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Showdown looms over Syria chemical weapons probe

Russia and the West are braced for a fresh showdown at the world's chemical weapons watchdog this week over a new team that will name culprits for attacks in Syria for the first time. The investigators' first report identifying perpetrators is expected early next year, and tensions are...

Syria's 'camps metalsmith' welds shelter for displaced

Crouched between olive trees in northwest Syria, Jumaa al-Mustayf cuts long metal tubes with an electric saw to make tent frames for families displaced by war. With winter approaching in Idlib province, the man nicknamed "metalsmith of the camps" says his welding skills are in especially...

Opposition forces kill 11 troops in coastal Latakia

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six troops of the Syrian regime’s elite forces were killed in a rocket attack by rebels in coastal Latakia province as Damascus seeks to take strategic Kabana hilltops, military sources said Friday. Nine more troops were wounded in the attack on the bastions of the...