Syrian businessmen said 15 giant plants have been dismantled and brought across the border to Turkey, in addition to many other smaller factories. Some of these factories were re-assembled in Turkey and are already operational, while others were sold as second-hand machinery. Some...

The Syrian chemical weapons stockpile includes more than 1000 tons of agents and precursor chemicals, making it one of the largest in the world, a declassified French intelligence report says. The report notes that the Syrian chemical weapons program poses a major global threat in terms of...

Activists reported many abuses by armed militants who claimed belonging to the rebels' battalions. Atareb police station- affiliated to Shariah Authority- in north Aleppo arrested four men over charges of Arms robbery and attempt to sow discord between the rebels and the 'Islamic...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could cling to power for years despite having lost overall control of his country, according to Israel's top commander on the frontier with  Syria . Major-General Yair Golan's remarks, published on Wednesday in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper,...