Syrian army troops have recaptured a strategic town in the south of Damascus from opposition forces on Wednesday, state media and a monitoring group reported.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the army was backed by Iraqi and Lebanese Shiite militia in the assault on the...

The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday its inspectors have checked 11 out of 20 sites identified by Damascus as it works to eliminate Syria's banned weapons. "The OPCW mission has now conducted verification activities at a total of 11 sites that are identified by Syria's...

  As Muslims around the world mark the Eid Al Adha, sharing festive meals, children trapped in besieged areas around the Syrian capital are going hungry, activists and medics say. In some areas children have died from severe malnutrition, according to one NGO, and a...

Syrian activists say that two days of heavy clashes between Kurdish fighters and al-Qaida-linked rebels in the northeast have killed at least 41 on both sides, AP reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says to Associated Press the clashes in Hassakeh province...