International inspectors on Tuesday entered the Syrian town where an alleged chemical attack was carried out earlier this month, following delays by Syrian and Russian authorities. The fact-finding mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is investigating...

Turkish officials say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a scaling down of tensions over the chemical weapons issue in Syria during a call with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani. The officials said Erdogan and Rouhani held a telephone conversation on Tuesday during...

Germany has a special intermediary role allowing it to keep open the window for dialogue with Russia on the Syrian crisis, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Tuesday. At a Berlin news conference alongside Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Maas also said the stalled...

A false alarm led to Syrian air defense missiles being fired overnight and there was no fresh attack on Syria, a commander in the regional military alliance that backs the Syrian government told Reuters. Syrian state TV reported overnight that anti-aircraft defenses had shot down...