Syria's opposition demanded on Thursday that United Nations chemical weapons inspectors immediately investigate a besieged rebel-held region hit by an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people a day earlier. In Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the...

Syrian activists said at least  1188  people, including women and children, were killed on Wednesday in a nerve gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel-held districts of the Ghouta region east of Damascus. 140 people killed in Kafr Batna Hospitals,...

The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has put in place an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in  Syria , aid agencies said on Tuesday. About 30,000 refugees, believed to be mainly Syrian Kurds, have poured into  Iraq...

    Syrian refugees whose living standards have further deteriorated after the military coup in Egypt are returning to Syria   Syrian refugees whose living standards have further deteriorated after the military coup in Egypt are beginning to...