(Zaman Al Wasl)- Firas Mustafa Tlass, Syrian business tycoon, has been arrested on Tuesday by the UAE security over working as a broker between ISIS and the giant Cement group LafargeHolcim including oil and toxic gas purchases, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Maher Sharaf...

France criticized Russia on Thursday for calling into question an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia has questioned the work and future of the joint inquiry by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would push the United Nations Security Council to renew within days an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, setting the stage for a likely showdown with Russia. Russia has...

A Spanish diplomat has been proposed to head the world's chemical weapons watchdog at a critical time for the organisation's disarmament work in Syria, diplomats said Wednesday. A vote on the appointment of Fernando Arias, 65, is expected to be taken by the 41-member executive council...