Syrian regime forces aim to advance into the eastern Ghouta region one "bite" at a time, a pro-government commander said Friday, as a war monitor said the army had seized new ground from rebels. In one of the deadliest offensives of the war, government air strikes and bombardment have...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea denied reports it had cooperated with Syria on chemical weapons, dismissing them as a fabrication by the United States to pressure the country, state media reported late Thursday. State run KCNA news agency cited a spokesman at the foreign ministry’s...

BERLIN (AP)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken with President Donald Trump about the situation in Syria and Russia's newly announced weapons systems. Merkel's office said Friday they spoke late Thursday, agreeing on the need for Syrian government forces and their Russian and...

GENEVA (Reuters)- At the request of Britain, the United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to hold an "urgent debate" Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria's enclave of eastern Ghouta, a spokesman said Thursday. The bureau of the 47-member state Geneva forum agreed to the...