Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange Wednesday with each releasing 175 military personnel, according to statements from both sides. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that 175 Russian soldiers had been returned from Ukrainian-controlled territory following negotiations....

Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the embassy during a visit to Damascus, her second since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December, German news...

The anniversary of the outbreak of the Syrian revolution passed this year without any comment or statement from any official institution. No congratulations were issued, no speech was published, no one changed their official profile pictures, and no moment was dedicated to celebrating the event...

At least 70 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since early Tuesday to over 470, the Gaza Civil Defense said Wednesday. The latest figures, published by Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal on Telegram, indicate that the victims...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained the archives of the National Defense Forces, the pro-Assad militia. The documents reveal thousands of names of fighters officially classified as "deceased" in internal reports – in the capital, Damascus, alone. The documents indicate that the victims were not only...

The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 20 Palestinians, according to local health workers. The operations have extended Israel’s control over the Netzarim...

Most employees dismissed by the former regime in Aleppo face difficulties in returning to work after the government asked them to return. The most prominent of these difficulties is the low salaries, coupled with the high cost and unavailability of transportation. Mohamed, an employee at...

The first round of meetings between a delegation from the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was held on Wednesday at the military base in the city of Al-Shaddadi in the Hasakah countryside, northeastern Syria. The Syrian government delegation was headed by former Deir...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he discussed Russian and Ukrainian requests and needs for a peace deal in an hour-long call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President (Vladimir) Putin in order to align...

Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday on an array of charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group. The Istanbul mayor's arrest comes days before his expected nomination as presidential candidate for Turkey's main...

The Public Security Directorate arrested pilot Abdul Wahab Othman, commander of the Hama Military Airport under the former regime. Activists accused him of bombing Syrian cities, towns, and villages with barrel bombs, according to activists. Othman hails from the city of Kafranbel, south of...

Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes targeting two military sites in the southern countryside of central Homs province, central Syria, on Tuesday evening. The first airstrike targeted a military site between the villages of Shinshar, near the town of al-Qusayr, and Shamsin, near the...

Dutch Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber rejected a plan proposed by members of parliament to allow Syrian refugees in the Netherlands to temporarily return to their homeland without losing their refugee status. The country's lower house of parliament had voted on the temporary measure to give...

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria, rejected the "constitutional declaration" issued by the new Syrian administration on Tuesday, considering it "a dictatorial declaration that grants absolute powers to one person and establishes a new authoritarian...

Syria’s foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Israeli strikes on the southwestern city of Daraa, which it said killed and injured civilians . The strikes a day earlier killed at least three people and injured 19 others, the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, said....

The Syrian Ministry of Interior seized quantities of weapons and ammunition on Tuesday during a sweep operation conducted by Public Security Forces around the Russian Hmeimim airbase in the Latakia countryside, northwestern Syria. According to the Ministry, the weapons were found near the...

Deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza drew condemnation from Arab nations and the international community, who urged Israel to halt hostilities and salvage a ceasefire deal. Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza, killing at least 326 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday. The...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained a video documenting the practices of the former Assad regime. Detainees are transported between security branches in a deliberately humiliating manner: blindfolded and handcuffed detainees are crammed into a truck with barely any air. The beating of jailers' batons can be...

Some, if I may say so, denounce the leaked remarks made by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani before European ministers, in which he is quoted as saying: "54 years of minority rule have led to the displacement of 15 million Syrians, the deaths of a million martyrs, and the oppression of...

Israeli warplanes carried out night raids on the Tal al-Manea area in al-Kiswah, rural Damascus, destroying several military sites. Initial information indicates that the raids targeted former positions of the ousted Syrian regime in the area, but precise details have yet to be revealed....