North Korea tried to export gas masks to Syria but they were seized in Turkey along with arms and ammunition, a Japanese daily said Tuesday, as the US threatened action over an alleged chemical weapons attack. A Libyan-registered vessel, identified as Al En Ti Sar, left North Korea for Syria...

US President Barack Obama is weighing an attack against Syria that would be of limited scope and duration, newspapers reported Tuesday. The strike in retaliation for what the United States says is Syria's undeniable use...

K hanaser, the vital town in northern Aleppo countryside and the biggest gathering for pro-Assad militias had been liberated, activists reported. The head of the National Defense forces ( NDF) in Aleppo city was killed on Sunday morning by clashes between the NDF...