Raqqa,(ST)-The Turkish occupation forces and their terrorist mercenaries renewed their aggression with shells on residential homes and properties in the villages located to the west of Tal Abyad in the countryside of Raqqa.

Local sources told SANA's correspondent that "the Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries from the terrorist organizations targeted, with a number of artillery shells, residential homes and citizens' properties in the village of Koberlik, west of Tal Abyad, which led to material damage to homes and properties."

Hasaka,(ST)- The bodies of three civilians were found in al-Hawl Camp in which Washington is detaining tens of thousands of displaced Syrians through terrorist groups supported by it in Hasaka countryside.

"The three bodies belong to a child and two women," local sources told SANA reporter, noting that "the bodies showed signs of multiple gunshot wounds."

Damascus countryside ,(ST)-Four civilians were injured today as a result of an explosive device explosion in the town of Zakia in the Al-Kiswah area in the southern Damascus countryside.

A source in the police command told SANA that an explosive device exploded while a car was passing through the town of Zakia, wounding 4 civilians who were inside the car, and they were taken to Al-Amana hospital in the town of Al-Kiswa for treatment.

Haifaa Mafalani

On the occasion of the Feast of the Cross, the Church of the Holy Cross in Damascus held on Sunday evening a great liturgy presided over by Bishop Ephrem Maalouli, the patriarchal representative of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and the rest of the East.He  was assisted by a group of priests.

In his speech, Bishop Maalouli spoke about the sublime meanings of the Feast of the Cross and the journey of Christ’s Passion, calling for inspiration from this journey and taking it as an example to face difficult circumstances and adhere to the values and virtues of giving, sacrifice, patience and  helping others.

With the start of the school year, the US-backed SDF militia attacked the teachers  and students of the Martyr Hanna Atallah High School for the Outstanding Students in the city of Hasakah during their sit-in in front of the school to protest against the militia’s takeover of the school and prevented them from entering their classrooms.

The SDF’s armed militiamen attacked students and teachers during their sit-in in front of the school, beat them, threatening to use weapons to disperse them, and kidnapped a number of students amid chants denouncing the militia’s practices.

“The families and students reject the occupation of schools by the SDF militia which wants to turn them into military headquarters,”

the Director of Al-Hasakah Education, Ilham Sourkhan, stated.

The Turkish occupation forces attacked with artillery shells the villages of Okaiba and Swaghieh in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

SANA's correspondent stated that the Turkish occupation forces on Saturday  evening attacked with artillery shells the homes of the people in the villages of Okaiba and Swaghieh in the northern countryside of Aleppo, which resulted in some material damage to the property of the residents and public facilities in these villages.

The Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries from the terrorist organizations repeatedly attack the neighboring areas and villages with rocket-propelled grenades.

Inas Abdulkareem

DAMASCUS, (ST)- More than 13,000 schools in different Syrian provinces are due to welcome 3.8 million students for the academic year 2020-2021 amid precautionary measures to confront the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The education Ministry issued a health protocol for the return of the students to school in a way that maintain education in Syria and protect the students and teachers' health and safety at the same time.

The ministry, through its education directorates in the provinces took several precautionay measures including disinfection and sterilization campaigns in all the schools, providing health environment for the study and supplying the schools' health departments with medical tools to check students' health.