The use of chemical weapons in Syria is a red line for France and would result in reprisals, Emmanuel Macron said on Monday during his first meeting as president of France with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "Any use of chemical weapons would results in reprisals and an immediate...

The last rebels and others who had agreed to leave the besieged Barzeh district of Damascus have done so, the Syrian capital's governor was quoted as saying on Monday by state television, bringing the entire area under state control. Some 1,012 people, including 455 fighters, left Barzeh in...

An Iraqi Shi'ite force backed by Iran said it pushed Islamic State out of several villages on the border with Syria on Monday, potentially reopening a supply route to send Iranian weapons to President Bashar al-Assad. The maneuver could also be the prelude to a connection with the Assad's...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition warned Syrian regime forces and its allied Shiite militias from advancing further to the border area with Iraq under control of moderate rebels, commander told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The US warplanes dropped leaflets on regime bastions and an Iraqi...