Syrian regime forces shelled the last pockets in Damascus controlled by the Islamic State group (ISIS), preparing the ground for a possible assault on the militant stronghold, a monitor said Wednesday. After fully retaking the Eastern Ghouta region on the edge of the capital, the Syrian...

A UN security team was fired at on Tuesday while on a reconnaissance mission in the Syrian town of Douma to prepare the deployment of experts investigating an alleged chemical attack, officials said. "Shots were fired yesterday at a UN security team doing a reconnaissance in Douma," a...

The recent U.S.-led airstrikes on the Assad regime were "necessary and proportionate", European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday as he urged Russia and Iran to "stop playing games" in the region. Addressing members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg city as part of...

International chemical weapons inspectors will probably not go into the Syrian town of Douma Wednesday, a U.N. source in Syria told Reuters, marking a further delay to efforts to investigate a suspected poison gas attack there. A U.N. security team entered Douma on Tuesday ahead of the...