( The Wall Street Journal )- The suspected sarin gas attack in Syria last week revealed one of the worst-kept secrets in international diplomacy: A 2013 deal brokered by Russia and the U.S. failed to cripple the Assad regime’s ability to make or use chemical weapons. International...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei called on wealthy Gulf Arab states to take in more Syrians displaced by six years of civil war, saying the surge of refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East was a "test for humanity." Ai, often described as China's most high-profile artist and dissident, has won...

Syria's government and rebels exchanged some 30 prisoners and nine bodies, part of a larger agreement to evacuate four besieged areas in different parts of the country, activists and officials said Wednesday. Hakim Baghdadi, a member of the relief committee for al-Foua and Kfarya, two...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl) The son and brother of one of the most important officials responsible for the development of chemical weapons for the Syrian regime have British citizenship. This information came to light to add to Britain’s already existent record of scandals including...