The oil and gas contracts Moscow signed during the war years in Syria face potential review amid the changing political landscape in the country. This is particularly true for contracts granted to companies such as "Mercury," "Soyuz Nefte Gaz," "Euro Polis," and "STG." Offshore Contracts in...

In a step reflecting growing legal awareness and a desire to protect the human dignity of the Syrian community in Germany, activists and human rights defenders have announced the initiation of official legal procedures to file a "collective lawsuit" against a member of the parliament in the...

Shell is taking decisive steps towards a complete withdrawal and liquidation of its operations in Syria, cross-referenced sources told Zaman al-Wasl on Thursday. This strategic decision marks the end of decades of the company's presence in the Syrian oil and gas sector. The corridors of the...

In the wake of receding traditions and shifting social foundations, a profound question echoes across Arab societies: How do we live ethically when the old compass no longer points north? This is not merely an intellectual exercise, but a lived reality for millions. The collapse of a...

Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said Thursday that “all efforts” were being made to prevent the collapse of talks on an agreement with Damascus to integrate his forces into the central government. The remarks came days after Aleppo saw deadly clashes between the two sides before their...

Syrian authorities on Thursday said they killed a senior leader in the ISIS group in coordination with the US-led coalition, hours after the arrest near Damascus of another leader. Syrian security and intelligence forces, working in coordination with the international coalition, conducted...

Syria is set to introduce a new national currency starting January 1, 2026, the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, Abdulkader Husarieh, announced on Thursday. Husarieh described the move, outlined in Decree No. 293 of 2025, as a “pivotal national milestone” and the beginning of a new...

Christian communities across Syria marked Christmas on Wednesday evening with prayers and church services, expressing hopes for peace, security, and stability in the country and whole world. Churches in Damascus, Homs, Tartous, and other cities held Christmas Masses attended by worshippers...

 Israeli occupation forces attacked women and children while they were collecting wild mushrooms in the northern Quneitra countryside and carried out separate incursions in Quneitra and western Daraa, detaining several civilians in repeated violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement....

The phenomenon of the Israeli-backed Druze Hijri militias has transcended the local framework within which it was long categorized. What we are witnessing now is not merely the proliferation of weapons outside state control, but a qualitative shift towards the formation of an organized criminal...

Damascus (SANA)- The Internal Security units in Damascus Countryside, in cooperation with the General Intelligence Directorate and International Coalition forces, carried out a tightly coordinated security operation targeting one of ISIS’s hideouts in the city of Maadamiya. The operation...

The head of Internal Security in Latakia Governorate, Brigadier General Abdul Aziz Hilal al-Ahmad, announced that special operations units of the Internal Security Command, in coordination with the Counter-Terrorism Branch and a unit of the Syrian Army, carried out a targeted security operation...

The CEO of the state-run Syrian Petroleum Company, Engineer Youssef Qablawi, issued a series of administrative decisions that included changes to several key leadership positions within the company's structure. In the gas sector, the decisions included the appointment of Engineer Hisham...

 The Jordanian Armed Forces neutralized drug and weapons smugglers on the kingdom's northern border, according to the Jordanian News Agency (Petra). The operations targeted factories and facilities used by smuggling groups in Syria's Suwayda governorate as launching points towards...

Damascus (SANA)- Head of Syria’s Investment Authority met Tuesday with a delegation from U.S. energy giant GE Vernova to discuss potential investments and technology transfer to the Syrian market. The Authority’s Director-General, Talal al-Hilali, outlined Syria’s investment law,...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani said Wednesday that Syrian-Russian relations are entering a new phase, emphasizing that talks between the two countries are now conducted with greater transparency and openness. Speaking after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...

Syria has registered more than 18,000 new companies in the year following its liberation from the former regime, the Ministry of Economy and Industry said Tuesday, marking an increase of 9,348 compared with the previous year. According to the ministry, 13,598 of the new businesses were...

Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in that country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said Tuesday. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to Damascus and handed over to Syrian authorities on...

Many senior figures from Syria’s former regime who were implicated in some of the darkest chapters of the country’s war remain free living luxurious lives in Russia, a report by the New York Times has revealed. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024, dozens of...

A Syrian delegation, including Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Major General Marhaf Abu Qasra, and officials from the General Intelligence Directorate, arrived in Moscow today for talks with Russian officials. The Foreign Ministry's media office told SANA that...