Syrian rebels Friday were surrendering their heavy weapons after reaching a new deal with the government for a central swathe of territory, a war monitor said. Opposition fighters agreed with regime forces and their allies to a ceasefire deal earlier this week for parts of Syria's...

Global chemical arms inspectors are to take the unprecedented step of exhuming some bodies of victims in the Syrian town of Douma as they work to verify last month's alleged chemical attack, a media report said Thursday. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons chief Ahmet...

Syrian rebels began pulling out of an enclave they have surrendered in south Damascus on Thursday, but a few fighters in another besieged area near Homs shelled regime areas after their groups agreed to quit. The enclaves in south Damascus and near Homs are the only two besieged areas...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 regime troops from the coastal province of Tartus were killed in two weeks, most of them killed by Daesh in the southern suburbs of Damascus, pro-regime news feeds said.   The death toll included Brigadier General and 4 officers.  More than...