An effort to reduce growing strains on overcrowded prisons in Syria, some holding thousands of captured Islamic State fighters, is being met with cautious optimism in Washington, even though it involves letting hundreds of the terror group’s adherents walk free. The plan put into motion...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad moved Wednesday to exempt more low-wage earners from income tax, his office said, as the economy buckles under the weight of US sanctions and nearly a decade of war. The legislative decree, the first such amendment in years, widens the tranche of low-income...

A Syrian girl has been nominated for the 2020 International Children's Peace Prize. The girl, identified only as Enar and also known as "Noor" on social media, played a major role in raising awareness of the suffering of the people of the Ghouta area near Damascus during a years-long siege....

The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory recorded 216 new COVID infections and one death out of 741 tests—the highest daily increase in cases yet in the liberated areas, bringing the total number to 2865. Mohammed Hallaj, the director of the Syria Response Coordinators team, said that,...

Three Turkish-backed Syrian fighters were killed Monday in an ambush by Kurdish militants in the border Ras Al-Ayn region northeastern Syria, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack took place near Al-Alya town south of Ras Al-Ayn. The slain fighters were operating in Sultan Murad...

Turkey Tuesday started withdrawing from one of its largest outposts in northwest Syria encircled for the past year by Syrian regime forces, a war monitor and a pro-Ankara rebel commander said. The outpost in Morek is Turkey's largest in the northwest province of Hama, which is now mostly...

More than 42 former leaders of armed opposition factions have been killed in Daraa, since the “settlement” agreement that led to the regime regaining control over the region in August 2018. The Daraa Martyrs Documentation Office (DMDO) said that since regime forces took control, around 76...

Turkey is withdrawing troops from a military post in northwest Syria that was surrounded by Syrian government forces last year, but is consolidating its presence elsewhere in the region, sources familiar with the operation said on Monday. The observation post at Morek was one of a dozen set...

A top White House counterterrorism official recently met with the Assad regime in Syria to negotiate the release of US hostages, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Kash Patel, a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and top White House counterterrorism official, traveled to...

A top White House official flew to Damascus for talks to free U.S. hostages believed to be held in Syria, people familiar with the matter said. (The Wall Street Journal)

Syria needs to import between 180,000 tonnes and 200,000 tonnes of wheat a month, the economy minister was cited as saying on Sunday, blaming a shortfall on “militias” preventing farmers from selling their wheat to the state. Mohamed Samer al-Khalil was quoted in al-Watan newspaper as...

Syrian regime has committed more than 3,174 ceasefire violations in northwestern Syria since March 5, as its forces have been deliberately targeting residential areas in Idlib countryside to prevent the return of the displaced to their homes, Syria's Response Coordinators Group (SRCG) said...

The cases of thieving and plundering are terribly increased in southern Daraa province, amid the Assad regime's neglect of these incidents, which increased the suffering of civilians who mainly live under assassinations, arrests, and dire economic conditions. Daraa24 Network, local...

Two Kurdish YPG militants were wounded when an explosives-rigged motorcycle blew up in northeastern Qamishli city, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The rigged motorcycle exploded in a military site for the Kurdish Protection Units in the village of Himo. With the YPG...

The European Union on Friday decided to impose sanctions on seven newly appointed ministers in Syria over violent repression against the civilian population. The sanctions include a travel ban and an asset freeze against the ministers. With seven more ministers, the number of people who...

The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory of the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) has reported 107 new infected cases of Covid-19 in the liberated areas in northern Syria, bringing the number of cases so far to 1927. Twenty cases of recovery have been registered, with a total of 1024...

The Kurdish-led forces controlling northeast Syria Thursday freed more than 600 Syrian prisoners detained over links to Daesh (ISIS). The 631 detainees had been held on terrorism charges and were the first batch released in an amnesty deal announced recently following calls from Arab tribes...

A newspaper owned by the Saudi government and rather ironically called Independent Arabia has started to promote the restoration of links with the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad, Aram Media reported on Wednesday. The Saudi government has boycotted Assad and his regime for almost a decade due...

Bombing of civilians by Syrian and Russian armed forces during a campaign against the last rebel bastion in northwest Syria may amount to crimes against humanity, US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. The global rights group said it investigated dozens of "unlawful"...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied Wednesday claims that Turkey had sent Syrian fighters in support of its ally Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. "Those who call us say 'you sent there the mujahideen from Syria'. We don't have any such agenda," Erdogan said in a...