The German government has asked federal prosecutors to examine whether German firms broke the law by exporting equipment to  Syria  during the 1980s and early 1990s that may have helped the country to develop chemical weapons. An  economy  ministry spokesman...

Syria, Russia and Afghanistan have the largest numbers of people fleeing their homelands to seek asylum, and most are turning to Europe, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report Friday. Syria's 3-year-old civil war generated 56,351 asylum seekers in 2013, more than double the...

  A U.N. convoy of about 80 trucks is ready to cross the Turkish border into Syria for the first time, aid officials said Wednesday, in a step they hope will pave the way for humanitarian access to the country’s most desperate areas . The convoy became possible...

Syrian soldiers have raised the national flag on the battlements of a 900-year-old Crusader castle after a three-month siege that ended on Thursday when rebel fighters fled. The recapture of Crac des Chevaliers, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a real and symbolic victory over...