11, 9.5.
00:12:00Now, from 8 upwards for sugar. My God, is this
00:12:04also expensive? Also, how much is the rice? How much is the
00:12:07daily rice? How is it in the summer? 11. The walnuts
00:12:11were also 50, now they are 80, some are
00:12:1490. I bought a medium type, almost
00:12:17red, 65,000. The prices, my son,
00:12:20are really expensive. By God, anything you want to
00:12:24buy, you can't, it's very expensive. The children
00:12:28love fruits, but fruits are on fire. If you want
00:12:31to cook a meal, you put in 20,000 and leave, and it will be
00:12:34a normal meal. It's annoying. I see that all food
00:12:37items have increased, sugar, rice, thyme,
00:12:41oil, pasta,
00:12:44everything, everything has increased. Food items, that is.
00:12:49the dollar, the dollar is such and such. Now this oil
00:12:53has increased. Now, previously, this was 20,
00:12:5621. Now I bought it for 27. And this
00:13:00doesn't suit the citizen's income.
00:13:01From
00:13:05Hama to Homs, where residents spoke to Syria
00:13:09TV about the prices of goods and food items and the sales activity
00:13:13in the city's
00:13:13markets.
00:13:21Prices are increasing every day, from the distributor to the jam.
00:13:25The cost is high, transportation is expensive. Everything means there is no balance
00:13:29in prices at all. And something else, for example, there is an export
00:13:32of meat, and all of this is being paid for in dollars. Gulf countries are coming
00:13:36and buying, and the Syrian people
00:13:39Yes, prices have risen with the rise of the dollar
00:13:43and the difficult living conditions that we are currently experiencing. All
00:13:48society. The rise in prices
00:13:51is the cause of instability in the country, because the country has not yet stabilized. If the country's situation
00:13:55is stable, the price will be stable, for sure. But the country's situation
00:13:58is not yet stable, so there will inevitably be instability. This is 100% natural,
00:14:02because our country's situation is still not stable. We still need another three
00:14:06or four years for the country's situation to improve a little. This is for vegetable
00:14:10prices. It's too much, too much.
00:14:13And there's no movement, the market is dead completely, truly, truly.
00:14:17The market has completely died here in Homs. The reason no one knows.
00:14:21And the petrol that affected it
00:14:25and affected all the people. All prices, by God, have helped the people.
00:14:28The worker who works cannot keep up.
00:14:32And work is scarce. And they
00:14:36run east and west, and they cannot keep up. And whoever has a sick person, woe
00:14:39to them. That is, if only there was work in this country, these
00:14:43people would work. And prices, by the way, do not matter, as long as there is
00:14:46work. But what matters is work for these people, these young
00:14:50people to work. And prices, by the way, we don't care about
00:14:54prices as much as we care about work for these people, these young
00:14:57people.
00:15:03In Tartous, several residents spoke to Syria
00:15:08the markets.
00:15:09Let's follow.
00:15:19ordinary goods. These
00:15:22prices have increased, and vegetables are cheap, and
00:15:25things are going.
00:15:28They say that diesel prices have increased,
00:15:32so they add, for example, 2000
00:15:35of chicken. So, God willing, it's a crisis that will pass,
00:15:38and we hope that prices will go down and return to what they were before.
00:15:42And we will return to what we were before. That is, in the end,
00:15:46we would like prices to go down, not up, because we are the ones
00:15:49who pay in the end, we bring essential goods. Now, it is certain that
00:15:53fuel prices have affected the prices
00:15:56of vegetables, chicken, meat, and transportation. Everything
00:16:00is connected. You see?
00:16:03And vegetables are also the same. That is, food
00:16:06items, generally, everything has become expensive. We want to buy a kilo
00:16:10of tomatoes, for example, they tell you the transportation cost has increased. A kilo of tomatoes, for example, was
00:16:145, now it's 10. Cucumbers are the same, 15.
00:16:17For example, any items I want to buy, yesterday
00:16:21I bought oil. I used to buy it for 150. Yesterday I bought it for
00:16:2412,000. This is an injustice, I mean, it's unfair to the citizen. Every item
00:16:28they attribute to the dollar, or the price of diesel has increased, everything has increased.
00:16:32When diesel prices increase, prices go up, gasoline,
00:16:35fuel, and everything. The dollar goes up, but
00:16:38prices don't go down. The dollar goes down, but
00:16:41prices don't go down. Prices are always going
00:16:45up and never going down with the dollar at all.
00:17:04In another file, the Ministry of Justice announced
00:17:08the lifting of most exceptional measures by terrorism courts
00:17:11for approximately 130,000 people. The ministry said that it
00:17:15lifted travel bans and frozen assets in
00:17:183,856
00:17:22cases out of
00:17:2339,726.
00:17:28The ministry also indicated that it lifted measures in investigation
00:17:32departments for
00:17:3356,726.
00:17:37The ministry explained that the process of removing legal
00:17:41effects includes judgments of field,
00:17:44military, customary,
00:17:47and absentee courts.
00:17:55We now have with us for discussion Shadi Dallati, lawyer
00:17:59and director of Watad Center for Studies,
00:18:02directly from Aleppo. Welcome, Mr.
00:18:07announcement made by the Ministry of Justice
00:18:10regarding the lifting of most exceptional measures by
00:18:14terrorism courts for 13,000 people.
00:18:18What about the remaining people, and how do you think
00:18:21this number was chosen and on what
00:18:22basis? Welcome
00:18:26and welcome to the viewers.
00:18:30decision is a death certificate
00:18:33officially for exceptional courts,
00:18:37and the birth of normal judiciary
00:18:41in Syria, and also institutional judiciary. Of course,
00:18:44during the previous rule, there were
00:18:47martial law rulings, rulings
00:18:50based on a police
00:18:52state. There were always
00:18:56persecutions due to political opinions and the like.
00:18:59However, currently, within these decisions, there has been
00:19:03an end, and also, I mean, it means the end of
00:19:08the exceptional era of the judiciary and the beginning of
00:19:12the natural and just judiciary. Of course, currently,
00:19:15when we say 130,000 people, this is taken from
00:19:18the number of lawsuits, and also investigative lawsuits,
00:19:22and also overall lawsuits, and travel
00:19:25bans, and also precautionary measures
00:19:28and the provisional
00:19:31number is an approximate number, and of course, we have
00:19:35removed about
00:19:4175% of these lawsuits, but we currently have
00:19:44a problem, or previously, and I hope this problem
00:19:47will disappear, which is the bureaucratic
00:19:51path. Bureaucracy in
00:19:55removing these
00:19:56effects
00:19:59of these lawsuits. So the bureaucratic
00:20:02path is always, I mean,
00:20:06it significantly affects the removal of these
00:20:09effects, including travel bans, including
00:20:13confiscation of property,
00:20:16and also the issue of criminal records,
00:20:19and also these issues need to be
00:20:22addressed. What do you mean by
00:20:25"bureaucracy" in these
00:20:29removal? What does that
00:20:31mean?
00:20:37of those who come from outside
00:20:39the country to Syria receive a paper
00:20:43stating that they are banned from travel or that they must report or,
00:20:47for example, they have a provisional detention within the provisional detention system. For example,
00:20:50I will give you a small example. One person
00:20:53has a provisional detention within
00:20:57the provisional detention system,
00:21:00so for more than four months, he has been stuck, not knowing where
00:21:04to start, because this means that the provisional detention system is in
00:21:08the Ministry of Finance and also several ministries. So this matter
00:21:11needs decisions or needs
00:21:14procedures and policies, and also
00:21:17regulations, so that it can dissolve, that is, it can remove
00:21:21these effects directly. Of course, we have
00:21:25person from, that is, his judicial file, that
00:21:29this case or this file, but
00:21:33its financial effects and also
00:21:35its, let's call them,
00:21:39economic effects are still present. Therefore, we need
00:21:42quick and clear procedures in order
00:21:46to work on, you mean, Mr. Shadi, these measures should be handled by
00:21:50the Ministry of Justice, or, for example, what you referred to, asset freezes
00:21:54should be entrusted to, for example, the Ministry of Finance?
00:21:57Travel bans should be entrusted to the Ministry of Interior? How
00:22:01can all these authorities coordinate in this
00:22:04regard? Currently, we need
00:22:08joint committees in this regard. Let me give you a simple
00:22:11example: currently, Syrian citizens abroad
00:22:15should be facilitated through
00:22:18an electronic platform. An electronic platform
00:22:22where this person
00:22:25and it will show whether he has a travel
00:22:29ban or, for example, a terrorism trial or something similar, and it has
00:22:32been removed. But these simple procedures require the cooperation of several
00:22:36ministries, not just one ministry. For example,
00:22:39a travel ban also requires the cooperation of the Ministry
00:22:43of Finance, so that there is a provisional detention, and also
00:22:46its basis is the Ministry
00:22:49of Justice. So these lists and these names must be established by
00:22:52the Ministry of Labor, by the Ministry of Justice, and also the Ministry
00:22:56of Interior and the Ministry of Finance, so that they can intersect
00:22:59and remove these effects quickly. Well, you referred to a very
00:23:03important point, the issue of those who live outside Syria, for example, and whose
00:23:07cases were covered by these rulings. Now, do they have to follow up
00:23:10in Syria, or does the mere issuance of this decision by the Ministry
00:23:14of Justice mean that the decision includes the announced number
00:23:18automatically?
00:23:20No, of course, we, I mean, normally or
00:23:23logically, as soon as these decisions are issued
00:23:27and implemented in effect,
00:23:30the names of these people must be removed from
00:23:34travel bans or similar things.
00:23:37citizen who returns to his country is surprised to find that
00:23:41he has a travel ban and it must be removed
00:23:44personally, for example, or his representative. This could
00:23:48take days and sometimes weeks and months.
00:23:53this matter, we need electronic platforms that are
00:23:57fast-acting, so that these names are
00:24:01available. Any person who is outside the country can know if
00:24:05he has a travel ban or a provisional detention or, for example,
00:24:09confiscation of property, so he can be aware
00:24:13of it and also
00:24:16work on, for example, removing these effects.
00:24:20This saves citizens, whether they are abroad or
00:24:23inside the country, from the burden of effort and travel.
00:24:27Many of these effects cannot be removed except by going
00:24:31to Damascus, meaning it requires centralization. This
00:24:34also, I mean, this burdens the citizen.
00:24:37I mean, imagine a citizen who has a travel ban or even
00:24:41confiscation of his property, and yet he still
00:24:44has to travel to the capital, putting in effort,
00:24:47fatigue, and money,
00:24:50in order to remove these effects that were imposed on him
00:24:54unjustly, and which were, I mean,
00:24:57for political or security reasons and security pursuits. Thank
00:25:00you for this clarification, Mr. Shadi Dallati, lawyer
00:25:04and director of Watad Center for Studies. You were with us from
00:25:07Aleppo. Thank
00:25:14of Economy and Industry, Nidal Al-Sha'ar, issued a decision
00:25:18to restructure the Syrian-American Business Council
00:25:22with the aim of developing economic, trade,
00:25:25and investment relations between Syria and the United States.
00:25:28Zuhair Sharbati will head the Council,
00:25:31and Abdul Hamid Hisham Al-Hail
00:25:34and Mohammed Ali Sharaf will serve as vice-presidents,
00:25:38while the Council's sectors are distributed among communications
00:25:41and technology, energy, shipping, logistical
00:25:44services, industry, export, financial
00:25:48consultations, banking, and finance. Decisions, tourism, agricultural
00:25:52materials, media, marketing, and legal
00:25:55and security consultations. The decision stipulates the
00:25:58formation of an advisory council comprising the heads of specialized
00:26:02sectors to provide opinions and advice
00:26:04on setting sectoral priorities and proposing
00:26:08initiatives, work programs, and opportunities for
00:26:11economic, trade, and investment cooperation.
00:26:24We have with us now from Damascus, our correspondent, Hazem Awad. Hazem, in
00:26:27what context
00:26:29decision come from the Minister of Economy
00:26:33and Industry,
00:26:34Nidal
00:26:37In fact, this comes concurrently with a visit made by
00:26:41an American economic delegation on the 13th
00:26:44of this month. This delegation was huge, including representatives
00:26:48from about 50 American companies
00:26:50and 80 representatives from American Chambers
00:26:53of Commerce. The delegation discussed with
00:26:57several ministerial bodies opportunities for cooperation.
00:27:00The discussions lasted about
00:27:02a week and included meetings at various levels with
00:27:06the Syrian government. Of course, after this visit, the restructuring
00:27:09of the Syrian-American Business Council,
00:27:12which was formed in 2025,
00:27:16was announced today. The council's president,
00:27:19Issam Gureiwati, a businessman who heads the Damascus Chamber
00:27:23of Commerce, was appointed. The new thing here is the definition of
00:27:26sectors within this council, about 10 sectors, including communications,
00:27:29technology, tourism, media,
00:27:33and other sectors, in addition to an advisory council composed of the heads of these
00:27:37sectors, to have a consultative opinion
00:27:40and suggestions, in addition to seeking initiatives to coordinate
00:27:44relations between the two parties. In addition, each of these
00:27:47sectors will research opportunities
00:27:50and challenges and how to address them. Yes,
00:27:53Azam Awad from Damascus, thank you very
00:27:56much.
00:28:06From Damascus to Al-Hasakah, where the city of Al-Hasakah witnessed
00:28:09two protest rallies due to the delay in paying the salaries
00:28:13of national hospital employees and the increase in fuel prices.
00:28:17Meanwhile, generator owners continue their protests for the second
00:28:20day. The governorate of Al-Hasakah stated that Governor
00:28:23Nour al-Din Ahmed met with the protesting national hospital
00:28:26employees and listened to their demands regarding
00:28:30salaries and financial entitlements, confirming efforts to pay them
00:28:33before the end of the current month. He also met with a number of generator owners
00:28:36and discussed with them the difficulties they face
00:28:39in their work, at a time when protesters
00:28:43cut off a number of city roads, demanding compensation for
00:28:47their losses after the increase in diesel prices.
00:28:51Syria and Ukraine
00:28:59signed a high-level cooperation agreement in the field of humanitarian
00:29:02demining, with the aim of benefiting from advanced Ukrainian
00:29:06expertise in technical and technological survey
00:29:10of contaminated lands, especially in
00:29:13Today, we signed an agreement with
00:29:26Ukraine, as Syria. This agreement is, of course, regarding
00:29:30the removal of mines and unexploded ordnance inside
00:29:34Syria to exchange expertise and benefit from the technology that they
00:29:38use in Ukraine.
00:29:42the process of demining and unexploded ordnance.
00:29:45This agreement, God willing, will be a gateway for many agreements between
00:29:49the two peoples, between Ukraine and Syria, so that
00:29:52we can use the same technology and have speed
00:29:56in getting rid of these munitions.
00:29:59The head of the General Authority for Civil Aviation and Transport, Omar Hasri, announced
00:30:03the start of operation of two new European
00:30:06destinations for Syrian Airlines. Hasri stated
00:30:09that flights to the Danish capital will begin
00:30:12on Monday, September 11th, while
00:30:16flights to the Austrian
00:30:19September 22nd, raising the number of direct
00:30:23European destinations to three, in addition to the Dutch
00:30:26capital,
00:30:27Amsterdam.
00:30:35The cardiac catheterization department was opened in the National
00:30:38Hospital in Deir al-Zour for the first time since
00:30:41its establishment, in a step that allows heart patients to undergo
00:30:45operations whose high cost previously prevented
00:30:48them from receiving them. This came as part of the Josour
00:30:52Medical campaign, which aims to provide surgical
00:30:55and specialized services to nearly 800 patients,
00:30:59and to