The chief UN chemical weapons inspector says his team will return to Syria "within weeks" to complete the investigation it had started before the Aug 21 gas attack of other alleged chemical weapons attacks in the country. Ake Sellstrom told The Associated Press Wednesday the...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could cling to power for years despite having lost overall control of his country, according to Israel's top commander on the frontier with  Syria . Major-General Yair Golan's remarks, published on Wednesday in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper,...

    Although Israel and Syria are officially at war, Israeli hospitals have been treating a trickle of Syrians wounded in the conflict. Since the uprising started, Israel has been neutral, at least publicly. But that could change. A Syrian boy lies hovering...

   A number of the free army brigades and relief activists in Aleppo and its countryside have followed extensive awareness sessions in step to deal with any chemical assault besides the necessary procedures like emergency treatment and rescue, under the supervision of the...