Syrian air force warplanes bombarded rebel-held targets close to a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in fighting that highlights the perils facing an international mission to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal.   The...

  Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria committed a war crime when they killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, an international human rights group said Friday.   The Aug. 4 attacks on...

The cucumbers at Haitham Mohammad’s stall used to travel a few miles to Damascus from the lush fields of Ghouta around the Syrian capital. They now get shipped from more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) away. The produce comes from the northern Aleppo Province after anti-government rebels...

International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria's chemical weapons program, a spokesman said Thursday, as the team races to destroy the country's stockpile and delivery systems amid a raging civil war. Underscoring the complexity of the mission, a regime warplane...