UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the mission charged with destroying Syria's chemical weapons said Thursday the last 16 containers of dangerous chemical agents awaiting transport out of the country are in a contested area not far from Damascus that is currently inaccessible....

By Washington Post- The Obama administration has designated the office of the Syrian Opposition Coalition a “foreign mission” in this country, a category that gives it a symbolic boost in status but that falls well short of diplomatic recognition as a government. The...

  Reporting by Sham Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad PARIS-Zaman Alwasl- The humanitarian tragedy in Syria continues to deteriorate at a rapid pace with more than 7 million refugees (the majority internally displaced) fleeing to neighboring countries to escape death...

By Abdullah Raja; Translation by Yusra Ahmed In an interview with Zaman Alwasl, Mustafa Sabbagh, the National coalition member, said that the National Coalition confirmed in Geneva2 its support and acceptance to a political solution to solve...