A misdirected airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition earlier this week killed 18 allied fighters battling ISIS in northern Syria, the U.S. military said Thursday. U.S. Central Command said coalition aircraft were given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces, the predominantly-Kurdish...

 Syrian authorities – "abetted by Russia's continuing efforts to bury the truth" – still possess and use chemical weapons, an American diplomat told the international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday. The strong comments by Kenneth D. Ward, the American ambassador to the...

( The Guardian )- One afternoon, I managed to sneak away to see the Krak des Chevaliers. This medieval castle used to be a big tourist destination. I’d met some people in Jordan a couple of years ago who told me that it was absolutely stunning.  We were delivering sheep to...

( Independent )- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reiterated that his government had nothing to do with the chemical gas incident in a rebel-held village last week that killed more than 80 people. Allegations that his forces had deliberately poisoned civilians were ''100 per cent...