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By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Opposition activists have posted a video of what they say is chlorine gas floating through the streets of a Syrian village and they accuse President Bashar al-Assad of mounting a chemical weapons campaign. Activists and medical...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis insists his weekend pilgrimage to the Middle East is a "strictly religious" commemoration of a key turning point in Catholic-Orthodox relations. But the delicate, three-day mission will test his diplomatic skills as he navigates Israeli-Palestinian...
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials have been holding private meetings this week aimed at soothing lawmakers' concerns over the U.S. posture in Syria, the future of the American military presence in Afghanistan and defense spending. The meetings come as a frustrated White House...
Several Arab media outlets have reported on alleged Syrian refugee women being put up for marriage on Facebook as reports on the social media page spread. According to the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat , the initial page, created under the name “Syrian refugees for marriage,”...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed when Syrian rebels shelled a tent being used for election campaigning in the southern province of Deraa, a monitoring group said on Friday. At least 11 civilians, including a child, were among those killed in the attack which...
ISTANBUL (Anadolu Agency)- Syrian National Movement says scores of witnesses are ready to explain every detail of war crimes committed by the Assad regime. Syrian activists have witnesses and evidence to prove that the Syrian regime is guilty of systematic war crimes against...
Translation by Yusra Ahmed ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl)- Former leader of Aleppo military council launched Thursday a scathing criticism against the feeble stand of opposition Interim government over the ongoing battles in Aleppo, sources told Zaman Alwasl....
At least 44 people, including seven children and eight women were killed in air and ground operations across Syria, mounted by President Bashar al-Assad's regime on Thursday, opposition activists say. Local Coordination Committees of Syria...
A Syrian court has issued summons for two Lebanese anti-Damascus figures, including Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a Lebanese judicial source said Thursday. "The Lebanese justice ministry received from the Syrian embassy in Lebanon, upon mediation by the Lebanese foreign ministry,...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes, prompting angry responses from the proposal's supporters who said the two countries...
Syrian opposition media and EA World View sources claim rebels have decimated a Syrian battalion in the latest fighting near Morek, on the main highway from Hama north to Idlib Province. The sources say at least 36 Syrian troops were killed — there...
(Reuters) - Syria has made no progress in relinquishing a last batch of chemical weapons it says is inaccessible due to fighting, making it increasingly likely it will miss a final deadline to destroy its toxic stockpile, Britain said on Thursday. The British deputy...
Russia and China block resolution to refer Syria to International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of war crimes. Russia and China have vetoed a UN resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of...