(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces launched major attack on two main outskirts south of the capital, amid heavy aerial and ground bombardment, activists said Thursday. Regime forces have renewed attacks on the besieged towns of Daraya and Moadamiyet al-Sham in an effort to eliminate any...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes had dropped 820 barrel bombs on Daraya suburb southern the capital in November, local governing council said. The poor southern outskirt of Damascus has been under suffocating siege for over three years and under daily barrage of barrel bombs in...

The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war is becoming routine, a U.S. official said in The Hague on Monday, calling on members of the global chemical weapons body to collectively condemn their use. "Today, we must raise our voice collectively and emphatically to condemn...

ISIS is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials. Their quest raises an alarming scenario for the...