Chlorine gas attacks in Syria this month, if proven, expose a major loophole in an international deal to remove chemical weapons from the war-torn country and suggest chemical warfare could persist after the removal operation has finished. President Bashar al-Assad agreed...

Holding an election in Syria while civil war rages will only obstruct international efforts to resolve the conflict, the head of the Arab League said on Tuesday. President Bashar al-Assad's government announced on Monday that a presidential election would take place on June...

  The Associated Press, Beirut| Weakened Syrian rebels are making their last desperate stand in Homs, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launch their harshest assault yet to expel them from the central city, once known as the capital of the revolution. Some...

The opposition Interim Government decided in its weekly meeting to pay the salaries for Free Syrian Army fighters (FSA) in Aleppo and Idlib. The financial receivables reached $300,000, $200 thousand would be allocated to fighters in Aleppo, and the...