Six hundred billion Syrian pounds vanished from the budgets of the Homs and Banias refineries between 2022 and 2023 as a result of smuggling operations involving petroleum derivatives (VGO) in which the "Jerusalem Brigade," affiliated with the former regime, was implicated. Despite the...

The Syrian Narcotics Administration, in a high-level collaboration with Iraq’s General Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control, successfully dismantled several international drug trafficking networks on Wednesday. Three specialized security operations resulted in the...

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that a US operation to rescue a downed airman may have been a cover to “steal enriched uranium” from the Islamic Republic. On Sunday, President Donald Trump said the US recovered a second crew member of an F-15E that went down over Iran on Friday...

In a development revealing the ongoing problems in managing the vital oil sector, multiple messages received by Zaman al-Wasl from within the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) have revealed widespread frustration among employees. This frustration stems from the return of individuals previously...