(AFP)- Chemical weapons such as chlorine have been used in a “systematic manner” in Syria, according to an initial report by a team from the world's watchdog investigating alleged attacks there . The report has not been publicly released, but...

By Raed Omari | Al Arabiya News, Amman| With Iraq's major cities falling like dominoes to militants under the black banners of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and with al-Qaeda's affiliate turning from a "virtual" to a "real" state, nearby Jordan has to be...

(AFP)- Western countries that back the revolt in Syria have started to shift position on the conflict because of the danger posed to them by jihadists, according to President Bashar al-Assad. "The United States and the West have started to send signs of change. Terrorism is now...

The results are in and Bashar al-Assad has won his third seven-year term as president of Syria with a score of 88.7 percent of the votes . That’s a modest figure by the standards of Syria’s ruling family, which in forty-four years has never before settled for...