The Syrian Minister of Agriculture confirmed that the government "will focus on supporting agricultural production by providing interest-free loans, in order to encourage investment opportunities in the agricultural sector and support local production." The Syrian News Agency "SANA" quoted...

The UN on Wednesday reported severe Israeli restrictions on aid efforts in Gaza, where civilians are enduring "horrific levels of violence" amid ongoing attacks. "Our colleagues from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report that Palestinian civilians endure...

A former detainee by the Syrian Military Intelligence exclusively confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that the American journalist and former Marine Corps officer Austin Tice was detained in the cell next to him on December 13, 2018, about six years since his arrest on August 13, 2012. The former...

As the parliamentary session for electing a long awaited president for Lebanon is scheduled on Thursday, 81 lawmakers representing different parties and blocs voiced support to Joseph Aoun, the country's army commander, placing him as the most likely candidate to take the position. The initial...

Following the fall of Syria’s Bashar Assad regime, women continue to work to make their voices heard and to be active stakeholders in shaping the new administration. The Syrian Women's Political Movement (SWPM) recently organized a press conference in the capital Damascus to convey their...

A senior US diplomat traveled to Damascus for talks with the leadership of the interim authorities, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday. Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein, who remains in the region, engaged in regional efforts concerning Syria, according to the spokesperson, who...

Israeli occupation forces, backed by the Syrian regime, searched military barracks in three villages adjacent to the buffer zone in the southern Quneitra countryside on Wednesday. The incursion targeted military barracks in the villages of "Al-Asha", "Abu Ghara" and "Mazraat Al-Hiran" near...

US Under Secretary of State John Bass is set to visit Ankara on Jan. 9 - 10 for discussions with senior Turkish officials on the situation in Syria and broader regional stability, the State Department announced Wednesday. Bass will emphasize the importance of a “peaceful, inclusive, Syrian-led...

European Union sanctions in Syria that obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid and hinder the country’s recovery could be lifted swiftly, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday. The United States on Monday issued a sanctions exemption for transactions with governing institutions in...

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 22 people on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as the US stepped up efforts to overcome sticking points between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire to end the war. One of the airstrikes killed at least 10 people in a multi-storey house...

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country’s new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An opposition forces offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a...

Six more Palestinians were killed in Israeli overnight airstrikes on homes in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip as the Israeli genocidal war continues unabated, local media reported on Wednesday morning. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted medical sources...

The Syrian Civil Defense announced on Tuesday that two civilians were killed and another was seriously injured as a result of a landmine explosion left behind by the Assad regime in the town of Talhiyah in the eastern Idlib countryside, northwest Syria. In a separate incident, the White...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the damage caused by the "13-year massacre policy in Syria" exceeds $500 billion. He added, in a speech at an event at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara, that the Turkish teams visiting Syria indicate that the...

Zaman al-Wasl launched the “Search for War Criminals” initiative in mid-2020, the first of its kind by a revolutionary Syrian newspaper, to identify fugitive suspects who had posed as refugees in Europe and Canada. This initiative has achieved success and continuity thanks to the popular...

Jordan and Syria have agreed to form a joint security committee to secure their border, combat arms and drug smuggling and work to prevent the resurgence of ISIS, Jordan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Western anti-narcotics officials say the addictive, amphetamine-type stimulant known...

The Director General of the General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Engineer Khaled Abu Day, said that two ships to generate electricity from Turkey and Qatar are coming to Syria and will generate 800 megawatts, which is equivalent to half of what is currently...

The Syrian Minister of Communications, Eng. Hussein Al-Masri, said that the restrictions imposed by the former regime on the Syrian people in the field of communications have been lifted. Al-Masri added to the Syrian News Agency "SANA" that the measures included canceling the speed limit in...

Human rights activists and refugee advocates in Austria said that the government’s rapid and irresponsible actions have created a climate of widespread fear and insecurity among Syrian refugees. The Free Syrian Community Association in Austria called on those responsible for politics to...

At least 31 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 45,885, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Tuesday. A ministry statement added that some 109,196 others have been injured in the ongoing...