Norwegian officials, citing time and regulatory issues, turned down a U.S. request to help destroy chemical weapons in the dismantling of Syria's toxic arsenal. "After a comprehensive assessment, the two countries [Norway and the United States] have come...

Top Republican Guards General has been killed in Moadamiyet al-Sham, l ocal activists said . Brigadier Mazhar Ali Suleiman, Head the military campaign on the besieged Suburb was a valuable target for Free Syrian Army fighters, activists...

On October 10, the al-Qaida-affiliated jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it and allied rebels had taken over Daraa al-Balad, the “old town” section of the capital city of Daraa province in southern Syria. The city is divided into Daraa al-Balad and Daraa al-Mahata,...