Zaman al-Wasl launches a legal campaign to hold accountable war criminals who committed violations against the Syrian people. The legal team of Zaman al-Wasl has previously pursued war criminals in Europe over the past years, bringing them to court and issuing criminal sentences against...

The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) affirmed on Saturday full support for efforts aimed at achieving Syria's unity, sovereignty, and security. In a phone call, Jasem Albudaiwi and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen reviewed regional and international efforts...

Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. The ruling General Command named Asaad Hassan al-Shibani as foreign minister,...

The deposed Assad regime used Article 34 of the Civil Status Law issued in 1957 to change the names of detainees' children, using the law in a way that contradicts the original text. The law states briefly: "Anyone who finds a newborn child must hand him over to the security services, and...

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Two US senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Friday that would impose sanctions on Turkey, citing concerns over military action by that country or groups that it backs, in northern Syria. Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham introduced the...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended a long-running peacekeeping mission between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six months and expressed concern that military activities in the area could escalate tensions. Since a lightning rebel offensive ousted...

During the years of the Syrian revolution, the Assad regime did not stop at taking revenge on its opponents as individuals, but also included their families and children by killing them, imprisoning them, displacing them, and erasing their identities. In a new confirmation of the regime’s...

The Israeli occupation army continues to expand in southern Syria, ignoring international and UN demands to withdraw from the territories it entered after the fall of the Assad regime under the pretext of searching for weapons. The "Free Horan League said that military forces from the...

The EU announced on Friday that it is considering efforts for Syria's reconstruction, including preparations for the 9th Brussels Conference to support Syria.  At the daily press briefing, EU Foreign Affairs spokesman Anouar El Anouni responded to an Anadolu reporter's question: "Does the...

The US on Friday said it has killed Daesh/ISIS terror group’s leader Abu Yusif in an airstrike in eastern Syria.  "On Dec. 19, U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a precision airstrike targeting ISIS leader Abu Yusif aka Mahmud in the Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria resulting in two ISIS...

Israeli troops fired live bullets at Syrians protesting in the southwest Daraa province hours after Israel's military offensive and seizure of two villages on Friday, injuring one.   Earlier on Friday, Israeli forces seized two villages, Jamlah and Maaraba, in Daraa province's Yarmouk...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their arbitrary arrest campaigns and intimidation policies against activists, revolutionaries and civilians participating in the recent demonstrations in Raqqa province and its countryside, celebrating the fall of the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad,...

Syrian opposition groups that toppled the al-Assad regime “set the Iranian project in the region back by 40 years,” Ahmad al-Sharaa, head of the new government, said in an interview published Friday. Speaking to pan-Arab publication Asharq al-Awsat, the opposition leader, also known as Abu...

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya said on Thursday that 7,250 Syrians have returned to their country since the fall of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad about two weeks ago, explaining that most of them are not refugees. In a statement to the official...

European Union leaders described the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria on Thursday as a "historic opportunity to reunify and rebuild the country" in the final statement of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium. The statement stressed the importance of a comprehensive political...

Three people were killed and three others were kidnapped in the countryside of the Nabak area in the Qalamoun region, northeast of Damascus, on Thursday, after being targeted by an armed group deployed on the Lebanese-Syrian border. Local sources told Zaman al-Wasl that three people,...

Türkiye’s president on Thursday called for global unity, justice, and rebuilding efforts in war-battered Syria, addressing escalating global conflicts and the challenges in maintaining security and stability. "Unfortunately, in the face of increasing conflicts, crises, and wars, the...

The US is considering sending officials to Syria for talks with the main group that overthrew Bashar Assad, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. Blinken said the Biden administration has been in "direct contact" with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a US, UN and Türkiye-designated...

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not been defeated in Syria after rebel groups ousted his ally and longtime leader, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month. In his first public comments on the subject on Thursday, Putin said he had not yet met the former Syrian ruler who fled to the...