Ronahî: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is speaking today in Syria’s People’s Assembly and thereby concludes his three-day visit to Damascus.

Ronahî: Guterres said at the press conference that all sanctions imposed on Syria must be lifted so that the country’s economy can improve.

Kamîran: This is the first visit by the United Nations chief to Damascus in thirteen years.

Ronahî: Guterres also said that during his visit to Damascus he held a press conference with the foreign minister of the interim government, Asaad Al-Shibani.

Ronahî: According to the United Nations report on housing presented today in Baghdad, the price of a home in Syria exceeds the average annual income of families by seventy-six times.

Ronahî: The report says a family must pay one thousand and thirty-nine months of income to buy a home.

Kamîran: This figure places Syria first on the list among Arab countries.

Ronahî: The report offers some recommendations for addressing the housing crisis around the world that affects billions of people.

Ronahî: In the village of Al-Salumiya in the countryside of Homs, while children were playing near the village cemetery, a bomb left over from the war exploded.

Ronahî: As a result, three children were injured and one of them is in a serious medical condition.

Kamîran: The children have been transferred to Homs University Hospital.

Ronahî: Local sources say the explosion was caused by remnants of war.

Ronahî: According to two regional sources who spoke to CBS News, Iran-Oman negotiations regarding the opening of the Strait of Hormuz have made progress.

Ronahî: The sources said diplomacy requires time for an agreement to be reached.

Kamîran: The silence of the American bombardment was also intentional so that the negotiations between the parties would not be disrupted.

Ronahî: Today marks the tenth anniversary of the explosion that took place in the western district of Qamishli.

Ronahî: On the twenty-seventh of July two thousand sixteen an Islamic State booby-trapped truck exploded on Amouda Street and sixty-two citizens lost their lives.

Kamîran: Among the victims were three members of the security forces.

Ronahî: Today a commemoration was held at the site of the incident and a call for reconstruction was made.