More than 600 prominent figures from the film, media and cultural industries on Monday criticized the BBC’s "bias in reporting," urging the British broadcaster to air a delayed Gaza documentary on the plight of medics in Gaza. The open letter, addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie, calls...

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was considering offering sanctions relief to Syria, which is seeking to rebuild after a grinding decade-plus civil war. "We are going to have to make a decision on the sanctions, which we may very well relieve. We may take them off of Syria because...

Syrian firefighting teams continue to extinguish fires raging in Jabal al-Turkman (Turkmen Mountain) region in the northern Latakia countryside for the sixth consecutive day, amid complex climatic and geographical conditions that are hampering efforts to fully control the blazes. A...

The Syrian community in Egypt called on the Egyptian government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to take urgent steps to facilitate the return process to Syria, most notably by abolishing the so-called "yellow card." In a letter, community members pointed out...

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani and Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi on Monday reiterated their commitment to supporting Syria’s security, stability and sovereignty in a joint news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara.  On Israel's...

The situation in Syria could pose security risks for Europe, according to a draft internal European Union counterterrorism document seen by Reuters which warned that the terror threat level in the bloc remains high. “Terrorism and violent extremism continue to pose a significant threat to...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, group members and Turkish leaders said on Monday. Since the PKK launched its insurgency in 1984 - originally with...

In a move aimed at reshaping relations with the United States, informed sources revealed to Reuters that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is pursuing initiatives that include building a Trump Tower in Damascus and negotiations with Israel. These initiatives are part of efforts to secure a...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained an official document documenting the number of detainees in Sednaya Military Prison just hours before its liberation on December 7th. The document indicated the presence of 1,498 detainees inside the prison, including 29 individuals classified as either on "mission" or...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after US President Donald Trump told him immediately to accept Putin’s proposal of direct talks. The Ukrainian leader had responded guardedly earlier on Sunday after the...

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call on Sunday with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during which the Saudi leader expressed the Kingdom’s interest in boosting economic cooperation with Syria, according to a statement by the Syrian presidency. MBS “reiterated...

The Israeli army said Sunday it had repatriated the body of a soldier missing for more than four decades, after locating the remains in the “heart of Syria” during a special operation with the Mossad intelligence agency. Tzvika Feldman was one of three Israeli soldiers who went missing...

Corruption as an Integrated System Corruption in the Syrian oil sector is not limited to individual cases. Rather, it constitutes a system based on three pillars: information monopoly, alliances of influence, and the absence of accountability. Achieving reform requires dismantling these pillars...

A Qatari mission has begun searching for the remains of US hostages killed by ISIS in Syria a decade ago, two sources briefed on the mission said, reviving a longstanding effort to recover their bodies. ISIS, which controlled swathes of Syria and Iraq at the peak of its power from 2014 to...

Pakistan launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire western border, the Indian army said on Friday morning. The army said the attack took place on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, and that Pakistani “troops also resorted to numerous ceasefire...

US President Donald Trump has decided to cut off direct contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a report said Thursday. Yanir Cozin, a correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, said in a post on his X account that Trump made the decision after close associates told Israeli Strategic...

A humanitarian aid ship carrying 20,000 tons of wheat from Ukraine arrived Thursday at the Toros Port in the Turkish northern province of Samsun as part of a UN World Food Program (WFP) initiative to support crisis-hit regions, including Syria. The Beirut-flagged "Brave Commander" was welcomed...

Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra issued a decision on Thursday canceling the measures taken against individuals who owed financial compensation for military service, including precautionary and executive seizures. This decision comes in the context of the broad changes taking place...

Markets in areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are experiencing a stifling recession, amid a sharp decline in buying and selling activity, coupled with deteriorating living conditions and a lack of solutions. The decline is due to several intertwined factors, most...

 Activists on social media circulated a video clip of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, showing the way he responded to a question during a press conference alongside French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Paris.  Al-Sharaa was asked about the claim that "the French...