(Zaman Al Wasl)- During the pilgrimage seasons of the years (2013, 2014, 2015), nearly $ 400,000 of the accounts of the Makkah office of the Syrian Supreme Hajj Committee disappeared. However, these funds were soon recovered. There may be other amounts, which are close to the value,...

Syria's Ministry of Tourism says visits to Syria have jumped 25 percent so far this year. Tourism Minister Beshr Yaziji says 530,000 people visited Syria during the first half of 2017, a 25 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016. His comments were reported on state media on...

A senior Syrian government minister on Sunday dismissed as a "joke" plans by the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria to hold elections and said they would not be allowed to threaten the country's territorial unity. Deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad also said the Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Riad Seif, Head of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition, has decided to step down, three months since he was elected to carry out a reform process inside the Western-backed group and once the only legitimate representative of the Syrian people, well-informed sources told...