On Sunday, September 29, President Bashar al-Assad declared to the world, via an interview on Italian television, his resolve to clear Syria of chemical weapons - accepting a Russian-brokered deal to avert punitive U.S. action. That same morning his forces appear to have dropped...

The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said that "factors are not yet in place" for peace talks despite efforts by world powers to convene a meeting next month. In an interview with on Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen television, broadcast on Monday, Assad also said he desired a third term as...

More facts have been revealed regarding the Lebanese abductees and the exchange agreement with North Storm brigade. The rebel group in a statement issued today said the ongoing clashes with al-Qaeda affiliate, the State of Iraq and al-Sham was behind its hurry to deliver the...