: The United States and Russia are again clashing over an expert body to determine responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, with Washington circulating a new draft U.N. resolution and Moscow moving toward a vote on its own proposal. The U.S. and Russia have been lashing out at...

 Air strikes on the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta and shelling from the rebel-held zone into Damascus most likely constitute war crimes andmust be prosecuted, the top U.N. human rights official said on Friday. Zeid Raad al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights,...

Syrian regime forces aim to advance into the eastern Ghouta region one "bite" at a time, a pro-government commander said Friday, as a war monitor said the army had seized new ground from rebels. In one of the deadliest offensives of the war, government air strikes and bombardment have...

As many as 674 civilians have been killed in nearly two weeks by the continuous air attacks on the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, a Syrian volunteer group has said. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said on Friday that more than 670 people have been killed...