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Unites of Syrian Army killed, injured gunmen including Jordanian and Iraqi nationalities in the countryside of Damascus and they smashed a store of weapons, ammunition and their criminal devices. An official source mentioned that unites of the army killed gunmen during their chasing near the farms of Tishreen Hospital at the edges of Barzaa Neighborhood. Unites of the army destroyed weapons and ammunition of gunmen in Erbeen and killed the members of an armed group with its head Abou Skaf. Unites of the armed forces continued their operations against the

Iraqi and Jordanian nationalities in the countryside of Damascus

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headquarters of gunmen in Al-Housainia which caused the killing of the Jordanian Terrorist Kaseem Rabee , the Iraqi Abbas AL-fadel and smashing of a heavy machine gun and ammunition. In Sbenah Town, the army controlled on the street between Al-Shourta neighborhood and the mosque of Saad IbN Moath

and killed the members of an armed group in Daria. A military source said that unites of the army frustrated an attempt of gunmen to detonate explosive devices and destroyed a booby trapped car for gunmen which caused the killing of the gunmen inside the car without any causality among citizens.

Rockets Launcher and heavy machine guns in Homs

In Homs, Army units destroyed rockets launcher and heavy machine guns of gunmen near east Talbesah, caused many deaths and injuries in Al-Rastan and Teldo town, they also eliminated on gatherings of militants east Abdullah bin Masood mosque and in Bab Hood in Jouret Shiah neighborhood. Furthermore, another army unit targeted gatherings of insurgents in Al- Saain.

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Rocket launchers in Aleppo and its countryside

An army units carried out a series of operations in Aleppo and its countryside, were destroyed a rocket launchers and mortars of insurgents in villages (Kwers) and (Aljadeda) and ruled on the number of them in the villages (Rasem Aboud) and (Deir Hafer), and foiled attempts by insurgents to infiltrate into safe neighborhoods in the city towards the laboratories in (Sheikh Saeed) neighborhood and (Maysaloon) and caused deaths and injuries, including while stopped another armed group which tried to sneak to (Zahrawi)

in the old city of Aleppo and wiped out most of them. The military source said that the army units have caused deaths and injuries among militants in the villages of (Meyer) , (Kevin) (Hayyan) , (Tamorh) and around prison Aleppo Central and Hospital Canadian, and also destroyed their possession of weapons

and ammunition while ruled by other units on the concentrations of militants in different areas of the (Khan Al-asla). The source added that was destroyed a machine gun anti-aircraft and medium weapons and ammunition of the insurgents east (Haritan) and (Hayyan) and on the road (Alcastelo).

Killing of gunmen in the countryside of Hama, Hasaka and Adleb

In the countryside of Hama, Hasaka and Adleb , unites of the army killed and injured gunmen, where a unit of the army confronted for an armed group near to Morq town in the Northern countryside and killed all its members including foreign gunmen. Another unit destroyed headquarters of armed groups in Ein al-Bidda in the

countryside of Adleb. In Hasaka, a unit of the army made a qualitative operation against gunmen in Al-Shadadi city, killed, injured many of them and destroyed heavy machine guns and ammunition. The special authorities frustrated an attempt of gunmen to detonate an explosive device in Al Azizia Neighborhood.

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Condemnations, warnings and calls

Arab parties and personalities condemned the U.S. , Western, Atlantic and Israeli threats, and called to stand against it and get ready to go out marches rallies everywhere in the Arab world, and to take a united stand to respond to the Western and Gulf fierce attack which tryies to undermine the steadfastness of the Syrians. The chief editor of the Egyptian newspaper Elaosboa the Author Mustafa Bakri, said that the game of chemical weapons in Syria remind us of the game of nuclear in Iraq. While both Hamdeen Sabahi founder of the Egyptian popular party, and Nabil Fahmy, the Egyptian Foreign Minister assured that the attack on the Syrian people is barbarism must not

be allowed by Egypt, rejecting any military solution to the crisis in Syria, stressing that a political solution is the only way to resolve the crisis. Sheikh Salman Anter, chairman of the National activities at the occupied Palestinian territories and the Palestinian factions, and Fatah Al-Intifada movement rejected the hints about the threat of aggression against Syria, warning of serious effects on the Arab national security

and the region the Secretary-General of the Nasserite Popular organization in Lebanon, Dr. Osama Saad, and Adnan Mansour, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in the caretaker government of Lebanon, and Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed that any U.S. or west aggression on Syria would have negative repercussions on the region.

Lavrov: Resort to force in Syria will destabilize region

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov asserted in a phone call with ALakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy to Syria that the use of force in Syria will lead to destabilization of the situation in the region. For his part, Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian State Duma said that any military operation against Syria will increase the tension in the entire region and seriously harm the United Nations and its institutions.

Sit-in in front of the French Embassy in Moscow to condemn the attitudes of Western aggression against Syria
Representatives of a number of Russian youth organizations were gathered with the participation of members of the Syrian community in a sit-in in front of the French embassy in Moscow as an expression of solidarity of Russian people with Syrian people and condemn the attitudes of American and Western military campaign led by the United States against Syria.

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Cameron calls for Parliament to vote on a resolution about Syria

British Prime Minister David Cameron called the British Parliament to convene an emergency session to vote on a resolution about Syria, according to Agency FrancePress, after it announced a spokesman yesterday that the British armed forces develop contingency plans for possible military action in Syria, adding that is no decision about this type of work

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is likely. In a related context (Cyprus) considered yesterday, that the British bases on the island will not play a big role in any possible

strikes against Syria, while the British army denied an information about the intensification of moves in a military airports.

Russian Embassy in Damascus: the work of diplomatic mission is usual not evacuations

West is preparing for a new war crime in Syria

A source at the Russian Naval General Staff said that the Russian navy will not participate in evacuating the Russian citizens from Syria. The source told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday that the Russian ships received no directives to evacuate citizens from Russia or from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from the Syrian ports. Meanwhile, a source at the Russian Embassy in Damascus said that there is no evacuation of the diplomatic mission in Syria. Earlier, a source at the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said that an Il-62 plane has arrived into Moscow from Lattakia, with 27 Russian citizens onboard, the majority of them women and children.

The site Global Research the Canadian said the West is preparing for the crime of a new war in Syria The American administration and the British government did not reveals for any evidence that they talked about it on the use of the Syrian government of chemical weapons, the Web site said that one of the reasons for the truth to defend these countries to wage war on Syria is an important disability UN investigators and that Washington is know it will be Lying the claim and may appear its involvement in the attack by insurgents using chemical weapons. The sit Ante ower: the U.S. Congress have to prevent Obama from dragging the United

States into another war in the region, the (sit) ask a questions about why the United States to the rejection rapid Show presented by Syria to a team of international inspectors of the United Nations to investigate the attack alleged chemical weapons, and whether Washington was afraid of the emergence of facts that completely contradict the U.S. allegations about weapons of mass destruction, just as happened previously in Iraq. A political analyst and American journalist emphasized Stephen Lindeman that the U.S. military intervention against Syria is planned many years ago and aims to replace the government of an independent and sovereign and pro-Western.

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Jaafari: the data confirms the use of chemical weapons by terrorist groups in order to withdrawals a military intervention
call a re-balance of power between the government and the armed terrorist groups, so they had to move the file chemotherapy because a very sensitive subject, pointing out that the Western countries and the Turkish government violated Security Council resolution which related of prevent a terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction by allowing the armed terrorist groups in the Turkish territory creates a laboratory for the manufacture of chemical weapons materials Turkish and Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the introduction of the chemical weapons into Syria through the Turkish border. And on the threat of Western military aggression on the Syria Jaafari saw that the intent of this lies is the political pressure on Damascus to get the concessions, and this is considered a form of terrorism Media.

Dr. Bashar Jaafari a Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in said an interview with (AL-Ikhbariya) TV yesterday, that everything that is happening in the region is entitled Israels interest and all involved in aggression on Syria ultimately serves the Israeli interest and much of data are in use confirmation armed groups chemical weap-

ons in order to withdrawals outside military intervention and aggression against Syria, revealing Arabia attempt to pass a resolution against Syria in the General Assembly to adopt the draft resolution on chemical weapons. Al-Jaafari said the victories which achieved by the Syrian Arab Army on the ground is scared who bet on what they

Armenian Foreign Ministry: embassy and consulate in Damascus and Aleppo are working normally

Media advisor in the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tehran Palian said, The

Embassy of Armenia in Damascus and consulate in Aleppo are working normally.

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Government adopts a draft law on the acceptance of the outstanding students in the scientific Olympiad and the International Olympiad in universities
state of the public treasury of the state to cover all risks of insurance of air fleet of Syrian Arab Airlines and civilian aircraft of the Air Force for the next insurance year, which will begin from 01/10/2013 until 09/30/2014. It also agreed on the request of Damascus Chamber of Commerce containing approval to extend working by the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 53 of the unified contracts issued by Law No. 51 of 2004

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Cabinet adopted a draft law to accept the outstanding students in the scientific Olympiad and the International Olympiad in universities without a differentiation, and to send them for

getting the college, master and doctoral degrees in the domain in which they excelled. The Council approved the request of the Ministry of Transport included to extend the guarantee of the

Four citizens killed by Israeli left mine in Quneitra

Four citizens were killed and a citizen was injured after a mine left by the Israeli occupation went off near the area of Ghader in Quneitra on Tuesday. Quneitra Governor, Maan Salah

Eddin Ali, called upon all international and humanitarian institutions to shoulder their responsibilities as to stem the bloodshed caused by the Israeli mines in the area.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Syria Dr. Adib Mayaleh called on citizens not to be drawn behind the manipulators at the exchange rate of the Syrian pound, stressing that the prices that are promoted are chaotic, pointing out that there is no demand for foreign exchange to justify this sudden rise.

Mayaleh calls not to be dragged behind the manipulators in lira exchange rate

Al-Halaki: calls for providing strategic products to the Syrian markets

Prime Minister, Dr. Wael al-Halqi called for providing all the markets with basic needs and opening new governmental institutions to deliver them to the citizens.

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Textbooks are in all Syrian provinces

to 80 percent in the safe areas and to overcome the difficulties that caused by the armed groups to burn large quantities of books in warehouses and exposure to trucks books during the transfer. The minister called on schools to ready and preparation for the academic year and rehabilitation of the affected them and to seek alternative solutions for schools used as temporary accommodation centers which still home to families affected by the events in 683 schools.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Hezwan Al-wez during the meeting with the directors

of education in the provinces said, that were secured to distribution of the textbook by 50

Shipping Company foreign currency manipulator in cooperation with foreign parties which finance militants
The competent authorities seized shipping company in Al-Hariqa at Damascus which transfer funds without the necessary license to do so. Mahmoud Abdulelah Al-Dij director of the Al-Tair company admitted that the company transfer funds from several countries abroad illegally from parties finance militants in Syria and foreign currency manipulator by keeping it abroad and exchange its value at Home.

15 tons of Russian aid

Russian plane carrying 15 tons of relief and medical assistance provided by the Russian people to the Syrian people arrived the airport the martyr Basil al-Assad in Latakia yesterday.