Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani accused Israel on Monday of violating the 1974 Disengagement Agreement by establishing intelligence facilities and military posts in demilitarized areas to advance its “expansionist and partition plans.” Shaibani made the remarks at an emergency...

Official international documents, reviewed by Zaman al-Wasl, reveal serious details regarding a person named Awdat Fawaz Abu Sarhan, who is described as a leader of the newly established "National Guard" militia in Sweida. The documents indicate that Abu Sarhan, 48, has worked as an...

Civil and political activists from the northeastern province of Raqqa protested the decision of the Supreme Committee for People's Assembly Elections to postpone the elections in the province, citing the "lack of safe conditions." The protesters asserted that the decision violates...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met Saturday with survivors of a 2013 chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta by the Bashar al-Assad regime and vowed accountability for the massacre. “These crimes will remain a witness to the suffering of the Syrians and their determination to attain freedom and...

The Government Security Command announced the release of a number of kidnapped civilians in Sweida Governorate and their return to their families, approximately 10 days after their abduction. In a statement broadcast by the Syrian News Channel on Saturday, the commander of the Internal...

A Syrian security member was killed in a suicide attack by the Daesh (ISIS) terror group on a checkpoint in eastern Deir ez-Zor province on Friday, according to the state-run SANA news agency. “A suicide attack carried out by the ISIS terrorist group targeted the Siyasiyeh checkpoint in the...

The Central Bank of Syria announced on Friday the establishment of the Deposit Insurance Authority, a move aimed at protecting depositors' funds and providing a safe environment for investments. The Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Abdul Qader Al-Husriya, said in a statement carried by the...

Syria will reportedly issue new banknotes, removing two zeros from its currency. Seven sources told Reuters it's an attempt to restore public confidence in the severely devalued pound. Documents relating to the issue were also reviewed by Reuters. The Syrian pound has lost more than...

Syrians on Thursday marked the 12th anniversary of the Assad regime's chemical weapons attacks on the Ghouta area, which surrounds Damascus. At around 2 am on 21 August 2013, Assad regime forces launched four attacks with deadly sarin gas against densely populated neighbourhoods in eastern...

The visit of a delegation of UN humanitarian organizations, accompanied by relief trucks, to As-Suwayda Governorate on Wednesday was nothing more than a field visit to assess the humanitarian situation. However, it was transformed by the efforts of some local authorities into a "historic event"...

Syria raised a flag over its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, ahead of reopening the mission after a 13-year closure. “We are pleased to have been entrusted with raising the Syrian flag over the embassy in Tripoli after an absence of more than 13 years,” Mohammad al-Jaffal,...

Syria's official news agency, SANA, launched its new vision on Wednesday at the National Center for Visual Arts in Damascus, the country's capital. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) made the launch in the presence of Yusuf Ozhan, deputy director general and editor-in-chief of Anadolu, as well...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree Wednesday approving the temporary electoral system for the People’s Assembly (parliament) to elect two-thirds of its members.​​​​​​​ “President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Ahmed al-Sharaa, issued on Wednesday decree No. (143) of 2025,...

Syria said Wednesday that there will be no humanitarian corridor across the border, stressing that the provision of humanitarian aid is exclusively coordinated via state institutions. “There will be no humanitarian corridor across the border,” the state news agency SANA said, citing a Syrian...

Helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the US-led International Coalition carried out an airdrop operation early Wednesday morning in the town of Atmeh in the northern countryside of Idlib Governorate, near the Syrian-Turkish border in northwestern Syria. Local sources told...

Syria’s foreign minister met with an Israeli delegation in Paris for talks focused on de-escalation and non-interference in Syria’s internal affairs, Syria’s state news agency reported on Tuesday. The talks are being held under US mediation, according to SANA. The discussions also...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa received a US Congressional delegation, including members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in Damascus on Tuesday. The delegation included Senators Markwayne Mullen and Joni Ernst, and Representatives Jason Smith and Jimmy Panetta. The meeting...

Two Syrian security personnel were killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northwestern city of Tartous. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted a security source as saying that after an Internal Security patrol became suspicious of a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road, the...

Human rights activist Mansour al-Omari prepared a brief list of the crimes and violations committed by Hikmat al-Hajri's militias in Sweida Governorate, explaining that they may amount to "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" under international humanitarian law and international human...

Salman al-Hajri, son of Druze leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri, formed a military operations room at the 15th Division headquarters in Sweida, located between Tishreen Square and the Tourist Hotel. It aims to coordinate among the militias and monitor Bedouins in Sweida, with a view to...