The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a U.S.-drafted resolution on Friday laying the groundwork for an inquiry that would assign blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria's civil war. The resolution asks United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon and the head of the Organization for the...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he had reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart on a draft U.N. resolution aimed at identifying the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. "We also talked about the UN Resolution and indeed I believe...

The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. The YPG militia said Islamic State had fired "makeshift chemical...

  By Labib Al Nahhas Labib Al Nahhas is head of foreign political relations for Ahrar al-Sham. (Washington Post)- As has become obvious, the Obama administration’s response to the Syrian conflict is an abject failure. No clear strategy has been determined; the administration’s “red...