Moscow (AP) | Russia on Friday dismissed recent reports of the Syrian government using chemical weapons on rebel-held areas as fabrication. The U.N. Security Council called for an investigation Wednesday over allegations that government forces have attacked rebel-held areas with...

Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said. New articles added to the law approved by MPs on Tuesday deem "joining or...

Reuters-  The head of the global chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's toxic stockpile is considering launching a fact-finding mission on his own initiative to investigate reports of chlorine gas attacks there, sources said. Syria became a member of the...

Syria's air force killed 27 civilians Thursday in a raid on a market in an Aleppo provincial village, as a businessman became the second hopeful to register for the country's controversial presidential election. Meanwhile, a team overseeing Syria's chemical weapons handover said...