Syrian regime forces aim to advance into the eastern Ghouta region one "bite" at a time, a pro-government commander said Friday, as a war monitor said the army had seized new ground from rebels. In one of the deadliest offensives of the war, government air strikes and bombardment have...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea denied reports it had cooperated with Syria on chemical weapons, dismissing them as a fabrication by the United States to pressure the country, state media reported late Thursday. State run KCNA news agency cited a spokesman at the foreign ministry’s...

Syrian activists say the Turkish air force has hit two positions of pro-regime Syrian fighters deployed last week in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, killing and wounding a number of fighters. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the airstrikes took place late...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians killed in night raids on the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, topping the death toll of Thursday’s airstrikes to 11, local activists and Civil Defense rescuing group said. Eight 8 civilians, including children, were also killed in the...