I've spent much of the last week in Antakya, an ancient city, known to Byzantine Christians as Antioch, which now serves as a bivouac for Syrian rebel fighters and a jumping-off point for journalists and humanitarian actors working in Syria, which lies 20...

Fighter jets were preparing for scheduled take off when President Hollande took 'stunning' call from US telling him to hold fire French President Francois Hollande called off military strikes against Syria on 31 August following a phone call from the US President only hours...

  Syria's main opposition group has lost its bargaining power ahead of any potential peace conference, after rebels withdrew their support and a UN resolution failed to meet its expectations, Reuters said.   With talks aimed at bringing about an end to...

The United Nations on Monday revealed what it called "chilling" details of a sarin gas attack in Syria, leaving the major powers to battle over who was responsible. UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria as "a war crime" as the country's conflict again spilled...