Day: August 28, 2023

11:00 am Session by the Public Works, Transportation, Energy and Water Committee, chaired by MP Sajea Attieh, to discuss issues concerning the Traffic, Vehicles, and Machinery Management Authority. 11:00 am Condolences to be offered upon the loss of As-Safir’s Talal Salman at the Specialization and Scientific Guidance Association in Beirut till 7:00 pm. Minister of Information Ziad Makary’s activities: 10:30 am Meeting with Iraqi Chargé d’Affairs, Amin Al-Nasrawi. 12:00 pm Signature of an agreement with head of the Makassed Charitable Islamic Association, Faisal Sinno. 4:00 p.m. Ceremony marking the joint cooperation between the Clemenceau Medical Center – CMC and the Lancaster Hotels – Suites – Resorts, sponsored by the Ministries of Tourism, Health and Information, at Lancaster Plaza in Beirut. 5:30 p.m. Solidarity meeting organized by the Families of Abductees and Disappeared persons in Lebanon marking the International Day of the Disappeared and Forcibly Disappeared, at Gebran Khalil Gebran garden facing ESCWA.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) refuted allegations made via some websites by the wife of the detainee (B.F), claiming that the latter, transferred from the local Ras El Ma prison in Fez to the local Oujda prison, had not been able to benefit from medical examinations.

In a clarification, the DGAPR said that the inmate had benefited from several medical examinations inside and outside the local prison of Ras El Ma in Fez, in the specialties of gastroenterology and ophthalmology, adding that after his transfer to the local prison of Oujda, he benefited from 14 medical examinations within the prison and 5 specialized medical examinations in the local hospital.

The detainee is known for misconduct, notes the DGAPR, pointing out that he had already been the subject of two disciplinary decisions, although he enjoys all the rights guaranteed by law, including medical care, recreation and food.

Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani reiterated the necessity of the withdrawal of illegal US forces from Syria as soon as possible, stressing that the presence of these forces contradicts peace, security and international laws.

In his weekly press conference on Monday, Kanaani said that the presence of the US forces on Syrian territory is illegal and causes instability and insecurity in Syria and the region, adding that they must leave as soon as possible based on international laws and upon the request of the Syrian government.

Kanaani pointed out that the crisis in Syria is a result of interference of the foreign forces and their support for terrorist organizations.

The continuation of harsh and unjust US sanctions causes the suffering of the Syrian people, Kanaani affirmed.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

President Bashar al-Assad issued om Modnay Legislative Decree No. 30 for the year 2023 amending articles and adding others to Income Tax Law No. 24 for the year 2003 and its amendments.

The most important amendments are reducing the tax rate on salary and wages, reducing the tax on lump- sum payment, raising the minimum exemption from it, and linking it directly with the minimum wage specified for workers in the public sector as of the beginning of this September.

In addition to reducing the income tax rate for taxpayers of commercial and non-commercial professions and crafts, and reducing the income tax for tourism establishments to 2% instead of 2.5%.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency