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...

"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....