Assad warplanes struck Dumeir city, east Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 26 people, including 2 women and 11 children, in a series of strikes with explosive barrels hit Dumeir, revolution local coordination said.    The strikes hit north neighborhood of the...

A Danish and a Norwegian frigate are anchored in the Cypriot port of Limassol awaiting orders to sail for Syria and help collect part of the regime's deadly chemical arsenal. When the call comes, they will escort two cargo ships -- one from each country -- to Syria's Latakia, where...

UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to sanction those responsible for Syrian chemical weapons attacks documented in a newly released report. The UN report, issued Thursday, concluded that such banned arms were used at least five times before Damascus agreed to...

Chemical weapons have been used at least five times during the Syrian conflict and in some cases children and civilians have been slaughtered, according to a UN report released Thursday. The report cites "credible evidence" and "evidence consistent with the probable use of chemical...