DAMASCUS: The Syrian government Wednesday denied it possessed chemical weapons and branded the use of such arms "immoral and unacceptable", following a French warning of punitive strikes. "Syria's government categorically denies possessing... chemical weapons. We consider the use of such...

The rebel-held Syrian region of the Eastern Ghouta has received its first aid delivery in almost three months. It comes after weeks of appeals from the United Nations to allow aid deliveries and the evacuation of hundreds of critically ill people. About 400,000 people live in...

A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that Iran's military presence in Syria was legitimate and based on the invitation of Damascus, and called on U.S. forces to leave the country. Reacting to U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson, who said Wednesday that Iran needed to withdraw military...

Rome, Italy - Six and a half years into the ongoing bloodshed in Syria, General Issam Zahreddine, infamous for overseeing the suffocating three-year siege of Deir Az Zor, was killed by a landmine. He died in October 2017, when his vehicle hit an explosive in Hawija Saqr during the...