(Reuters) Syria appeared to have missed a self-imposed deadline to get rid of all its chemical weapons by April 27, as the United Nations announced that more than 92 percent of the arsenal had been shipped out of the country or destroyed. The UN deadline for the total destruction of...

Turkish security forces on Sunday detained an American journalist and two Syrians as they tried to cross a river flowing from Syria into southern Turkey by raft, the army said. The three were spotted on the Asi river near the border province of Hatay, the army said in a...

Rebel mortar fire on government-held districts of the Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least 21 people and wounded 50 on Sunday, a monitoring group said. "The fire targeted regime-held neighbourhoods, including some in the Old City where the rebels are trying to advance," the...

The head of an international mission to Syria charged with destroying the country's chemical weapons called on President Bashar Assad's government Sunday to ensure it meets a deadline to destroy all its toxic chemicals. Also Sunday, four more candidates announced their candidacy for...