Six civilians were injured on Tuesday evening when a car bomb exploded in a market in the city of Tal Rifaat in Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria, the Civil Defense Organization reported.  Security forces cordoned off the area where the explosion occurred, causing material damage to...

The US-led international coalition forces continue to send military reinforcements to their bases in northern and eastern Syria, coming from their bases in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, via the Al-Waleed border crossing. Informed sources confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that the international...

Two people have been killed in northern Gaza as gunmen attacked an aid convoy, the World Food Program said Monday, prompting Hamas to accuse to UN agency of having failed to coordinate security. Gazans face dire conditions after nearly 15 months of war, triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023...

Syria’s new administration named Murhaf Abu Qasra on Tuesday as the country’s defense minister. The state news agency SANA said that Abu Qasra was appointed a defense minister in the new interim government. The appointment was part of efforts to restructure Syria’s state institutions following...

The Syrian Civil Defense found 3 mass graves in the village of Al-Qabu in the Homs countryside, and the remains of 20 people have been recovered so far. The rescue agency said on its Facebook account that 16 graves have been discovered so far, and completely burned bodies were found inside...

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein held a phone call Monday with his Syrian counterpart Asaad Al-Shibani to discuss bilateral relations and coordination on issues of mutual concern, according to a statement from the Iraqi foreign ministry. The statement said that Hussein began the call by...

The Pentagon said on Monday a ceasefire between Turkey and the US-backed Kurdish Syrian forces around the northern Syrian city of Manbij was holding. Washington brokered an initial ceasefire earlier this month after fighting that broke out as opposition forces advanced on Damascus and...

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya confirmed on Monday that his visit to Damascus is a “message of Gulf solidarity” with Syria, calling for the removal of international sanctions on the country. Speaking at a press conference in Damascus with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani...

Syria’s new administration announced on Monday the appointment of Maysaa Sabrine as the governor of the Central Bank of Syria, making her the first woman to hold this position in the bank’s history. Prior to her new role, Sabrin held several prominent positions within the Central Bank,...

The first Qatari humanitarian aid plane carrying various aid provided by the Qatar Red Crescent arrived at Damascus International Airport on Monday, as part of the air bridge operated by the State of Qatar to support the Syrians. This is the first flight to arrive directly to Damascus after...

Israeli tanks and armored vehicles invaded the city of Al-Baath in the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria, where occupation soldiers expelled employees from government departments under the pretext of inspection, local activists said on Monday. This move comes within a series of recent...

Syria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, announced on Monday that his first official visit abroad will be to Saudi Arabia, following an official invitation from his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan. “I have received an official invitation from His...

The leader of the Syrian Transitional Administration, Ahmad al-Shara, met in Damascus with a high-level Ukrainian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Andriy Sypiga on Monday morning. A few days ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that 500 tons of Ukrainian wheat flour...

The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate said Sunday that Al-Qaeda killed 11 people, including journalist Mohamed Al-Maqri, who had been kidnapped by the terrorist group more than nine years ago. "Journalist Mohamed Al-Maqri, who had been forcibly disappeared by Al-Qaeda since October 12, 2015, was...

Syria hopes for “strategic partnerships” with Ukraine, its new foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart on Monday, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new rulers in Damascus amid waning Russian influence. Russia was a staunch ally of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and has given...

Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the UK after her British passport expired, according to local media. Without a valid passport, Asma Assad cannot return to her hometown London, according to the Sunday...

Eleven people, most of them civilians, were killed on Sunday in an Israeli bombing that targeted a former weapons depot in the Adra industrial area northeast of Damascus, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The incident sparked panic in the surrounding area due to the intensity of the explosion,...

The South Korean government declared seven days of national mourning on Sunday following a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people while two crew members were rescued, according to local media. Acting President Choi Sang-mok made the announcement at an emergency safety meeting hours after a...

In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya News, Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Sunday that organizing elections in Syria could take up to four years, while drafting a new constitution may require three years. The Syrian leader, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,...

The Jordanian Foreign Affairs Directorate reported on Saturday that the total number of Syrians who left Jordan from December 6, 2024 to December 28 reached 22,215 Syrians, where a large number of them came via a third country "transit". Al-Mamlaka TV quoted the Director of the Authority,...