(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 people, including a child, have been killed late on Tuesday in a sarin gas attack on the besieged Moadamiyet al-Sham town west of the capital, activists said. The town's main hospital said 10 people were killed including a 12-year-old boy due to targeting their...

Syria's foreign minister will visit China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, amid a renewed bid by Beijing to play a more active role in finding an end to conflict in the Middle East. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem will be in China from Dec. 23 to Dec. 26 and...

The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million this year, while a further 3,600 died or went missing, the U.N. refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. Half of those arriving were Syrians fleeing...

The United Nations is mulling "light touch" options for monitoring a possible ceasefire in Syria that would keep its risks to a minimum by relying largely on Syrians already on the ground, diplomatic sources said. The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously called on...