The world's chemical weapons watchdog said it is to meet on Friday to discuss a Russian-US plan for the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will meet at 1400 GMT to consider the "elimination of Syrian chemical...
Syrian jihadi groups are now kidnapping and killing one another. Is this the beginning of an all out war, or an opportunity for the moderates? If the United States wants to move against jihadists in Syria, there has never been a better time. Tensions between moderate...
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani praised on Tuesday President Barack Obama’s approach as constructive and vowed that his country would never develop nuclear weapons. President Obama had sent a letter to President Rowhani congratulating him on winning the presidency. “From my point of...
The Syrian chemical weapons stockpile includes more than 1000 tons of agents and precursor chemicals, making it one of the largest in the world, a declassified French intelligence report says. The report notes that the Syrian chemical weapons program poses a major global threat in terms of...
An Al-Qaeda front group fighting in Syria on Wednesday overran the northern town of Azaz near the border with Turkey after fierce clashes with rebels, activists told AFP. "The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham'' (ISIS) has seized complete control of Azaz. They are in control of the town's...
"Wamdha" is a project for love and peace where a group of Syrian youth are trying to challenge war through their music,"Wamdha" or the the Blink is to stop the tiring "music" of war and the bullets sounds, by their touching and tender songs in the middle of...
The Syrian regime has handed Russia new materials implicating rebels in a chemical attack outside Damascus on August 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday. “The corresponding materials were handed to the Russian side. We were told that they were evidence that...
Activists reported many abuses by armed militants who claimed belonging to the rebels' battalions. Atareb police station- affiliated to Shariah Authority- in north Aleppo arrested four men over charges of Arms robbery and attempt to sow discord between the rebels and the 'Islamic...
The decision to form the Opposition Interim government – Finally- born with 29 provisions to regulate and conduct its work and relation with the National Coalition, according Zaman Alwasl reporter. Mr. Ahmed To'ma, the new elected PM will be with limited...
The UN inspectors investigating the chemical weapons attack on two suburbs in Damascus last month weren’t supposed to point the finger at the party responsible for the killings. But even so, the Sellstrom report revealed key details of the attack that strongly suggest the government is to...
The chief UN chemical weapons inspector says his team will return to Syria "within weeks" to complete the investigation it had started before the Aug 21 gas attack of other alleged chemical weapons attacks in the country. Ake Sellstrom told The Associated Press Wednesday the...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could cling to power for years despite having lost overall control of his country, according to Israel's top commander on the frontier with Syria . Major-General Yair Golan's remarks, published on Wednesday in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper,...
Although Israel and Syria are officially at war, Israeli hospitals have been treating a trickle of Syrians wounded in the conflict. Since the uprising started, Israel has been neutral, at least publicly. But that could change. A Syrian boy lies hovering...
Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement expressed its reservation about the agreement signed between the Syrian Coalition and the Kurdish National Council as well as its rejection to threatening the sovereignty of the Syrian people and land. In a statement, the movement said: “We call upon...
"On average I treat about 10 people a day, every single day, but Fridays are always the worst" Sam, the 25 years old, young doctor said to BBC correspondent about victims of snipers in Bustan al-Qasr crossing point. "Yesterday about 30 people were shot here." He added to BBC....
A number of the free army brigades and relief activists in Aleppo and its countryside have followed extensive awareness sessions in step to deal with any chemical assault besides the necessary procedures like emergency treatment and rescue, under the supervision of the...
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...
