The first shipment of chemical weapons material has left Syria, according to the UN. The joint mission overseeing the disarmament, the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said on Tuesday that the materials had been moved from two sites to the port of...

 At least 34 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and another group were killed after clashes with other rebel movements in Syria's Idlib province, an NGO said Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bodies of the 34 were...

Cuff tended to favor of al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa over the infighting with Islamist rebels, local activists told Zaman Alwasl. Main Islamic Front Unit, Ahrar al-Sham movement has retreated due to the big reinforcements to...

Syrian regime government announced it will be offering Russian as a second foreign language in schools starting with the fifth grade. The new decision was posted on Syria’s ministry of education website. Fifth graders will have the choice between Russian and French as part of...