The U.S. State Department on Tuesday issued a warning to the Bashar al-Assad regime on suspicion it could be conducting a new chemical weapons attack in northwest Syria. "Unfortunately, we continue to see signs that the Assad regime may be renewing its use of chemical weapons, including an...

Russia on Thursday presented a draft resolution to the Security Council accusing the UN's chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW, of politicization just weeks before a new probe begins of chemical attacks in Syria. The draft text, seen by AFP, states that the Council -- where Russia holds veto...

The U.N. food agency warned Friday of a worsening humanitarian situation in Syria's last rebel stronghold in the country's northwest as rebel groups battled government forces to regain territory they lost earlier this week. The latest wave of fighting, which began 10 days ago, is the most...

Syria received its first foreign oil supplies for six months last week, with the arrival of two shipments including one from Iran, a source familiar with Iranian oil shipments said, easing the war-torn country's fuel crisis. The oil was delivered in two tankers, one sent by Iran, the other...