Dec 13 Pro-government

Greek Catholic Patriarch Lahham: First and Only Allegiance Is to Syria in Rejection of any Foreign Interference
http://sana.sy/eng/21/2011/12/13/388095.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/12/13/388082.htm
Dec 13, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Patriarch Gregorios III Lahham of Antioch and All The East said the first and only allegiance is to Syria, stressing rejection of any form of foreign interference from whatever party.

Speaking at Christmas and Patriotism Prayer held on Tuesday evening at al-Zaitoun Church, His Beatitude said the Syrians are able to resolve their problems and differences by themselves in their civilized manner known throughout history.

"We are working for accord, co-existence and human respect and acceptance of others," added Patriarch Laham at the Prayer held for the sake of Syria and its people, which witnessed the participation of heads of the Christian churches in Syria.

"Every Syrian blood is valuable and precious to God," said the Patriarch in particular reference to the victims who fell in the events and all those who are in pain and sorrow.

He pointed out that the Syrian Church stands by Syria for it to remain strong, united, steadfast and stable.

For His part, Mar Ignatius, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, prayed to God to unite the Syrians in amity which surpasses all differences, voicing confidence in the Syrians' ability to emerge from the crisis with united hearts and intertwined hands to give the world a model of civilized co-existence.

Bishop Luqa al-Khouri, deputy Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria and Lebanon, said "This Prayer was for the peace of Syria and for its president and national unity. It was a message to the world that nobody can separate us as Muslims and Christians living in a sacred land."

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اتحاد الفلاحين: مواجهة المؤامرة تتطلب بذل المزيد من الجهود لزيادة الإنتاج وتنويعه
Farmers' Union: Facing the plot requires more efforts to increase production and diversify
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/12/13/388070.htm
December 13, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

The General Federation of farmers to meet the challenges faced by Syria due to the intensification of the plot, especially economic sanctions require more efforts to increase production per unit area and follow the scientific methods and the reduction of waste.

The federation said in a statement on the anniversary of its foundation forty-seventh SANA received a copy of it .. We are required more than ever, self-reliance and encourage creative initiatives in the field of agricultural development and diversification of crops and the introduction of new crops with economic productivity and is required for export and upgrading work catalog to allow for agricultural commodities Syrian global competition, especially that agricultural production is characterized by all else being free of the residue of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

The statement pointed out that the Holiday peasants expression of the march of struggle long provided farmers through enormous sacrifices so that they become decision-makers in all matters pertaining to their lives, especially after the revolution of the eighth of March and the reform movement led by the eternal leader Hafez al-Assad and check to farmers beyond the forms of moral and material support poured the progress of agriculture to be Syria the first Arab country achieve food security.

The statement said .. That the Union has become the largest grassroots organization working economic union productivity in agriculture, both vegetation and animal under the process of modernization and reform and the accompanying resolutions, decrees and laws are all worked to support the farmers and the building material base for the development of their work.

The statement emphasized that the peasants will remain the cornerstone in building national unity and will continue to work to thwart the plot and drop all who stand behind them from their faith to resistance and their role in order to keep the peasants generous hand that work tirelessly to keep Syria fine.

The statement condemned the erosion of some Arab countries in the American and Zionist schemes aimed at Syria and its people in the context of chaos and conflict between classes of people per service to Israel and the U.S. project to draw a new Middle East, said .. The Arab people in Syria to be killed and the destruction and sabotage of infrastructure by armed gangs backed by these forces trying to undermine Syria and positions of national and pan.

The statement stressed that the Syrian Arab people expressed its commitment to national unity and the reform process led by President Bashar al-Assad and the rejection of all forms of conspiracy, especially the decisions of the Arab League after they realized the dimensions of the plot and the distinction between the legitimate demands for reform, progress and plot.