(Xinhua) -- The Syria regime on Saturday denied U.S. and French allegations that the country used chemical weapons near Damascus in 2013. The Foreign Ministry vehemently condemned recent statements from the French Foreign Ministry and the spokesperson of the U.S. National Security Council...

The bipartisan delegation comprising Joe Wilson, Victoria Spartz and Dean Phillips entered Syria from Turkey through the Bab al-Salama border crossing, where they were welcomed by a banner reading "Welcome to Free Syria" and revolutionary flags. The delegation visited a hospital in the city...

Thousands of the mainly Druze city of Sweida took to the streets for an eighth consecutive day on Sunday, protesting at worsening economic conditions and demanding the departure of Bashar al-Assad. On Sunday, thousands of people from most of the cities and towns of the province came to...

At least 11 Syrian soldiers were killed in the country's northwest on Saturday, after militants detonated explosives in tunnels under army positions. Those responsible for the attack, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, included members of the Ansar al-Tawhid group and the...