The Israeli occupation army continues to expand in southern Syria, ignoring international and UN demands to withdraw from the territories it entered after the fall of the Assad regime under the pretext of searching for weapons. The "Free Horan League said that military forces from the...

European Union leaders described the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria on Thursday as a "historic opportunity to reunify and rebuild the country" in the final statement of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium. The statement stressed the importance of a comprehensive political...

Three people were killed and three others were kidnapped in the countryside of the Nabak area in the Qalamoun region, northeast of Damascus, on Thursday, after being targeted by an armed group deployed on the Lebanese-Syrian border. Local sources told Zaman al-Wasl that three people,...

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya said on Thursday that 7,250 Syrians have returned to their country since the fall of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad about two weeks ago, explaining that most of them are not refugees. In a statement to the official...

Türkiye’s president on Thursday called for global unity, justice, and rebuilding efforts in war-battered Syria, addressing escalating global conflicts and the challenges in maintaining security and stability. "Unfortunately, in the face of increasing conflicts, crises, and wars, the...

The US is considering sending officials to Syria for talks with the main group that overthrew Bashar Assad, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. Blinken said the Biden administration has been in "direct contact" with Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a US, UN and Türkiye-designated...

The search teams of the Syrian Civil Defense recovered the remains of 7 bodies on Tuesday, after a report was received about the presence of remains in an open grave, in a site near the city of Adra in the eastern countryside of Damascus. The organization said that teams from the Syrian...

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not been defeated in Syria after rebel groups ousted his ally and longtime leader, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month. In his first public comments on the subject on Thursday, Putin said he had not yet met the former Syrian ruler who fled to the...

Dutch businessman Martin ten Boomer, owner of Ottomania, a shop and founder of Ottomania, which sells handicrafts from former Ottoman Empire countries such as Syria, Turkey and Lebanon, said he was optimistic that some business would return. “We hope there will be room for trade...

Turkey cannot be “confined” to its borders and the country’s potential must not be limited, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Speaking during an award ceremony for the country’s top scientists and prospective researchers, he said, “We will be in a much better place...

At least 20 Palestinians, including several children, were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, medics said on Thursday. Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the bodies of 18 people were retrieved from under the rubble of three homes after Israeli strikes in Gaza City...

Hadi al-Bahra, head of the Syrian National Coalition that grouped opponents of Bashar al-Assad during the civil war, said on Wednesday Syria’s transitional government should be credible and not exclude any Syrian party or be based on sectarianism. In a seismic moment for the Middle East,...

The statement of the official spokesman for the Political Administration of the Military Operations Department in Syria regarding the role of women has opened the door to debate at a time that is considered sensitive for Syria and the Syrians after the fall of the Assad regime. Obaida...

The Israeli army on Tuesday committed at least 12 more violations of cease-fire in Lebanon that took effect last month to end more than a year of cross-border warfare with Hezbollah, state media reported. According to the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), the violations...

Local sources from the Quneitra countryside said that there are fears that the Israeli occupation army will continue its advance in Quneitra and Daraa provinces. The sources confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that Israeli tanks penetrated on Tuesday into the Saida al-Golan area in the Quneitra...

Israeli military vehicles on Wednesday morning advanced toward the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, opening fire and putting its intensive care unit out of service as it caught fire. Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya in a video message said the Israeli attack was preceded by "a...

Jordan announced that it will reopen the Jaber border crossing with Syria for truck traffic starting Wednesday following its closure earlier this month due to security concerns. “Jordanian trucks will be allowed to enter Syrian territory, starting Wednesday, through the Jaber border crossing,”...

A UN refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some one million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking states to refrain from forcing them to do so. A lightning advance opposition swept Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad from power...

Zaman al-Wasl's camera monitored the opinions of some residents of the Syrian coast about the new situation after the fall of the Assad regime. Citizens from the Tartous countryside spoke about good and polite treatment by members of the Military Operations Administration. One of the...

German diplomats will hold talks with Syria’s new rulers in Damascus on Tuesday after the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The talks will focus on “an inclusive transition process in Syria and the protection of minorities” as well as “the...