Press Releases Syriatel in The News Past Events New awareness campaign for road safety In collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation and under a the patronage of Mr. Makram Obaid, the national campaign for the road safety was launched through a press conference held on 26th of May 2004, sponsored by Syriatel, and followed by a 2 days seminar on 30.31/5/04, which was opened by the prime minister Eng. Naji Otri. With a passion of supporting the Syrian community and as a part of the corporate social responsibility program, Syriatel lunched a new awareness campaign for the road safety issues. Mr. Omar Basha Syriatel communication manager stated:" I think Syriatel became a leading company in Syria social responsibility. Thus we coordinated with the general association for roads & transportation to launch this awareness campaign in order to support the government efforts in this field, promote the ethics and roles for further concentrating on the road and the human being for safety driving". During the seminar the general association for road transportation in collaboration with roads specialists raised many issues related to the road conditions, all the new traffic laws that would come into effect, the cause and the results of accidents.