Syrian government forces used chemical weapons in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during battles to retake the city late last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday. The findings add to mounting evidence of the use of banned chemical weapons in the six-year-old...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syria Army fighters on Monday have captured half of al-Manshiya neighborhood in southern Daraa province after three days of fierce clashes. The Free Syria Army said 5 regime officers were killed and dozen wounded in al-Manshiya, the strategic neighborhood that situated at...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday a new round of Syria talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana would be held in the same format as last month. In comments reported by Russia’s official TASS news agency, Lavrov said the Astana meeting would be used to promote a cease-fire...

A string of “compassion stores” have been opened by the Turkish Red Crescent to provide clothing to refugees in Syria’s Idlib, the charity said Monday. Three shops in the northwestern city will also provide toiletries, according to a statement. The supplies have been provided by...