The Syrian army intercepted members of the Kurdish-led SDF forces on Sunday while attempting to infiltrate several military positions east of Aleppo city in northern Syria, local media said. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), army forces "confronted" and "ambushed" a group of SDF...

Japan will provide the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) with $5.5 million for a project to improve living conditions in Syria, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. On Aug. 12, Japan and UN-Habitat signed an aid plan focused on rebuilding essential infrastructure in Aleppo and Homs,...

Syria reopened Saint Anna Church in the village of al-Yaqoubiya in the Idlib countryside on Sunday after 14 years of closure. The church, serving the Greek Orthodox and Armenian communities, was reopened in a ceremony attended by guests from different Syrian provinces. Special prayers and...

The "Abshari Hawran" campaign kicked off on Saturday evening at the ancient Bosra al-Sham amphitheater in the eastern countryside of Daraa. The event was attended by a number of Syrian government ministers and social, religious, and cultural figures. The event, which began with a...

Israeli military forces carried out a raid early Saturday in the town of Al-Asha in Syria’s Quneitra countryside, according to Syrian media. “Israeli occupation forces entered Al-Asha with two military vehicles carrying soldiers and conducted a house search of two residences in the early hours...

The direct road transport between Türkiye and Syria restarted after a 13-year pause, Türkiye's transport minister announced on Friday. "After a 13-year hiatus, direct international road transport between Türkiye and Syria has resumed. Yesterday, four trucks passed through the Cilvegozu Border...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa laid on Friday the foundation stones for two major development projects, Avenue Homs and Victory Boulevard, in Homs, central Syria, and met community leaders, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The Victory Boulevard project aims to create an...

An aid convoy entered the city of Sweida in southern Syria via the main highway from Damascus on Thursday, for the first time since a major outbreak of sectarian violence last month shook the country’s fragile recovery from nearly 14 years of civil war. Clashes broke out in mid-July between...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa inaugurated the 62nd Damascus International Fair on Wednesday at the capital’s Exhibition Hall, marking the first edition since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024. In his opening speech, Sharaa emphasized Damascus’s historic role as a...

The Sons of al-Jazira Gathering issued a statement expressing its categorical rejection of the decision to postpone the People's Assembly elections in Hasakah Governorate, considering it not based on sufficient objective justifications and inconsistent with the principles of constitutional...

The Druze militias of Hikmat al-Hajri in the village of Sama al-Bardan in the southern province of Sweida launched an arrest campaign targeting the entire al-Hamoud family near Salkhad, including minor children. This is in continuation of the systematic violations against the residents of the...

Israeli ground troops raided a Syrian site it had already bombed on Wednesday and a day prior, Syrian state media reported. Israel had struck the site near Kisweh, outside Damascus on Tuesday, killing six Syrian soldiers according to Damascus’ foreign ministry, and bombed it again on...

A unit of the Israeli army conducted an airborne landing on a strategic hilltop southwest of Damascus and carried out a two-hour operation before leaving the area, two Syrian army sources said. They said the troops landed near Jabal Manea, which was once a major air defense base operated by...

Israeli strikes killed at least seven people across southern Syria, state media and official sources said Tuesday, as Israel continues attacks on the country’s new leaders even as it pursues talks. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since opposition forces toppled longtime...

A man was killed Tuesday morning during an Israeli occupation forces raid on the village of Taranja in the northern Quneitra countryside, according to SANA. An Israeli occupation force also advanced toward the town of Suwaysa in the Quneitra countryside with more than 30 military vehicles,...

Members of the displaced tribes from Sweida Governorate accused Druze leader Hikmat al-Hajri of forming an "armed sectarian body" under the name "National Guard." They pointed out that it includes remnants of the former regime, officers implicated in the bloodshed of Syrians, drug dealers, and...

Zaman al-Wasl has learned that the Ministry of Energy is about to appoint Engineer Youssef Youssef as General Manager of the Syrian Gas Company, replacing former Director Amin al-Daghri, who fled to an unknown location, likely outside the country, following the renewed exposure of corruption...

Syria welcomes the US Treasury Department’s decision to remove Syria’s name from sanctions lists imposed on it in the Code of Federal Laws, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The ministry affirmed in a statement that the step “represents a positive development in the right direction, which will...

Sanitation workers found on Sunday evening two bodies near an earthen barrier south of the western al-Nashwa neighborhood in Hasakah city.  The bodies belonged to Adel Aminaki and Lund Mousa. According to sources, the two men disappeared for hours before being found dead with multiple...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Sunday signaled progress on a possible security deal with Israel in a meeting with an Arab media delegation, local media reported. In comments carried by Syria TV, al-Sharaa said there are “advanced discussions on a possible security agreement between...