Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said “intense operations” were planned in the south of the enclave. The latest proposals...

Four civilians, mostly of the same family, were killed on Monday, the first day of Eid al-Fitr, and others were injured, following an armed attack carried out by pro-Assad assailants in the coastal ​​Tartus region, northwestern Syria. Local sources told Zaman al-Wasl that the victims...

Two documents issued by the General Secretariat of the National Defense in Syria reveal tragic details about the deaths of a number of detainees in detention centers run by the National Defense, the auxiliary militia led by Fadi Saqr, one of the regime's most prominent security forces in the...

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has emerged as a key figure in the country, undertaking a series of diplomatic visits to regional and Western capitals. Al-Shaibani, 38, was appointed foreign minister in the transitional...