Syrian air force warplanes bombarded rebel-held targets close to a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in fighting that highlights the perils facing an international mission to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal.   The...

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a chemical weapons inspectors has been attacked as premature and giving support to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Opponents of the Syrian dictator said the award of the prize to the Organisation for the Prohibition of...

Assad army troops and Shia fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured two southern suburbs of Damascus on Friday, killing at least 70 people, opposition activists said to Reuters. The fighters, including some from the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah and Iraqi...

The cucumbers at Haitham Mohammad’s stall used to travel a few miles to Damascus from the lush fields of Ghouta around the Syrian capital. They now get shipped from more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) away. The produce comes from the northern Aleppo Province after anti-government rebels...