Syria has long claimed that its chemical weapons were a deterrent against Israel, but analysts say the real target was Syrians, so their dismantling by the United Nations will not change the regional balance of power. “Syria’s chemical weapons were never a credible deterrence,”...

U.N.’s humanitarian chief should call for a cessation of hostilities not only in Moadamiyet al-Sham, Damascus suburbs, that has been besieged for months by the Syrian army, but also for the besieged neighborhoods of Homs, activists appealed, ''so that food and vital medical aid can be...

Rebel group north Syria has exchanged a captive soldier from the Assad army with a political detainee.  Al-Karameh brigade, based in Manebj, north Aleppo, said in a statement the Syrian detainee has spent 18 months in the military Saidnaya Prison and he's suffering...

Fourteen female detainees released as part of hostage exchange but dozens of others still being held, activist says. Syrian regime authorities have released 14 women detainees as part of a hostage exchange but dozens of others are still being held, a prominent human rights activist has...