Eight Syrian athletes took part in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, competing in shooting, swimming, track and field, triathlon and weightlifting events.
Twelve Syrian opposition activists who signed the Damascus Declaration, a 2005 manifesto calling for democracy in Syria, went on trial in Damascus on July 30.
The children’s charity Rainbow launched an exhibition to promote it sponsorship programme of Syrian orphans at the opening of the 55th annual Damascus International Fair (DIF) on August 15.
Lebanese president Michel Suleiman arrived in Damascus on August 13 to hold talks with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in a landmark visit which concluded with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Afef Dalilah, one of Syria’s most prominent dissidents, was released from prison on August 7 after close to seven years behind bars, a human rights watchdog told Syria Today.
The purchase of high-tech arms was the focus of a two-day visit to Russia by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad which concluded on August 22.
The children’s charity Rainbow launched an exhibition to promote it sponsorship programme of Syrian orphans at the opening of the 55th annual Damascus International Fair (DIF) on August 15.
Lebanese president Michel Suleiman arrived in Damascus on August 13 to hold talks with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in a landmark visit which concluded with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Ninety Palestinian refugees who fled violence in Iraq completed a six-week vocational training course in Damascus on August 16.
