Field sources have confirmed that the nerve agent sarin was used by Bashar al-Assad's forces in an attack on Islam Army in Adra city near Damascus on Sunday, leaving four rebels dead and twenty infected. The victims' symptoms were similar to the Aug. 21 2013 chemical...

Saudi Arabia has hit back at Russian criticism of its support for the oppressed Syrian people, saying it was Moscow's continuous military and political support for Damascus that was prolonging the conflict that has already killed more than 140,000 and displaced millions. A Foreign...

Talks between NATO and  Russia  on a possible joint mission to protect a U.S. ship that will destroy Syria's deadliest chemical weapons are moving ahead despite tensions over Ukraine , a top U.S. commander said on Thursday. U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove,...

A chemicals weapons attack in Syria last summer that the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people was the world's worst human rights violation of 2013, the Obama administration concluded Thursday. The report by the State Department also foreshadowed the unrest that has gripped the...