Ban Ki-moon to present report to UN Security Council on Monday after it was submitted to him by UN team. UN chemical weapons inspectors have handed their report into an alleged gas attack in Syria to Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general. The report into the incident, in which more...

  There is something deeply cynical about this chemical weapons ‘timetable’ Even if it succeeds, Syrians will be left to kill each other as before - only without sarin. What on earth was going on in Washington and Geneva last week? I’m not trying to cheapen the...

Footage has surfaced on the internet that gives the first tangible indication of Iran's involvement in the fighting in Syria on the side of the government forces, reports BBC Persian's Kasra Naji. Information that can be gleaned from the footage indicates that the Iranian fighters are part...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. Kerry issued the warning during a stop in Jerusalem, where he briefed...