The final report said the mission "collected clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale" on that day in Ghouta. "A number of patients/survivors were clearly
Maaloula is a Christian village that rebels recently overran. The town was a major tourist attraction before the conflict began. Some of its residents still speak a version of Aramaic, a language spoken by Jesus.
Evidence collected by UN investigators probing Syrian war crimes implicates President Bashar al-Assad, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said. Pillay later denied having direct knowledge of their secret list of suspects, but her revealing remarks
The release of the White House “Government Assessment” on August 30, providing the purported evidence to support a bombing attack on Syria, defused a conflict with the intelligence community that had threatened to become public through the mass .....
International chemical weapons inspectors reported further progress in eliminating Syria’s stockpile, verifying the destruction of 22 of 23 sites the Syrian government had been used for the production and mixing of the banned munitions.
Mother asks IDF soldiers near border fence for help, evacuated to Safed hospital, where she delivers baby boy. 'I was afraid to make it to Israel, but I was more afraid for my baby in case the birth didn't go smoothly at home,' mother says
The moderate rebel command at the center of U.S. policy in Syria is becoming increasingly marginalized as dozens of militias peel away to form rival, Islamist alliances in a move that could leave the Obama administration with no battlefield partner
Experts destroyed missile warheads, aerial bombs and chemical mixing equipment Sunday on the first day of a campaign to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, the UN said.
The operation, performed by Syrian personnel under the supervision of internat
The US are planning a series of rapid steps to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons program, a strategy intended to guard against backsliding by President al-Assad and limit the time international experts need to work in the country,
The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to destroy Syria's chemical weapons. Inspectors are expected to arrive next week, but critics wonder if Syria will fully comply.
Senator John McCain was just sure he could pick moderates in Syria worth supporting. To prove his point he made a trip to Syria this spring to demonstrate how much the insurgents were just like us, struggling for democracy and equal rights for all.
11 Syrian rebel groups, including a powerful al Qaeda affiliate, rejected the Western-backed opposition coalition, calling for a new Syria under Islamic law dealing a severe blow to US-led efforts to support a democratic alternative to President Assa