Sarin, a deadly nerve gas which the United States now says the Syrian regime has used against rebel forces, was developed by Nazi scientists in 1938. Originally conceived as a pesticide, sarin was used by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime to gas thousands of Kurds in the northern town...

 American and European intelligence analysts now believe that President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in the civil war in Syria, an assessment that will put added pressure on a deeply divided Obama administration to develop a response to a...

  ''we had attacked the Shabiha of Hatla village  who are supporting the Assad regime as they did days ago by killing 4 fighters of al-Qadisyya Brigade.'' FSA source to Zaman Alwasl said.   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least...

  Chiefs of Staff of the Supreme Military Council has announced Its 15 representatives in the National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces. In a statement released today by the office of General Salim Idriss, the commander of Supreme Military Council gave the...