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Hamza Al-Mustafa
Hamza al-Mustafa () is a Syrian academic, researcher, and media executive who is the current Minister of Information since 29 March 2025. Education and academic career Al-Mustafa holds a PhD from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed studies, books, and articles on Syrian political and media issues. His works include ''The Virtual Public Sphere in the Syrian Revolution: Characteristics, Trends, and Mechanisms of Public Opinion Formation''. He also co-authored ''The Kurdish Question in Syria: Reality, History, and Myth'' and ''Backgrounds of the Revolution: Syrian Studies''. Career Al-Mustafa worked as a researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, where he focused on political and social issues in Syria and the wider region. He later became the Director General of Syria TV, overseeing its operations and editorial direction. On 29 March 2025, he was appointed as Syria's Minister of Information in the Syrian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Information (Syria)
The Ministry of Information () is a government ministry office in Syria responsible for media, press and informations. It is part of the Council of Ministers of Syria. Responsibility Main goals of the Ministry: * Strengthening the national feeling, social cooperation and spreading the spirit of solidarity among the people. * Defending the issues of the Arab nation and its goals in terms of unity, freedom and socialism, and supporting the Arab national, national and progressive struggle in its various fields. * Contribute to the dissemination of culture among the masses. * Addressing social problems and advocating adherence to authentic Arab values. * Reviving the Arab heritage in various literary, scientific and artistic fields. * Informing the masses of the achievements of human civilization in various fields. * Enlightening public opinion and informing it of the facts in the field of internal and external news, and informing it of the progress, trends and goals of events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Transitional Government
The Syrian transitional government () is the current provisional government of Syria, formed on 29 March 2025 under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. It succeeded the Syrian caretaker government headed by Mohammed al-Bashir. The government was announced by president of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, where the new ministers were sworn in and delivered speeches outlining their agendas. Two new ministries were formed: the Ministry of Sports and Youth and Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management. The position of Prime Minister was abolished. The Ministry of Energy was formed from the mergers of the Ministry of Electricity, the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Water Resources while the Ministry of Economy and Industry was formed from the mergers of the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection and the Ministry of Industry. Background The 2024 Syrian op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Academics
Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to rule the land and its people over the course of thousands of years. By the seventh century, most of the inhabitants of the Levant spoke Aramaic. In the centuries after the Muslim conquest of the Levant in 634, Arabic gradually became the dominant language, but a minority of Syrians (particularly the Assyrians and Syriac-Arameans retained Aramaic (Syriac), which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. The national name "Syrian" was originally an Indo-European corruption of Assyrian and applied to Assyria in northern Mesopotamia, however by antiquity it was used to denote the inhabitants of the Levant. Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant, Arab id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of The University Of Exeter
This is a list of University of Exeter people, including office holders, current and former academics, and alumni of the University of Exeter. In Post-nominal letters, post-nominals, the University of Exeter is abbreviated as ''Exon.'' (from the Latin ''Exoniensis''), and is the suffix given to Honorary Degree, honorary and Academic Degree, academic degrees from the university. Chancellors * Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1955–1972) * Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory of Tiverton (1972–1981) * Rex Richards (chemist), Sir Rex Richards (1982–1998) * Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon (1998–2005) * Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin (2006–2016) * Paul Myners, Baron Myners (2016–2021) * Michael Barber (educationist), Sir Michael Barber (2022-) Vice-chancellors Principals of the University College of the South West of England * Hector Hetherington (1920-1924) * Walter Hamilton Moberly (1925–1926) * John Murray (Liberal politician), John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Syria
The Council of Ministers () was first constituted in the Syrian Constitution of 1930. Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Syria is currently undergoing a political transition, with Ahmed al-Sharaa leading a Syrian transitional government. Cabinet in the Constitution With the 2012 Constitution of Ba'athist Syria suspended following the fall of the Assad regime, the new 2025 Interim Constitution establishes a presidential system in which executive power is concentrated in the hands of the president, who appoints the ministers without the position of prime minister. Syrian transitional government The first post-Assad government was formed following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024. Outgoing prime minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali continued in that role as a caretaker until Mohammed al-Bashir was designated as prime minister on 10 December 2024. On 29 March 2025, the caretaker government was replaced by the Syrian transitional government, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Arab News Agency
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) () is a Syrian State media, state-owned news agency, linked to Ministry of Information (Syria), the country's ministry of information. It was established in June 1965. SANA publishes more than 500 news stories and 150 photos on a daily basis and operates in multiple languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Persian and Russian. The agency is also a member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA). History Website SANA launched its website in 1997. Up until November 2012, SANA's website was hosted in Dallas, Texas, by the United States company SoftLayer. Due to sanctions related to the Syrian Civil War, which make this hosting illegal, the SoftLayer company was obliged to terminate its hosting responsibilities with SANA. SANA's English website states that the agency "adopts Syria's national firm stances and its support to the Arab and Islamic causes and principles with the aim of presenting the real civilized image of Syria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria TV (Fadaat Media)
Syria TV () is a Syrian television network owned and operated by the Qatari Fadaat Media network. It was launched in March 2018 in Istanbul, where its headquarters are currently located, as a pro-Syrian opposition network, during the Syrian revolution. It broadcasts a variety of programs and news shows in Arabic, covering society, politics, entertainment and culture. Syria TV, according to the station's profile, aims at "bridging the spaces and gaps between the members of the Syrian nation.", by trying to reflect the conditions Syrians encounter, both inside Syria and abroad. The channel is said to being funded by Syrian and Arab businessmen. The current CEO of the channel is Hamza al-Mustafa. Programming Syria TV station broadcast programs discussing Syrian people issues, whether inside or outside Syria, along with airing other variety programs discussing different issues, whether political, social, economic, and/or cultural. Reunion A daily window overlooking at Syrians� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Al-Sharaa
Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa (born 29 October 1982) also known by his ''nom de guerre'' Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander serving as the president of Syria since January 2025. He previously served as the country's ''de facto'' leader from December 2024 until his appointment as president. Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to a Syrian Sunni Muslim family from the Golan Heights, he grew up in Syria's capital, Damascus. Al-Sharaa joined al-Qaeda in Iraq shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq and fought for three years in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), Iraqi insurgency. American forces captured and imprisoned him from 2006 to 2011. His release coincided with the Syrian Revolution against the Ba'athist Syria, Ba'athist dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. Al-Sharaa created the al-Nusra Front in 2012 with the support of al-Qaeda to fight the Assad regime in the Syrian civil war. As emir of the al-Nusra Front, al-Sharaa built a stronghold in the northw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Center For Research And Policy Studies
The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is an Arab research institute with particular interest in the social sciences, applied social sciences, regional history and geostrategic affairs. To this effect, the ACRPS coordinates and develops research, publications, projects and events on issues and challenges relevant to the Arab world. The ACRPS primarily conducts its work in Arabic but publishes in both Arabic and English. The ACRPS was established in 2010 and is based in Al Daayen, Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ... with a second office in Beirut, Lebanon. It is overseen by an executive board composed of Arab academics and intellectuals. The general director of the ACRPS is the Palestinian academic and politician Azmi Bishara. Projects and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
