Hamas put up a poster of former commander Mohammed Deif and his famous quote, “We can change the course of history,” at a site where Israeli hostages were released in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Hamas freed two Israeli hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Three others were released...

Palestinian militants on Saturday freed six Israeli hostages, the last living captives to be released under the first phase of a fragile truce that is also expected to see Palestinian prisoners released. Freedom for the captives caps an emotional two days in Israel, where the...

The town of Al-Ghadfa in the countryside of Maarat al-Numan is suffering from almost complete destruction as a result of the bombing of the ousted regime. The houses have become uninhabitable after their roofs were completely destroyed, while the basic necessities of life have disappeared...

Damascus (AFP) – Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope of reviving their ancient heritage before the community dies out. This week, a small number of Jews living in Damascus, along with others from abroad,...

Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa met China’s ambassador to Damascus in the first public engagement between the two countries since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, Syrian state media said on Friday. China, which backed Assad, saw its embassy in Damascus looted after his...

The security official of the Hurras al-Din organization was killed on Friday as a result of targeting a drone belonging to the US-led international coalition forces in the countryside of Idlib province, near the Syrian-Turkish border. Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that Talha...

The European Union will suspend sanctions on Syria's banking, energy and transport sectors Monday, diplomats said, in a bid to help the country's reconstruction after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. Syria's new leaders have been clamouring for the West to ease sanctions on the country imposed...

Two mass graves were exhumed in the town of Aqraba near the Sayyida Zeinab area south of Damascus, one of which contains the remains of at least 15 people, while work is still underway to extract more remains from the second grave.  According to local sources, the area where the two...

Hamas announced on Friday that it will thoroughly investigate Israel’s claims regarding the body of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas, which was handed over on Thursday, reaffirming its commitment to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. “We have received Israel’s claims through our mediators and will...

At least 125 Syrian detainees in Roumieh prison in Lebanon continue their hunger strike for the eleventh consecutive day, in protest against the delay in implementing the announced agreement between the Syrian and Lebanese governments regarding the return of detainees. According to sources...

The Arab head of the UN Development Program (UNDP) on Thursday described the 14-year civil war in Syria as one of the "deadliest conflicts in recent history," with “90% of the population” in poverty.” "So far, what has been reported is 618,000," lives lost in the conflict, Abdallah Al Dardari...

Explosions tore through three empty buses in parking lots in the Tel Aviv suburbs of Bat Yam and Holon on Thursday evening, several Israeli media outlets reported. No one was injured, and the incidents are being investigated, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported, citing police. A police...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge against the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli prisoners, despite accusations that his prolonged refusal to negotiate their release led to their deaths. Hamas handed over the bodies of Shiri Bibas, her...

The French public prosecutor's office has reopened the case of the killing of American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik in a bombing in Syria that took place 13 years ago. The AFP quoted the French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office as saying on Tuesday that...

Hundreds of people gathered in the winter cold on Thursday as Palestinian militant groups prepared to hand over to Israel the bodies of four hostages, including the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack. Palestinian militant groups said the bodies of the two...

A seminar on justice and accountability in the Syrian political transition was held in Paris on February 12, 2025, organized by a civil society organization, with the aim of preparing for the ministerial meeting organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 13. The seminar...

When former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in a surprise rebel offensive in early December, Faisal al-Turki Najjar was one of the first people to return to his home country. Merely two weeks after the government fell, Najjar had already packed his bags, ready to return to...

Documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl revealed that in 2020, the Syrian authorities found a two-year-old French toddler named Maria Abdullah Basira near a garbage container in the northeastern city of Raqqa, and she was then placed in an orphanage.  According to official documents issued...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that another round of high-level meetings between Russia and Syria is planned for next week. "Next week, we are scheduled to hold high-level contacts with our Syrian colleagues. We will provide further details later," Lavrov said...

Syria’s tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus’s Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship. In the Faranj synagogue, Syrian-American Rabbi Yusuf Hamra led the prayer for the first time since...