Türkiye suggested that the Syrian Constitutional Committee step up its work during the latest meeting on Syria in the Astana format, the country's representative said Thursday.  "As the Turkish side, we suggested that the work of the Constitutional Committee be initiated and accelerated...

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, announced Thursday that more than 50 Israeli soldiers were killed in operations in the Gaza Strip last week. Spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a release that their fighters also managed “to destroy 68 military vehicles, either...

The Syria Response Coordinators Team confirmed that more than 2.2 million children in Syria are educational dropouts, including more than 340,000 children in northwestern Syria, and 80,000 inside camps. This came in a report on the occasion of the International Day of Education, during which...

Israel has razed nearly 40 percent of the 2,824 buildings in Gaza located within a kilometre of the border, according to a Hebrew University study cited by  The Wall Street Journal. According to the report much of the land that has now been turned into a military zone, was agricultural...

A new round of talks on the Syrian settlement started Wednesday in Kazakhstan's capital Astana. The participants of the Astana format, which includes Iran, Russia, Syria, Türkiye, and the UN gathered for their 21st meeting to discuss the impact of the situation in Gaza on Syria in the wake...

The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has jumped to 25,700, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Wednesday. The ministry in a statement said 63,740 others have also been injured. Israeli forces committed 24 massacres across the Gaza...

Iraq on Wednesday called the US targeting of locations for the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) as an "infringement on Iraqi sovereignty." Attacking the Hashd al-Shaabi headquarters in Al-Qaim and Jurf Al-Sakhr "is an assault and a flagrant violation of Iraqi...

Israel and Hamas broadly agree in principle that an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners could take place during a month-long ceasefire. But the framework plan is being held up by the two sides' differences over how to bring a permanent end to the Gaza war, three sources...

The Israeli army said Tuesday that at least 21 troops were killed and several others injured in a single ambush in the central Gaza Strip. In a statement, army spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the incident took place near the Kissufim border community as Hamas attacked the soldiers...

The EU Council on Monday approved additional restrictive measures against 6 persons and 5 entities, in view of the gravity of the ongoing situation in Syria. The new listings include an economic advisor to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, three leading businesspersons providing support to, and...

The US military on Sunday confirmed the deaths of two Navy SEALs who had been missing in the Gulf of Oman. "After a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing U.S. Navy SEALs have not been located and their status has been changed to deceased," the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said...

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Monday that it has lost contact with its teams in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, due to the ground invasion by Israeli tanks in the area. "Israeli tanks near PRCS Al-Amal Hospital, and we have completely lost contact with our teams...

An Iranian soldier shot dead five of his fellow soldiers Sunday in the southern province of Kerman, an army commander said. The incident took place when one of the soldiers opened fire on his comrades inside the barracks, said Amir Gholamaliyan, commander of the Southeastern Regional Command...

The 19th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states ended Saturday night by releasing the Kampala Declaration, slamming Israeli military aggression and calling for the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution to allow humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip. The...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to negate comments made by US President Joe Biden over the possibility of a two-state solution. In a post to X, Netanyahu said that he "will not compromise on full Israeli security control over the entire area west of Jordan," appearing to...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned that Israel's strike that killed five Revolutionary Guard members in Syria will not "go unanswered", state media reports.  Earlier on Saturday, an Israeli missile strike flattened a building used as a base of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards...

At least two senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) advisers were killed in an Israeli raid on a neighborhood in the Syrian capital, the Iranian Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday. “An informed source told Mehr News Agency that two senior Iranian military advisers were...

The US-led International Coalition forces redeployed its units in the Himo military base, northeastern Syria, after evacuating it for several days, local source told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday. The International Coalition forces redeployed to the Himo base located on the western edge of the...

A number of members of the Afghan Fatemiyoun militia were killed and wounded as a result of their military vehicle fire near the Dabaa military airport in the southwestern countryside of Homs on Friday evening. A military source told Zaman al-Wasl that a fire broke out inside a military...

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has climbed to 24,762, the Health Ministry in the territory said Friday. In a statement, the ministry added that 62,108 other people had been injured in the offensive. “The Israeli occupation...