Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou says the group wants to prevent the Gaza ceasefire agreement from falling through. “We are not concerned with the collapse of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and we are eager to implement it and oblige the occupation to fully implement...

Syria’s foreign minister will attend an international conference in Paris on Thursday as regional and Western powers seek to shield the country during its fragile transition amid ongoing instability across the region. Asaad al-Shaibani is leading a delegation for a first trip to the...

United States President Donald Trump has signalled a major shift in three years of US policy towards Kyiv, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone and agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump said he spent more than an hour on the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call, the Kremlin said Wednesday, their first contact since the fall of Moscow-ally Bashar al-Assad last year. “Vladimir Putin wished success to Ahmed al-Sharaa in solving the tasks facing the new leadership of...

Syria will have a new government next month, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Wednesday, with interim authorities having ruled the country after the overthrown of Bashar al-Assad. “The government that will be launched March 1 will represent the Syrian people as much as possible...

The village of Bans in the southern countryside of Aleppo suffers from widespread destruction and an almost complete lack of basic services, which constitutes a major obstacle to the return of its residents who were displaced due to the war. Despite the urgent desire of the residents to...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for “respect” for Palestinians, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s reported plans for the mass deportation of Gazans. Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Macron said: "You cannot say to 2 million people, 'okay, now guess what? You will move'," emphasizing...

 The General Security Department on Tuesday has arrested Tamam Ali al-Sheikh, the leader of the "Al-Tarameeh" militia in the town of Maardis, as part of a broad security campaign aimed at enhancing security and stability in Hama province. Sheikh, the leader of the faction affiliated...

The Director of Relations at the General Authority of Land and Sea Ports of Syria said on Tuesday that the Authority's sessions and discussions with the Turkish Ministry of Trade resulted in a decision to lift restrictions imposed on the export of Syrian goods and products to Turkish markets....

An official document obtained by Zaman al-Wasl revealed cooperation and coordination between the Assad regime and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to care for unaccompanied children who left the Damascus Ghouta, where most of them are believed to have lost their families. The...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged on Tuesday the reconstruction of Gaza “without displacing Palestinians,” after US President Donald Trump said he could “conceivably” halt aid to Egypt and Jordan if they refuse to take in Gazans. During a phone call with Danish Prime Minister...

A document obtained by Zaman al-Wasl revealed that the organization SOS INTERNATIONAL reviewed the conditions of orphanages in Syria in 2020, in direct coordination with the Syrian regime and its security services, including the National Security Office, which supervises Syrian intelligence....

Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Asaad al-Shaibani participated Tuesday at World Governments Summit held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Minister al-Shaibani met World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Region, Ousmane Dione. SANA

The Israeli army on Tuesday expanded its offensive in the Jenin area in the occupied northern West Bank. According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli army raided Jenin's eastern neighborhood, deployed snipers on the rooftops of buildings, and embarked on destroying infrastructure and people's...

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that "thousands" of people were joining the country's new army following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and the dissolution of his military. "I did not impose mandatory conscription in Syria. Instead, I opted...

Since the leak of the "Caesar photos" in 2015, which revealed documented evidence of torture and mass killing inside the prisons of the defunct Syrian regime, the regime has sought to confront the war crime in various ways, ranging from questioning the credibility of the images, accusing...

The Syrian Ports Authority announced on Monday the return of more than 100,000 Syrian refugees from Turkey during the past two months, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024. According to statements by Mazen Alloush, the authority's public relations director, the border...

The Syrian forces prevented a Russian military convoy that left the Hmeimim air base in Latakia province from entering another Russian base in Tartus province, Anadolu Agency reported on Monday. The convoy included 30 vehicles and mechanisms loaded with missiles, as it moved in the morning...

As part of Zaman Al Wasl's initiative to reveal the fate of detainees, the newspaper publishes a list of 529 names of detainees who died in Sednaya prison between 2011 and 2013, based on documents that the newspaper obtained photos of. The newspaper will continue to publish thousands of...

A young Palestinian was shot dead on Monday by Israeli forces east of Gaza City, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, a medical source said. The fatality occurred when Israeli forces opened fire on a group of people in the eastern Shejaiya neighborhood in the city, the source said....