It’s been about 150 days since Joseph Aoun and Nawaf Salam took office. On one hand, Lebanon is experiencing its best chapter in two decades. On the other hand, there are concerns about the slow pace of progress – and that another war is on the verge of erupting. Regardless of...

Israeli soldiers kidnapped the activists onboard the Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen late Sunday, said the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. “SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces,” the international NGO, which organized the mission, said on Telegram. UN...

Syria will be fully reconnected to the SWIFT international payment system “in a matter of weeks” after more than a decade of sanctions, central bank governor Abdelkader Husrieh told the Financial Times in an interview published on Monday.

  Portugal won the 2025 UEFA Nations League title Sunday after defeating Spain 5-3 on penalties in a match that ended 2-2 after regular time and extra time. Spanish midfielder Martin Zubimendi put his team ahead 1-0 in the 21st minute at Munich's Allianz Arena with a shot from inside...

The city of Homs witnessed an armed attack on the historic Umm al-Zannar Church in the al-Hamidiyah neighborhood. An unknown masked assailant opened fire at the church's facade at dawn on Sunday, striking the Holy Cross, which was mounted on its front. No casualties were reported. A...

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz beat Italy's Jannik Sinner 3-2 on Sunday in the men's singles final of the 2025 French Open (Roland Garros) in the capital Paris. World No. 1 Sinner took the first set 6-4, starting the match strongly. No. 2 seed Alcaraz managed to level the game in the second set,...

Zaman al-Wasl was able to uncover the fate of Shadi Ghazi al-Muhammad, whose photo appeared among the photos of detainees from the National Defense Forces militia that the newspaper previously published. Shadi, born in 1998, was arrested in 2013 by members of the National Defense Forces,...

Four people were killed and others injured by Israeli forces on Sunday as Palestinians making their way to an aid distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip came under fire, according to Palestinian paramedics. The Israeli military said in a statement that troops had opened fire in...

The Ministry of Social Affairs has formed an investigative committee to follow up on the case of detained children. This is a continuation of the work of the previous committee formed by former Minister Fadi Qassem, said Moatasem Al-Salumi, director of the Lahn Al-Hayat Orphanage. The...

Ready-made clothing stores are witnessing fierce competition in various Syrian urban markets, due to their exceptional appeal to all Syrians, especially women. During a field visit conducted by the Eqtsad to the markets of Hama and Salamiyah cities, Ahmed, the owner of a new clothing...

US President Donald Trump warned of “very serious consequences” if billionaire Elon Musk finances Democratic candidates against Republicans who support the Republican Party’s broad budget legislation. “He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone...

The Israeli military said on Sunday that it struck a member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Syria’s Mazraat Beit Jin, days after Israel carried out its first airstrikes in the country in nearly a month. Hamas did not immediately comment on the strike. Israel said on...

Alomran Real Estate Development Company officially announced the launch of a massive urban development project in Homs, called "Nasr Boulevard." This is a step described as the first of its kind to rebuild parts of the destroyed city of Homs. The project involves an integrated plan that...

The notorious Rukban displacement camp in the Syrian desert, a dark emblem of the country’s civil war, has closed, with the last remaining families returning to their hometowns. Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa said on Saturday on X that with the dismantlement of the camp, “a...

Amira, an ambitious young Syrian woman from the Damascus countryside, grew up in a simple agricultural environment and completed her secondary education. She was a housewife before taking her first steps in the world of specialized agriculture, specifically mushroom cultivation. Her journey...

The Kurdish Revolutionary Youth militia, affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), kidnapped 15-year-old Kurdish girl Wahida Makhiz Najm al-Din from the village of Birka in the Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) countryside on June 1, 2025, with the aim of forcibly recruiting her into its armed...

We want to work with a system of continuous power and permanent reforms. We do not want reform to be a temporary change like a storm. With the victory of the revolution, the end of Assad's rule, and the entry of a large number of Salvation Government cadres into government departments and...

The Syrian Ministry of Finance announced on Friday the formation of a national committee for tax reform. This committee will undertake a comprehensive review of the current tax and fee system and develop a modern tax system that serves the needs of the Syrian economy and keeps pace with the...

In the wake of the historic transformations taking place in Syria, there have been urgent calls for the new Syrian government to address one of the heaviest legacies of the former regime: the exorbitant fees imposed on Syrian passports. In a statement, the Syrian Network for Human Rights...

The health and living crisis inside Lebanon's Roumieh prison has worsened, putting the lives of hundreds of detainees, particularly those detained during the Syrian revolution, in immediate danger due to the spread of epidemics and poor medical care, amid official neglect and a continued media...