An attack on a civilian bus in northern Syria on Monday killed 13 people, including 11 soldiers, and wounded three troops, Syrian state media reported, quoting an unnamed military official. According to state news agency, SANA, the attack occurred in the province of Raqqa, which was...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A new ambassador from Bahrain formally took up his post in Syria on Sunday, the country's first full diplomatic mission there in more than a decade as Damascus continues to improve its relations with Gulf Arab states. President Bashar Assad received the credentials of...

Syrian refugees in the German state of Saarland breathed a sigh of relief after the abolition of the requirement to have a valid Syrian passport when applying for permanent residence or German citizenship for those who fulfilled the other conditions, and to suffice with any document proving...

Russian-flagged ships have been carrying grain harvested in Ukraine last season and transported it to Syria, US satellite imagery company Maxar said yesterday, Reuters reports. According to the news wire, Maxar's images showed two Russian-flagged bulk carrier ships docked in the...

Five United Nations organisations yesterday called on the Security Council to extend a cross-border aid mechanism to Syria. The demands were made in a joint statement by Martin Griffiths, UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Russell, the executive director of...

NEW YORK CITY: The four million people in northwest Syria who rely on international aid to survive are unsure whether there will be bread on their tables after July 10. That is when an increasingly fragile UN cross-border mechanism for delivering aid to Syria is set to expire. Its renewal is...

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Thursday that a United Nations plane has been grounded at the Damascus International Airport after an Israeli strike on the facility. Speaking at a conference for the return of migrants, Mekdad said the U.N. plane "is sitting there" waiting for...

The U.S.-led coalition said it had detained a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria during an early-morning operation on Thursday. The coalition conducts raids and strikes targeting members of the jihadist group, which has been waging insurgent attacks since its defeat on the...

The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must continue, warning Wednesday of a humanitarian crisis if the only remaining border gate is closed. Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador has told the U.N. Security Council that...

A director of a relief organization was killed on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device exploded in his car in the opposiiton-held city of Al-Bab east of Aleppo province. The "Humanitarian Relief Organization" (IYD) mourned "Amer Alfin," the director of its office in the city of...

The return of Syrian refugees will be one the main agenda items during 18th Astana format talks on Syria, which will start on Wednesday in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. As guarantor countries, delegations from Türkiye, Russia and Iran will meet the Syrian regime...

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 some...

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...

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced on Saturday that Syrians will not be allowed to visit their country during the Eid al-Adha holiday.   In a press conference in the capital, Ankara, Soylu said: "Similar to Eid al-Fitr, we will not allow Syrians to visit their country...

An exodus of doctors due to the country's faltering economy, coupled with the difficulty of recruiting new graduates, means that some specialities risk disappearing. Health officials in government-run Syria have made frequent warnings in recent months about the deteriorating healthcare...

More than a decade after being forced to flee their homes to escape the civil war, Syrian refugees face increasingly “dire” circumstances as international attention shifts toward more recent conflicts in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine, according to a top official from one of the world’s...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has issued a strongly-worded warning about the consequences of a potential end to UN aid delivered to rebel-held areas of Syria via a Turkish border crossing. A UN Security Council mandate to deliver cross-border aid to the rebel-held areas, without...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike that struck Damascus International Airport caused “significant” damage to infrastructure and rendered the main runway unserviceable until further notice, Syria said Saturday. The statement by the Transportation Ministry was the first detailing the...