( Daily Star )- Syria's armed forces "did not and will not" use chemical weapons, even against extremist groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Thursday. "I stress to you once again: the Syrian army has not, did not and will not use this kind of weapons -- not just against our own...

( Daily Star )- Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he was "100 percent sure" Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered a suspected chemical attack this week that provoked international outrage. Lieberman said the alleged attack in the neighbouring country was carried out...

( Daily Star )- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no "option except victory" in the country's civil war in an interview published Thursday, saying the government could not reach "results" with opposition groups that attended recent peace talks. The interview with Croatian...

( Daily Star )- Autopsy results have revealed that chemical weapons were used in an attack which killed at least 70 people in Syria's Idlib province, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told reporters Thursday. Thirty-two victims of Tuesday's attack have been brought to Turkey and three...