An al Qaeda affiliate has captured a northern Syrian town on the border with Turkey after ousting a moderate Islamist rebel unit and detained its leader, activists said on Thursday. The fall of the town of Atma, a crossing point for weapons and for Syrian rebels, signals disarray among...
The world's chemical watchdog solicited private companies on Thursday to help with the destruction of around two-thirds of Syria's vast stock of chemical weapons, as options dwindle ahead of a tight deadline to complete the task. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...
Syria’s rebels blew up a vehicle transporting a number of Jordanian intellectuals, writers and journalists in Daraa countryside Thursday who were on a visit to Syria, wounding five,’’ State-run news agency SANA reported. Rebels have remotely detonated an explosive device...