More than 273,000 Syrians who fled their country’s civil war to neighboring Turkey have returned home since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad in December, Turkey’s vice-president said Friday. “The number of people who have voluntarily returned to Syria since December 8, 2024 has...

Iran’s armed forces said Friday there were “no limits” on their response to Israel after its deadly strikes on multiple cities including the capital Tehran. “Now that the terrorist regime occupying Al-Quds (Jerusalem) has crossed all red lines... (there are) no limits in responding to this...

Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia said on Friday they were moving their planes out of the country, hours after Israel launched widespread strikes against Iran and braced for retaliation. The planes were flown without passengers, said a spokesperson for Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport,...

The Israeli military said on Friday that the intelligence it had gathered showed Iran was approaching  the “point of no return” on its nuclear program . “In recent months, accumulated intelligence information has provided evidence that the Iranian regime is approaching the point of no...

Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders during the start of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon. Iran had launched about 100 drones towards Israeli...

The Trump administration remains hopeful that Lebanon’s government will fulfill its commitments to the international community—chiefly disarming Hezbollah and implementing key economic and financial reforms. But without tangible progress, Beirut risks losing US support, American officials and...

International and regional sources have warned of the possibility that the Islamic State (ISIS) could exploit the potential collapse of the Syrian regime's structure to stage a comeback, both in Syria and neighboring Iraq, amid growing indications of new field activity by the group. Reuters...

Israel’s military said on Thursday it arrested members of Palestinian militant group Hamas in countryside outside Syria's capital Damascus.   The Syrian Ministry of Interior revealed the death of a civilian and the kidnapping of seven people during an Israeli incursion targeting the...

Binance will allow users in Syria to trade in cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, on the platform following the United States’ decision to lift sanctions on the country last month, the company said on Thursday. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said that Syrians will be...

Fadi Saqr, a senior commander of the former regime's militias, denied responsibility for the Al-Tadamon massacre, details of which were revealed by The Guardian. He said in a statement to the New York Times that his appointment to the position came after the massacre occurred, stressing...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed the criminal record of Interior Minister Mohammad al-Shaar, confirming that he faces legal responsibility for crimes against humanity that do not expire with time. The report indicated that the Ministry of Interior, under his leadership,...

In a new wave of assassinations sweeping the southern Syrian province of Daraa, activists Abdul Rahman al-Hariri and Muhammad Abdul Hamid al-Jarabah were killed on Tuesday in a shooting attack by unknown assailants on the road between the towns of al-Soura and al-Harak in the eastern Daraa...

Syria’s government has decreed that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public beaches and swimming pools, while permitting Western-style beachwear at private clubs and luxury hotels. The tourism ministry decision issued this week marks the first time the...

Documents issued by the National Defense Forces in Damascus, which have been reviewed, reveal a systematic and horrific mechanism for concealing the bodies of a large number of detainees during the years of the Syrian revolution. Bodies were transported with secret numbers instead of names to...

The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday that security forces had seized weapons, ammunition, and outlaws in an operation in the Homs countryside. The ministry said in a statement posted on Telegram: "The Internal Security Directorate in the Talkalakh area, in cooperation with...

In a striking statement, Hassan Soufan, a member of the Civil Peace Committee in Syria, revealed an ambiguous approach to dealing with the cases of senior officials of the former Assad regime, most notably former Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar and former head of the Political Security...

Civil Peace Committee member Hassan Soufan emphasized that the measures taken by the committee primarily aim to calm societal tensions and pave the way for a state of citizenship and law in Syria. He pointed out that the country entered this path against its will due to the crimes of the former...

The Ministry of Interior clarified the circumstances surrounding the decision to release a group of former regime officers, in light of questions raised in the media and community. An official source within the ministry confirmed that most of those included in the release decision are...

The Syrian Civil Defense announced that two unidentified individuals were killed this morning, following a direct attack by an unknown drone on the motorcycle they were riding on the Sarmada-Bardaqli road in the northern Idlib countryside. According to a statement issued by the Civil...

In the wake of major transformations experienced by any country undergoing a revolution, complex legal and constitutional challenges arise. Perhaps the most prominent of these challenges is the vacuum left by the fall of the constitution and the dilemma surrounding the fate of the laws that...