Int’l Media Conference against Terrorism resumes activities for the second day

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jouhina news,

First session of the second day of the International Media Conference Against Terrorism started on Saturday under the title of “the importance of media in military field task.”

The two-day Conference kicked off its activities on Friday at the Opera House in Damascus with a speech by Information Minister, the representative of President Bashar al-Assad.

Ali Karimian, Secretary General of the Islamic Radio and Television Union also delivered a speech in the inauguration of the Conference.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem, Iran’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati and Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem talked at the first session of the Conference which was held under “the title of the regional and international alliance against terrorism.”

In the second session, held under the title of “the role of media in the ongoing wars and the formation of the new world,” Presidential Political and Media Advisor Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, in addition to a number of Arab and international media figures, delivered speeches.

Around 130 journalists from Russia, Iran, Cuba, Spain, China, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Morocco, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Cyprus, Britain, Germany and Kuwait are participating in the two-day conference, in addition to Syrian journalists.

Discussions focus on the role of the national, friendly and hostile media in the political and intellectual discourse, the importance of military reporting, the role played by media in the ongoing wars, the formation of the new world and means of creating a regional and international alliance for countering terrorism.

The conference had started by screening a film about the Syrian civilization and the high development rates in Syria before 2010.