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Rebels give up all eastern Qalamoun region: spokesman

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels agreed late on Thursday to give up four more towns in the eastern Qalamoun region to the Syrian regime, in a string of handovers by rebels following the evacuation of Dumayr, the strategic town northeast of Damascus, spokesman said. Said Seif, spokesman for...

Russia and Syria must let inspectors visit Douma: UK envoy

Britain's U.N. ambassador said Thursday the Russians and Syrians must uphold the promises they made to let chemical weapons inspectors visit the site of a suspected poisonous gas attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma - and "it should happen expeditiously." Karen Pierce said in an...

Syrian rebels give up Dumayr town to regime

The Syrian regime took control of a town northeast of Damascus Thursday after rebels evacuated to north Syria the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the regime. Residents in the town of Dumayr welcomed security forces into their town in a triumphant show for the cameras of the...

Russia says British-made smoke grenades found in Douma

Russia said Thursday that Syrian government forces found German "chlorine containers" and British "smoke grenades" in the country's Eastern Ghouta, an ex-rebel enclave that was taken over by regime forces in April. "In the liberated territories of Eastern Ghouta, Syrian government...