The Syrian General Security announced the arrest of Tariq Habib Asmandar, the former deputy commander of the Taftanaz military airbase, on charges of committing "brutal massacres" in the town of Taftanaz in the southern Idlib countryside and surrounding villages during the war. According to...

Syrian’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa says his government has engaged in indirect talks with Israel in an attempt to ease escalating tensions between the two nations. The announcement comes after an escalation in Israeli attacks on Syria last week, including a strike that landed just...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa affirmed during a press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on Wednesday that "the safety of Syrian citizens is our top priority," and called for the lifting of European sanctions on his country. Sharaa is making an...

The United States has approved a Qatari-led initiative to finance the salaries of public sector workers in Syria, Reuters reported, citing informed sources. According to the information, the Qatari funding will exclude the regime's defense and interior ministries, covering other civilian...

Paris (AFP) – Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The visit comes with Syria's new authorities, who have roots in the Al-Qaeda jihadist network, under pressure...

Security sources in the southern province of Sweida announced the martyrdom of two members of the General Security Directorate and the injury of four others, after their vehicles were ambushed while transporting a number of wounded residents of the province who had been injured during clashes...

Druze residents near Syria’s capital are resisting a demand by the government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by militants after days of sectarian violence. Clashes last week pitted fighters against armed Druze residents of the town...

At Basel al-Sati’s souvenir shop in a central Damascus market, socks bearing caricatures that ridicule ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his once feared family now sell like hot cakes. “I want to bring joy to people who’ve been deprived of happiness for so many days and years,” said...

Public Security forces thwarted a riot attempt by a number of prisoners at Izraa Central Prison in the Daraa countryside, sources revealed on Tuesday. Specialized units were able to control the situation without any injuries among the officers or prisoners, according to an official security...

On May 4, 2025, the Damascus Bar Association issued a disciplinary decision to strike "lawyer" Fadi Malik Ahmad, known as "Fadi Saqr," from the list of lawyers, after his involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity was proven. The decision stated that Saqr, in his capacity as...

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he held a “very good and productive” phone call with Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about the Russia-Ukraine war, Syria, Gaza, “and more.” The two had a solid relationship during Trump’s first term at the White House. Trump...

Yemen’s Houthis said the United States and Israel struck the port of Hodeida on Monday, hours after a reported US air raid on Sanaa and a day after the Iran-backed militia targeted Israel’s main airport. The Houthi-run al-Masirah television said that “US-Israeli aggression targets with six...

The voluntary return of Syrians to their country has continued through the Öncüpınar crossing in Turkey's Kilis province, opposite the Bab al-Salam crossing in Syria's Aleppo province, since the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024. The Öncüpınar crossing is one of the...

The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) announced the resumption of hearings for Syrian asylum seekers, after a hiatus that began in December 2024. This is the first step toward processing thousands of pending cases. The Tagesspiegel newspaper reported that the office...

At least 190 people imprisoned for their participation in the Syrian revolution are living in Roumieh Prison, northeast of Beirut, in dire conditions after years of arbitrary detention without fair trials. They face severe overcrowding, inadequate or almost non-existent medical care, and...

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Sunday that the Damascus Countryside Security Directorate received a shipment of weapons and ammunition from residents of the towns of Sahnaya and Ashrafieh Sahnaya. This is part of a local agreement aimed at restricting weapons to the...

On July 7, 2012, Hussam Zarda, born in 1985 in Homs, left his job as a sports trainer at the Al-Khairat tourist resort in Marmarita, heading to Wadi al-Nasara to buy some groceries. He never returned. He disappeared completely, as if the ground had swallowed him up. Since that day, his mother,...

The Syrian Civil Defense documented 726 traffic accidents across Syria from the beginning of the year until April 20, resulting in the deaths of 46 civilians, including one child and four women, and the injury of 667 people, including 135 children and 77 women. The White Helmets explained...

On June 28, 2014, the first day of Ramadan, Abdul Aziz Haitham Omar Agha, a 32-year-old Syrian man, was arrested at the al-Qutayfah checkpoint in the Damascus countryside while attempting to leave the country for Turkey. He was accompanied by his wife, two young children (one less than two...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not arise. In a fragment of an upcoming interview with Russian state television published on Telegram, Putin said that Russia...