Masses of displaced Palestinians began streaming towards the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire and paves the way for more hostage-prisoner...

Hamas said Monday that the return of Gazans to the north of the devastated territory after being forced to flee by more than 15 months of war was a victory against “plans” for the forced displacement of the Palestinians. “The return of the displaced is a victory for our people, and signals...

The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met in Damascus on Sunday with the head of Turkish intelligence, Ibrahim Kalin. SANA reported: "The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani, and the head of the General...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday proposed relocating Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries like Egypt and Jordan -- an unusual proposal that was opposed by the former administration of Joe Biden. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One towards Miami, the president...

Experts in Britain have called for Syria to hand over the frozen assets of ousted President Bashar al-Assad in a London bank. Following the overthrow of the Baath regime in Syria, news spread that Assad had a frozen account in a British bank containing $68.3 million. In statements to...

In a puzzling scene, we find ourselves entering the second month of liberation without any tangible media presence for the new government. There are no official digital platforms to provide citizens with news or data, and no means to announce decrees or appoint officials or even explain the...

Western diplomats are expected to agree on Monday to ease sanctions on Syria, media reports said. The diplomats said the foreign ministers should give the green light at a meeting in Brussels to begin work on suspending some of the measures. They added that "there is consensus on suspending...

A second batch of 200 Palestinian prisoners was released on Saturday under a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel. Televised footage showed the arrival of 114 prisoners to the West Bank city of Ramallah from the Ofer Military Prison aboard three International...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Saturday to prevent displaced Palestinians from returning to northern Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating a ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement. In a statement, Netanyahu’s office claimed that Hamas violated the Gaza deal by failing to...

Syria’s new administration leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met in Damascus on Saturday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. The state news agency SANA said the meeting was also attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani, without giving details about the...

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four were led onto a podium in Gaza City amid a large...

The Gaza Strip is preparing for the second phase of prisoner exchange under the initial stage of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which came into effect on Jan. 19, pausing an Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. As outlined in the agreement, the second prisoner...

Kurdish-led authorities who run a sprawling camp for ISIS-linked prisoners in northeast Syria are preparing the first-ever return of detainees to Syrian areas, the camp director said, a move enabled by the fall of the al-Assad regime. Al-Hol camp director Jihan Hanan said preparations were...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Friday from Damascus that his country was engaged in an active dialogue with Europe and the US to help lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria. Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat landed in Syria on Friday, in his first visit to Damascus...

At least one million children in Gaza urgently need mental health and psycho-social support for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, the UN relief chief said Thursday. "The ceasefire has provided a vital reprieve from relentless hostilities for Palestinians," Tom Fletcher told a Security...

German Christian Democratic Union candidate Friedrich Merz has announced a tough programme on refugees and migration on his first day as chancellor – if he wins in February. Merz, 69, will reject all migrants without valid entry documents at the German border and stop asylum seekers from...

Syrian forces captured 15 fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after violent clashes near oil wells in the "Al-Raqqa" desert south of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, activists said on Thursday. The forces affiliated with the new administration made significant field progress in the...

A civilian was killed and seven injured in a terror attack in the Manbij district of Syria, which is under the control of the Syrian National Army (SNA), security sources said. A bomb in a vehicle exploded on Aleppo Street in the district. Security measures in the area have been heightened...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar on Thursday sent more relief and aid planes to Syria as part of their efforts to help the Syrian people following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in early December. According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, a Saudi cargo aid aircraft arrived at the...

SOS Children's Villages in Syria affirmed its continued commitment to supporting children without family care, especially during the transitional phase that the country is going through. The association is closely following the issue raised on social media about the children of the detained...