Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared Tuesday to unveil an updated Gaza war plan designed to destroy Hamas and secure the release of dozens of hostages, with Israeli media reporting he would order the total occupation of the Palestinian territory. Netanyahu was expected to...

At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza on Monday, including 10 seeking aid, health authorities said, adding another five had died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies warn may be an unfolding famine. The 10 died in two separate...

Belgian authorities announced the implementation of a new set of strict asylum laws and procedures, effective Monday. Asylum seekers who have previously received protection in any other European Union member state will no longer be able to receive shelter in Belgium. Belgian Minister of...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday its fighters had clashed with government forces in Aleppo province in the country’s north, in the latest incident to cast a shadow over a landmark integration deal they signed in March. The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the...

Zaman al-Wasl verified the authenticity of a statement issued by activists inside Sweida Governorate on August 1, 2025, accusing armed factions affiliated with Hikmat al-Hajri and his son Salman of attempting to separate the city from its Syrian surroundings and open channels of communication...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack by ISIS militants on a checkpoint in eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zor on July 31. The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the United States in Syria during fighting that...

Israel’s military said Sunday ground troops had operated in southern Syria, seizing weapons and questioning individuals suspected of arms trafficking, in the latest cross-border raid since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December. A military statement said that troops had completed overnight...

Israeli forces killed at least 23 Palestinians seeking food on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials and witnesses, who described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites as the malnutrition-related death toll surged. Desperation has gripped the...

Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others, and fired shells at several villages in the violence-hit southern province, state-run Ekhbariya TV and local activists reported on Sunday. The report cited a security...

Intermittent clashes took place east of the city of Manbij in the eastern Aleppo countryside on Saturday evening between Syrian army forces and Kurdish-led SDF militias, including an exchange of rocket fire that resulted in a number of civilian and military casualties. The media department...

Hamas said on Saturday that it would not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established - a fresh rebuke to a key Israeli demand to end the war in Gaza. Indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel aimed at securing a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza war and deal for...

Jordan’s armed forces said on Saturday that its forces killed two armed people after a ‘foiled infiltration attempt’ through its border with Syria the previous day. The Jordanian Armed Forces did not provide further details in its statement but said that the rest of the armed group were...

The first natural gas shipments from Türkiye to Syria have begun, Türkiye's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Saturday. Speaking at the inauguration of the Türkiye-Syria natural gas pipeline, Bayraktar said natural gas from Azerbaijan will be delivered to...

Tribal leaders in Gaza on Friday rejected controversial aid distribution centers overseen by Israel and the United States, calling them humiliating and complicit in Palestinians' suffering across the besieged enclave. Husni Salman al-Mughni, head of the Supreme Authority for Tribal Affairs,...

Seven years ago, I wrote about the “regional rise of Israel.” Today, its presence is greater than ever – it’s behind massive geopolitical changes in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. After all this, how does Israel now view itself? It’s unlikely that it will settle for its old...

Hamas released a video Friday showing an Israeli hostage held in Gaza, appearing weak and malnourished inside a narrow concrete tunnel. “They eat what we eat. It is the occupation government that has decided to starve them,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in the caption accompanying...

Spain said Friday it had air-dropped 12 tonnes of food into Gaza, where UN-backed experts say famine is unfolding. The mission deployed 24 parachutes, each carrying 500 kilos (1,100 pounds) of food—enough to feed 11,000 people—Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said in a video...

The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Damascus announced on Friday the launch of the second phase of the project to support the electricity sector in Syria, within the framework of cooperation between the Qatar Fund for Development and the Syrian Ministry of Energy. The embassy...

The circulating news of a television interview with the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, has sparked a storm of controversy and harsh criticism, particularly from human rights organizations and Syrian activists. This controversy was not a spur-of-the-moment debate; rather, it is...

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called Wednesday for the creation of a humanitarian corridor to deliver food and medicine to the Druze population in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda. In a post on X, Smotrich said he visited an operations center set up in the Druze village...