Assad security arrested two young activists in Jaramana near Damascus  Maram Dawood, member of the National Coordination Body and the Syrian Medical Committee, was detained by the Syrian authorities from the Jaramana checkpoint on Friday 13/09/2013 along with his friend...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a UN report detailing a chemical weapons attack in Syria had reshaped international opinion on the actions of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Obama said the UN report released Monday, which did not directly attribute blame, nevertheless proved everything...

Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Tuesday that the U.S.-Russian agreement for  Syria  to hand over its chemical weapons must be backed by a U.N. resolution with the teeth to force compliance from President Bashar al-Assad. "That will happen only with the  United...

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba urged the Security Council Tuesday to adopt a resolution under Chapter VII of the UN charter allowing use of force to cripple Syria's "war machine." In a speech on Arab televisions, Jarba said "ending the killing of Syrian people is only possible by...