Syria  has handed over information about its chemical arsenal to a U.N.-backed weapons watchdog, meeting the first deadline of an ambitious disarmament operation that averted the threat of Western air strikes. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said...

 A month after rockets carrying chemical payloads rained down on the suburbs of Damascus, doctors say hundreds are still suffering the ill effects of sarin poisoning. But the horror of the gas attack is being overtaken by continuing shelling and airstrikes, as well as by malnutrition and...

The world's chemical weapons watchdog said it is to meet on Friday to discuss a Russian-US plan for the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will meet at 1400 GMT to consider the "elimination of Syrian chemical...

 Hezbollah retaliation could include firing rockets at Israel or executing terrorist attacks on Western and Israeli interests via the group's formidable global networks.   The public debate over strikes on Syria has given Hezbollah and Iran ample time to ratchet up...