THE HAGUE: International watchdog OPCW said Wednesday it is probing "all credible allegations" of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, amid growing reports of their alleged deployment by the Damascus regime. A fact-finding mission from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...

MOSCOW: Russia is talking to Turkey about gaining access to the crash site of a Russian SU-25 jet downed near Idlib in northern Syria, Interfax news agency cited Vladimir Shamanov, head of the Russian parliament's defense committee, as saying Wednesday.

Air strikes killed 23 civilians including five children in a rural part of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The death toll from air strikes that targeted Eastern Ghouta villages increased to 23 people, including...

Damascus-based activists early Wedensday reported heavy Israeli missile attack on suspected chemical facility in Jamraya north of the capital. Sources revealed that Iran is running Chlorine gas facility in Jemraya's research centre. the gas which has been used twice during the week by...