Despite the constant threat of bombings, some residents of the Syrian capital are intent on leading as normal a life as possible. In this exclusive report, FRANCE 24 meets a number of Syrians trying to go about their daily lives.   Fighting between government and rebel...

Americans strongly oppose U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war and believe Washington should stay out of the conflict even if reports that Syria's government used deadly chemicals to attack civilians are confirmed, a Reuters/Ipsos poll says. About 60 percent of Americans surveyed said...

The world's governments are demanding that Syria immediately let United Nations inspectors onto the scene of alleged chemical attacks that  killed as many as 1,800 . But even if Bashar al-Assad's regime gave the inspectors permission to visit the disputed battlefields right now, they still...

Medecins Sans Frontieres says hospitals it supports in Syria treated about 3,600 patients with "neurotoxic symptoms", of whom 355 have died. It said  the patients had arrived in three hospitals in the Damascus governorate on 21 August - when opposition activists say chemical attacks...