As the Pentagon announced the drawdown of US troops in Iraq this week, the American military is shifting its focus to the ISIS threat emanating from neighboring Syria. “We’re ending the forever war in Iraq,” a senior US defense official told reporters on a call. The official said the burden...

The tenth anniversary of the Russian military intervention in Syria marks a political climate completely different from the one that existed when the first Russian airstrikes began on September 30, 2015. At that time, Moscow intervened under the pretext of "fighting terrorism." However,...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained an assessment of several service projects that were about to be implemented before the recent events. These projects include paving roads and implementing sewage projects the southern Sweida province. The service sector across Syria suffers from a clear deterioration....

German prosecutors announced Tuesday the arrest of a Syrian national accused of crimes against humanity for leading a pro-regime militia during the early months of Syria's civil war in 2011. Police arrested Anwar S. in Berlin following an investigation that led to strong suspicion of his...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Sunday that Israeli attacks on Syrian territory "make any path to normalization difficult," amid weeks of talks to reach a security agreement between Damascus and Tel Aviv. Al-Shaibani told CNN that "Israel responds to our efforts for peace...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said that lifting sanctions on Syria is not an end in itself, but rather a means to serve the people and promote infrastructure development. He emphasized the global consensus on the importance of Syria's unity and stability. In statements reported by the...

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced his intention to reach a rapid agreement with Syria regarding the deportation of rejected asylum seekers from Germany. In statements to the German newspaper Rheinische Post on Saturday (September 27, 2025), Dobrindt said, "We want to...

Efforts to reach a security pact between Syria and Israel have hit a last-minute snag over Israel’s demand that it be allowed to open a “humanitarian corridor” to Syria’s southern province of Sweida, four sources familiar with the talks said. Syria and Israel had come close in recent weeks...

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released a final rule amending the Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations, renaming them the Promoting Accountability for Assad and Regional Stabilization Sanctions Regulations. This amendment implements...

Qatar and Saudi Arabia have pledged $89 million through UNDP to support salaries and essential public services in Syria for three months. On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Saudi Fund for Development...

Syria and Ukraine restored diplomatic relations Wednesday, as Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly session in New York. The meeting was attended by Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa on Wednesday discussed the political transition in Syria, according to a statement by Guterres' office. Guterres stressed the need to move the process forward through inclusive dialogue and broad participation, the...

In his much-anticipated speech, the Syrian president Ahmas al-Sharaa started the first time in almost six decades that a Syrian leader has addressed the General Assembly. Syria’s leader begins his speech by saying: “The Syrian story is filled with emotions, and it mixes pain with hope.”...

Zaman al-Wasl newspaper obtained a list revealing for the first time the identities of 111 officers, non-commissioned officers, and military personnel working inside the notorious Sednaya Military Prison, based on an internal document signed in 2022. The document represents a list of...

Syria and Israel are close to striking a “de-escalation” agreement in which Israel will stop its attacks while Syria will agree to not move any machinery or heavy equipment near the Israeli border, a senior US envoy said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of UN General...

A senior US diplomat says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will “go anywhere and do anything” he thinks is necessary to protect his country, irrespective of any borders. “In general, after Oct. 7, everything has changed in the Middle East,” US envoy Tom Barrack said. “And Bibi...

Syria is set to hold the selection process for a transitional parliament on October 5, in accordance with a constitutional declaration announced earlier this year, the electoral commission said Sunday. The People’s Assembly of Syria was dissolved by the country’s new authorities who seized...

Saudi Arabia’s launch of a new digital health link with Syria on Sunday marks “just the beginning” of deeper regional cooperation in medical services, according to the Minister of Health Fahad Abdulrahman al-Jalajil. The project connects Syria’s Ministry of Health directly with Seha Virtual...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday there has been progress on a security deal with Syria but an agreement was not imminent. Speaking at the outset of a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said victory against Hezbollah in Lebanon had opened up the possibility of peace with...

Syria on Sunday denied targeting a village in Aleppo province a day earlier, blaming Kurdish-led forces for an attack that killed civilians. A semi-autonomous Kurdish administration controls swathes of north and northeast Syria, including oil and gas fields, with the US-backed, Kurdish-led...