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The all-Ossetian non-governmental organization "Styr Nykhas" will prepare an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the genocide of the Ossetian people in the 1920s, told the news Agency "RES" the First Deputy Chairman of the public organization "Styr Nykhas" of the Republic of South Ossetia of the international movement "Iry Styr Nykhas " Alvery (Sergey) Kochiev.
According to him, the appeal will be prepared by the participants of the 10th jubilee congress of the All-Ossetian organization, which will be held in Tskhinval on August 25.

The leading parties of South Ossetia and Syria will hold consultations on topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda, as well as to exchange delegations, told the Res news agency the leader of the party "United Russia" Alan Tadtaev.
According to him, the development of the Syrian-South Ossetian inter-party cooperation became possible after the signing of the agreement between the "United Ossetia" and the Party of Arab Socialist Revival (BAATH).
Tadtaev has stressed that the South Ossetian party intends to actively use the opening perspectives.

Memorable events dedicated to the tenth anniversary of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008 were held in the embassies of the Republic in Moscow, Sukhum and Tiraspol.

Yesterday, in the Georgian embassy, the London police detained a British journalist and blogger Graham Phillips for a protest and ​ confiscated the footage and two cameras, Tass reports.
It should be noted that yesterday in the Georgian diplomatic mission in the UK was organized photo exhibition to mark the 10th anniversary of the August events. Graham Phillips, who came to the exhibition, called those preset "fascists" and "NATO zombies", also accusing Georgian journalists and diplomats of misinforming the British public.

The official delegation from Syria will take part for the first time in solemn events on the occasion of the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, said in an interview with Izvestia the Chairman of the Parliament of the RSO Peter Gassiev.
According to Gassiev, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is planning to personally visit the Republic, but his visit, most likely, will not be timed to any event.

The decade of the August 2008 events and the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation caused a surge of interest in the Republic from the Western media.
To highlight commemorative events dedicated to the August 8, 2008war, representatives of about two dozen mass media of Russia and foreign countries got accreditation in the information department of South Ossetia.

The action "Memory is needed to those alive ..." was held in Tskhinval at the Gergiev stairs, where gathered representatives of the Republic's leadership headed by the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, members of Parliament and Government, guests of the Republic, representatives of the public.
The head of state Anatoly Bibilov, has reminded that just 10 years ago, a war criminal President of the Republic of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, assured the residents of South Ossetia of their peaceful intentions.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov called former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili a war criminal, who will have to answer before the tribunal for the genocide of the Ossetian people.
Speaking today at the commemorative events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the August 2008 war, Bibilov has recalled the treachery of the ex-president of Georgia who vowed to love everything Ossetian and promised to peacefully resolve all conflict issues, but, nevertheless, ordered to destroy Tskhinval.

Cooperation between "United Ossetia" and the BAATH Party is an important moment in building up the Syrian-South Ossetian relations, said President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov at a press conference in Tskhinval, dedicated to the results of his first official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic.
According to him, the signing of a cooperation agreement with the pro-presidential party in Syria has become a very serious step and a weighty application for "United Ossetia" as the leading political force of the Republic.

The heads of Russia and South Ossetia held a telephone conversation, discussing topical issues related to cooperation between the two countries.
As reported by the Kremlin press service, during the conversation, the leaders of Russia and South Ossetia also touched on the upcoming celebration of the 10th anniversary of recognition of the Republic's independence by the Russian Federation.