A Russian proposal for Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control to avoid a Western strike would not stop bloodshed, the Gulf Arab states said on Tuesday. “We've heard of the initiative ... It's all about chemical weapons but doesn't stop the spilling of the blood of...

Senior congressional aides say a bipartisan group of senators is working on an alternative measure to a resolution authorizing U.S. military force against Syria.   The group met late Monday on a plan that would call on the U.N. Security Council to state that Syria has...

THE story is simple. Here in Syria, there is a regime that has been killing its subjects with impunity for the last 30 months. The notion that there is a mysterious civil war that is inextricably linked to the nature of the Middle East and its complicated sectarian divisions is far from the...

   Pro-Assad social media activists triggered fierce campaign on Mother Belagia Sayyaf, the Head of the Saint Mar Takla monastery in Maloula in Ma'loula in Damascus Countryside for appearing on Lebanese media denying that rebels have destroyed the Christian monuments....

It isn't the U.S. cruise missiles that terrify Saleem, a pro-government militia fighter who survived some of the toughest battles of  Syria 's civil war. It's the rebel onslaught that could begin once American bombs start to fall. Holed up on bases where loudspeakers blare patriotic...

If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives up his chemical weapons, a military strike would "absolutely" be on pause, President Obama said today to ABC News. "I consider this a modestly positive development," Obama told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview at the White House when asked...

A reliable source reported to Zaman Alwasl that a spy network within rebel brigades has been discovered, working in favor of the regime and for Air Force Intelligence in particular. The source pointed out that spies who were arrested were members in some brigades and...

Veteran Coalition  member   Dr. Kamal el-Labwani, will propose law draft criminalizing anyone denies the massacres committed by Bashar al-Assad regime against the Syrian people, according to Zaman Alwasl Source. ''Even who defended or reduce the importance of it and...

Syrian government forces were most likely to blame for the deadly chemical weapons attack last month which left hundreds dead, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. A 22-page report issued by the US rights watchdog concluded that available evidence "strongly suggests" that President Bashar...

    Opposition National Coalition has accused Assad regime forces of using "excessive repression" to control the rebellion which took place inside the central prison of Homs, killing at least 27.   The coalition issued a statement on Monday...

At home and abroad, America's disastrous war in Iraq hangs over the debate on Syria, feeding skepticism that US military action can deliver as promised. "It's the elephant in the room," said Larry Korb, a former Pentagon official and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress....

The White House will closely examine Russia's offer to work with Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control but the U.S. Congress should still back military action to keep pressure on Damascus, a top aide said on Monday. "We want to take a hard look at the proposal,"...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has welcomed Russia’s call to hand control over its chemical weapons to the international community, Russian state media said. “Syria Arab Republic welcomes Russia’s initiative, based on the Syrian’s government care about the lives of our people and security of...

Russia has asked Syria to put its chemical weapons stockpile under "international control" in a bid to avoid US military strikes, and then have them destroyed. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the offer was made during talks with his Syrian counterpart, and he hoped for a quick response...

The U.N. human rights chief said Monday there is little doubt that chemical weapons were used in Syria but she did not specify which of the combatants was suspected of using them. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay spoke two days ahead of the expected update from a...

 The American public strongly opposes a US military intervention in Syria, despite a majority believing that President Bashar al-Assad's regime gassed its own people, a poll showed Monday. Almost six in 10 of the 1,022 adults questioned -- 59 percent -- said Congress should not pass a...

     White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough took to the television airwaves, warning all five networks that Iran could get a nuclear bomb if the U.S. does nothing on Syria. “We have to make sure that [the Iranians] do not misinterpret how we react to Syria,...

  Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Assad could resolve the crisis surrounding his purported use of chemical weapons by turning "every single bit" of his arsenal over to the international community by the end of the week. But Kerry, who joined British...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Washington on Monday to brace for retaliation if US forces attacked his war-torn country, as he denied using chemical weapons against his people. "You're going to pay the price if you're not wise. There are going to be repercussions," Assad told CBS...

The United States said on Monday it disagreed with a Russian request for the U.N. nuclear agency to analyze the possible risks involved if a Syrian reactor were to be hit during military strikes. Russia  said last week any U.S.-led military action against Syria's government could...