A Canadian lawyer working for a UN peacekeeping mission in Syria has escaped from rebel fighters who held him for eight months, the Syrian government said. State television showed Carl Campeau being handed on Thursday over to the senior UN official in...
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that he hoped the Syrian government's chemical weapons will be rapidly consolidated into one location, put on a ship and removed from the region. Kerry said in an interview with National Public Radio that the...
The Islamic Ahrar al-Sham movement has denied the Human Rights Watch accusation of execution civilians and taking hostages in the Alawite villages in Latakia. In a statement was obtained by Zaman Alwasl, the rebel movement said no one of its fighters was involved...
Head of the Military security in Deir el-Zour has been killed by a sniper bullet. Assad-run television reported Thursday that top Syrian army general has been killed in fighting with rebels, as the country's deputy prime minister floated Nov. 23-24 as possible dates for...
