1) The Syrian army continues to control Homs and thwart bombings by terrorists in other cities, finding a 500m tunnel used by terrorists. 2) 350 rebels surrendered in Homs as the army destroyed weapons depots and bombed cars in Aleppo. 3) Russia said a UN Security Council statement on Homs was biased and one-sided, as US Congress committees fear sending weapons to Syrian rebels could arm extremist groups.

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Syrian Arab Republic
Ministry of Information
The Directorate of
Electronic Information
Page NO.1
The army continues its control on Homs
Three citizens were injured
because of bombing three
explosive bombs that were
putted in cars in Kafer-
sousah, under the president’s
bridge (Jesser Alraees) and
Alworood district. This
caused material damage in
that site. The engineering
units thwarted an attempt for
bombing explosive bombs
which is 1 kg; the terror-
ists planted it under a car
near the (Lanwazet) café in
Almalki and another one in
Alfahama.
Four citizens were martyred
yesterday and 10 were in-
jured, including women and
children because of bombing
two bombed terrorist cars in
Alhadara Street in Ekrama
avenue in Homs city and this
caused great material dam-
ages in the houses and the
shops of the people besides
that the nets of telephone and
Thwarting bombing an
explosivebombsinAlmalki
Finding a Tunnel of Terrorists in Bab Houd District
Units of the army eliminated
many terrorists who are af-
filiated to Jabhit Al-Nusra in
the Eastern Guttah and the
southern countryside of Da-
mascus and it destroyed their
weapons, ammunition, heavy
machine guns and RPG
electricity in the district.
Unit of the Syria army
found, yesterday, a tun-
nel which its length about
500 meters and its height
is 170cm and it extended
from Bab Houd to Jwarat
Alshaiah. This tunnel was
used by terrorists for trans-
ferring the weapons and the
ammunitions. Also, units of
the armed forced controlled
many buildings in Bab Houd
district and it captured a
sniperwas centered in the
south of real estate interests
in the neighborhood. Also,
units of the army eliminated
many terrorists from (Kataab
Rijal Allah) near the sports
club in Alrasteen city and
Alkalidiah in Homs

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350 wanted surrender in Homs
Destroying a depot of weapons and ammunition and two bombed car
350 wanted surrendered and han-
dled their weapons to the compe-
tent authorities after settling their
status after pledging not to return
to take up arms or carry out any
acts of prejudice to the security of
the nation and its people.
Units of the Syrian army
clashed with terrorist groups
and killed many of them and
it destroyed weapons, am-
munition, mortar gun caliber
120 mm and anti-craft gun
in Aleppo. Also, another unit
destroyed weapons depot
and ammunition of terrorists
and two bombed cars were
equipped with explosives in
Tal Rafaat village in the north-
ern countryside of Aleppo.

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The Russian foreign minis-
try stated in a statement of
it yesterday that the draft of
international Security Council
statement which was submitted
by some non-permanent mem-
bers countries about the events
in Homs as “biased and one
sided”.
In the Russian statement, the
Russian foreign ministry said
that “the draft statement in-
cluded calls to the Syrian gov-
ernment to end violence, as the
acts of the armed opposition
that uses civilians as human
shields were not effectively
denounced.’’
‘’The Russian side proposed
making the text more balanced
by expressing concern over
the fate of the locals in Nubbol
and al-Zahraa towns in Aleppo
countryside -that the UN Sec-
retary-General Ban Ki-moon
spoke about- who are now
under siege due to the armed
opposition acts,’’ the statement
added.
The Ministry said the propos-
als were given the short shrift,
and “those who proposed the
The Russian Foreign: The draft of the Security Council’s statement about the
events in Homs is biased and Russia is ready for connection with the members
of “Al-Doha coalition”
draft statement distorted the
essence of what is taking place
by further calling on the Syrian
government to ensure the access
of humanitarian aid to other
areas.’’
The Syrian Foreign Ministry’s
call to the International Com-
mittee of the Red Cross and the
Red Crescent requesting the
delivery of humanitarian assis-
tance to the locals in Homs and
its expressing readiness to en-
sure ‘’humanitarian corridors’’
to that end were not taken into
consideration, the statement
pointed out.
The Russian Foreign Ministry
spokesman, Alexander Luka-
shevich said that ‘’Doha Coali-
tion’’ is requested to express in
no uncertain terms readiness to
send representatives to the in-
ternational conference on Syria
due in Geneva without precon-
ditions, and to set to common
search for finding a political
solution in Syria according
to Geneva communiqué. Lu-
kashevich expressed Russia’s
willingness to establish contacts
with members of the ‘’Doha
Coalition’’ as to seek an end
to the crisis and the suffering
of the Syrian people through
a comprehensive national
dialogue, with full respects to
Syria’s national sovereignty and
territorial integrity away from
foreign interference.
five sources of U.S National
security reported that the
intelligence Committees at
the U.S. Congress agree on
Kerry’s plan to send weap-
ons to those it described
“opposition’s fighters “ in
Committees in the U.S. Congress impede America Project
to Supply opposition fighters by weapons for fearing
of its arrival at the hand of militant groups.
Syria, fearing the arrival of
such weapons to extremist
groups belonging to al-Qae-
da, sources reported that the
Congress committees sus-
pended temporarily financ-
ing arms’ project.

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Central Committee of the
Arab Socialist Baath Party
held yesterday expanded
meeting chaired by Presi-
dent Bashar al-Assad Re-
gional Secretary of the
party. President Al-Assad
presented at the meeting
an analytical political pre-
sentation about the war
on the Syrian People, the
recent developments, and
the international and Arab
stances of this issue, and
the party’s role during this
phase. President Bashar al-
Assad stressed the need for
a critical review of the per-
formance of al-Baath Arab
Socialist Party and its cadres
for building on the positives
and overcoming the nega-
tives. President al-Assad
said that the most important
step is to find channels of
communication between al-
Baath party leaders and the
popular base as to deepen
interaction with citizens.
President al-Assad stressed
the importance of laying
down accurate standards of
party hierarchy and effective
mechanisms in selecting the
Party’s representatives. A
new regional leadership was
selected during the meet-
ings as President Bashar
al-Assad the Regional Sec-
retary, with the membership
of the 15 new one.
The first religious judge in Damascus Mahmoud Alma-
rawi announced that tomorrow (Wednesday) is the first
day of Ramadan in the 10th of July. The president Bashar
Al-Assad received a cable from Almarawi who congratu-
lated him because of coming the holy month (Ramadan)
after that Shaaban month will be completed on Tuesday
The Education Ministry
on Monday published the
results of the high school
certificate (Baccalaureate)
exams for 2013. Education
Minister Hazwan al-Waz
said that students applied
for the of the certificate,
(75.55%) of scientific
branch passed the exams,
while (65.63%) students of
President al-Assad..
stressed the need for
a critical review
of the performance
of al-BaathArab Social-
ist Party and its cadres
The First Religious Judge in Damascus: Wednesday
is the first day of Ramadan
The First Religious Judge in Damascus: Wednesday
is the first day of Ramadan
literary branch passed the
exams. As for the Sharia
(Islamic studies) branch,
(84.98%) passed, while
the women’s vocational
branch (73.75%) of them
passed. the industrial vo-
cational branch, (80.92%)
passed, while (60.37%) for
the commercial vocational
branch passed.

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Economy deputy D.r Qadri
Jameel issued generalizations
called upon the ministries and
public and private bodies to
provide the requirements of
In cooperation with the Syrian trust for de-
velopment and the General Women’s Union
and the Revolutionary Youth, the Damas-
cus province opened “the meeting of the
Syrian village” in Altakiah Alsoulimaniah
on the occasion of coming Ramadan .The
activities will continue till Tuesday and it
Economy deputy ordering the need to provide citizens’ requirements during
Ramadan month.
“The Syrian Village meeting” in Altakiah Alsouliamaniah”
contains interactive activities and various
social, artistic and cultural for supporting
the small projects and helping the peasants
and the craftsman who came from the un-
stable area to sell their products . Scores of
organizations and the public associations
participated in it.
citizens in the local markets
of food and consumer goods
during the month of Rama-
dan and monitoring prices.
For his part, Ali Ibrahim Ali,
Chairman of the standing by
bakeries’ Committee called
on all bakery supervisors to
secure all basic materials and
assistance