The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria warned Friday that renewed violence, including deadly sectarian clashes and Israeli airstrikes, are jeopardizing the country’s “fragile” path toward sustainable peace. "The recent surge in violence and deadly clashes with...

The Israeli army announced early Saturday morning the targets of its strikes, which targeted various areas in Syria. The army said in a statement: "We struck a military position, anti-aircraft guns, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria." It added: "The Israeli army will...

The Public Security Service in the southern province of Sweida began its role in maintaining security and stability on Friday, following an agreement reached between the Syrian government and Druze community leaders. The Sweida Governorate's Telegram channel reported that security personnel...

Four Druze civilians were killed Friday afternoon in an airstrike carried out by an Israeli drone that targeted a residential farm also used for livestock in the Kanaker area, located on the western outskirts of the city of Sweida in southern Syria. According to local sources, the airstrike...

Laith Wahid al-Balous, the son of a well-known spiritual leader in Sweida, survived an assassination attempt on Thursday in Shahba, in the Sweida countryside, when his car was targeted by gunfire. This scene recalls the bloody bombing that killed his father, Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, in 2015....

Syria’s rulers on Friday denounced an airstrike near the presidential palace as a “dangerous escalation,” as Israel called it a “clear message” not to harm the Druze minority. The dawn strike came hours after senior Druze clerics and armed factions reaffirmed their loyalty to Damascus and...

Local factions in the southern province of Sweida thwarted a large-scale attack targeting the villages of al-Dour, Lubin, and Jarin in the western countryside of the province after midnight on Thursday. Armed groups began targeting these villages with rocket-propelled grenades, followed by a...

A preliminary agreement was reached in the southern Syrian province of Sweida. It includes five main provisions, most notably the activation of the General Security, with the province's residents only; the surrender of heavy weapons to the Syrian state; and the collection of medium and light...

Israel’s military said Friday it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus after the country’s defense minister threatened intervention if Syrian authorities failed to protect the Druze minority. Syria’s Druze spiritual leader has condemned a “genocidal campaign” against...

Hikmat al-Hijri, a Druze sheikh, called on the international community on Thursday to intervene to protect the Druze community in Syria. In a statement, al-Hijri said, "We ask the international community, with all its organizations, bodies, and institutions, to see this disregard and the...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani warned on Thursday that any foreign interference in the country's affairs, under any pretext, will only lead to "further division and decades-long devastation." In tweets posted on the X platform, al-Sheibani stated that: "The experiences of the...

Syria signed a 30-year contract with French shipping giant CMA CGM to develop and run the port of Latakia, the port’s director and a company official said on Thursday. Joseph Dakak, CMA CGM’s regional director, said he was “pleased today to announce the signing of an investment and...

The Director of Public Security in the Damascus countryside announced the end of the security operation in Ashrafieh Sahnaya, with security restored and some of those involved arrested. This came after clashes erupted following an attack by Druze gunmen on a security checkpoint, resulting...

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its categorical rejection of all forms of foreign interference in the country's internal affairs, stressing that calls made by groups it described as "outlaws" demanding so-called "international protection" are illegitimate and completely...

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Wednesday urged members of the minority community in Syria to reject “Israeli interference” following Israeli threats against Damascus authorities if they harm the Druze. “Preserving the (Druze) brothers (in Syria) involves rejecting Israeli...

The Ashrafieh Sahnaya area, south of the capital Damascus, witnessed a dangerous security escalation, with the death toll of General Security personnel rising to 16 as a result of attacks carried out by "outlaw" armed groups. Security sources told Zaman al-Wasl that these groups thwarted...

Patients with chronic autoimmune diseases in Syria, including Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and others, live in tragic health conditions that directly threaten their lives. While these diseases pose a challenge in themselves due to their chronic and...

The town of Ashrafieh Sahnaya, south of Damascus, witnessed violent clashes on Tuesday evening between armed factions and Druze militiamen, resulting in widespread security tensions in the southern region. Local sources reported hearing gunfire near the Arab Bank in the city, while Syrian...

The Syrian Civil Defense Agency's "Enhancing Community Resilience" program launched a rubble removal project in the city of Maarat al-Numan in the Idlib countryside. This is a new step toward supporting recovery and restoring life to affected areas, in coordination with the region's...

ISIS said on Monday it killed five Kurdish fighters in an attack in eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zor, according to the group’s news agency. The spokesperson for Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Farhad Shami confirmed to Reuters that five members were killed in the attack which he...