UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s Opposition  urged a U.N. team heading to Syria in the coming days to start their investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in a village near Aleppo where rebel fighters recently ousted government forces. The Syrian National Coalition said in a statement...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday he was confident of victory against rebels and made a symbolic visit to a town once overrun by insurgents but now mostly retaken by his army. The visit to the battered town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, and a defiant speech illustrate...

UN inspectors will investigate three sites in Syria where chemical weapons attacks were alleged to have occurred "as soon as possible", the UN said Wednesday. The move follows a deal the UN reached with Damascus last week . UN inspectors will go to Syria to...

 Assad troops attacked rebel positions outside Khan al-Assal on Wednesday as they seek to recapture the northern town at the center of rival chemical weapons accusations, a watchdog said. Fierce fighting erupted on the outskirts of the town, which the rebels seized on Monday of...