Syria's opposition demanded on Thursday that United Nations chemical weapons inspectors immediately investigate a besieged rebel-held region hit by an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people a day earlier. In Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the...

Israel Intelligence minister says condemnations of Assad regime by international community are mere lip service. Israeli intelligence believes that Wednesday's reports of a chemical attack in Damascus are credible, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday, Haaretz, the Israeli...

France has said that the international community would need to respond with force if allegations that Syrian government forces had carried out a mass chemical attack on civilians proved to be true. But the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said there was no question of sending troops...

  Syrian activists have recalled back a bloody message by famed Syrian actress which was addressed to Bashar al-Assad, asking the use of chemical weapons to eliminate the Islamists. Now her wish has been achieved, they said. Raghda, 55, who grew up in Aleppo before settling...