The Turkish-backed National Army made a prisoner swap with the regime forces on Monday in northern Aleppo province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The "Sultan Murad" Division operating under the umbrella of the "Syrian National Army" conducted the prisoner exchange with the regime forces at the...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The number of detected illegal migration entries into the European Union in the first five months of 2022 was more than 86,000, or 82% more than in the same period in 2021, the agency monitoring the EU’s external borders said Monday. Crossings in May alone numbered...

The Iraqi Hezbollah militia has brought 21 families of its fighters from Iraq to settle in southern Damascus suburbs, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl.   The passenger buses arrived on Saturday evening in the town of Albukamal in eastern Deir Ezzor province, coming from Iraq,...

DUBAI: After more than a decade of civil war, regime-held Syria is in a state of economic ruin. Conflict, endemic corruption, drought and the mass migration of skilled workers have exacted a devastating toll, leaving the country ripe for exploitation. According to the World Bank, Syria’s...