The top UN official charged with destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile on Monday warned that the most difficult part of its mission in the conflict-ridden country still lay ahead. Meanwhile, a top Syrian official has urged countries "to start acting" to help Damascus comply...

The death toll in Syria's conflict has risen to at least 125,835, more than a third of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday. The pro-opposition monitoring group also appealed to U.N....

Syrian lawyers in rebel-held areas have denounced a circular by Shariah Authority in Aleppo ban practicing the civil law in courts and other legal institutions and eliminating the attorney profession. The Islamic Judiciary group that controls legal matters in Aleppo...