Fighter jets were preparing for scheduled take off when President Hollande took 'stunning' call from US telling him to hold fire French President Francois Hollande called off military strikes against Syria on 31 August following a phone call from the US President only hours...

  International chemical weapon troubleshooters will enter war-torn Syria on Tuesday to start one of the biggest and most dangerous disarmament operations ever staged.   With more than 1,000 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas and other banned horror...

Syria's government will not accept any transition peace plan that excludes President Bashar Assad, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem has said. He spoke on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, a day after the Security Council approved a resolution that obliges Syria's...

  Syria is "comfortable" with a UN Security Council resolution on destroying its chemical weapons and will not discuss the future of President Bashar al-Assad, the country's foreign minister said Saturday.   Walid Muallem told reporters the...