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A powerful blast wrecked an Iranian pilgrim bus near a Shiite shrine in Damascus on Thursday, killing three people in an incident Syria said was caused by a tyre blow-out and not a terrorist attack.
Syria's interior minister said an explosion near a bus parked at a gas station in a Damascus suburb was an accident and three people were killed.
A blast ripped through a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Damascus, killing at least three people in an incident Syria said was an accident and not a terrorist attack.
Russia's Tatneft said it would invest $25 million to develop an oil field in eastern Syria. Tatneft identified its target as South Kishma in Dir Al Zour near the Iraqi border and with estimated reserves of 4.89 million tons of oil.
Washington, 3 December (WashingtonTV)—Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on Thursday defended Iran’s controversial nuclear program.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem criticized the U.N. Security Council for not doing enough to end Israeli settlement activity.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A blast at a gas station in a Damascus suburb killed three people Thursday, gutting the back of an empty bus and blowing out nearby windows, officials said.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — It was an accident, not terrorism. Syria's interior minister says an bus explosion at a surburban Damascus gas station was an accident that killed three people.
Government officials and witnesses gave conflicting reports about the cause of the explosion and the death toll.
Washington, 3 December (WashingtonTV)—Syria says an explosion that ripped through a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Damascus on Thursday was an accident and not a terrorist attack.
What's Your Reaction? DAMASCUS, Syria — Arab satellite television stations say a blast has targeted a busload of Iranian pilgrims in a Damascus suburb and are reporting casualties.
DAMASCUS, 3 December 2009 (IRIN) - A much tougher anti-smoking law in Syria, signed by President Bashar al-Assad and due to come into force in early 2010, will outlaw smoking in public places, including restaurants and bars, hospitals, sports halls and cinemas.
One of the bicycling world's most articulate travel authors passed away recently on what she said was going to be her last around-the-world bike tour. Anne Mustoe of Great Britain died in a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 10. She was 76. The former girl's school headmistress started her around-the-world bicycle travels when she was 54. She circled the globe twice -- once in each direction ...
Syria's interior minister says there has been a blast in Damascus and witnesses say it targeted Iranian pilgrims on a bus, killing at least six people.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defended Iran's controversial nuclear programme on Thursday, during a visit to Damascus by Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, and promised that cooperation between the two countries would continue.
SALAMIEH, Syria, 2 December 2009 – Syria is experiencing a severe drought that is jeopardizing the livelihoods of thousands of families. After a second straight year of poor rainfall, this country in the heart of the fertile crescent is, in places, becoming barren.
