Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama  discussed the idea of placing Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international control on the sidelines of a  G20 summit last week, Putin's spokesman said on Tuesday. "The issue was discussed," spokesman...

A Russian proposal for Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control to avoid a Western strike would not stop bloodshed, the Gulf Arab states said on Tuesday. “We've heard of the initiative ... It's all about chemical weapons but doesn't stop the spilling of the blood of...

Syria  is seeking 135,000 metric tons (148,812 tons) of white short grain rice, its General Foreign Trade Organisation (GFTO) said on Monday, after failing to buy in a tender that closed on August 25, Reuters reported. Syria's civil war, now in its third year, has killed more than...

THE story is simple. Here in Syria, there is a regime that has been killing its subjects with impunity for the last 30 months. The notion that there is a mysterious civil war that is inextricably linked to the nature of the Middle East and its complicated sectarian divisions is far from the...