At a closed door meeting, Western governments led by the United States took Syria to task for failing to surrender its chemical weapons under ambitious deadlines agreed with Russia after a poison gas attack in August. Speaker after speaker stood up to berate Damascus at the Organisation for...

For the seventh day in a row, Syria’s headline was regime bombing, especially of insurgent-held areas of Aleppo and the Damascus suburb of Darayya. Dozens of bombs, including barrel bombs, were dropped on sections of Aleppo such as Hanano. Airstrikes, as well as tank and artillery...

   With lights, floats and flying, Russia kicked off the opening ceremony in Sochi as the world turns its attention to the costliest Olympic Games in history. Spectators from all over the world watched the introduction of athletes that marked the official start of...

The United States has increased direct funding to rebel groups fighting in Damascus and southern Syria, ramping up pressure on president Bashar Al Assad after negotiations in Geneva ended in deadlock. Last week, as the Syrian regime   delegation in...