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Turkey testing Syrians for chemical weapon wounds
Turkey is testing injured Syrians seeking treatment across the border for chemical weapon wounds, the foreign minister said Thursday. Ahmet Davutoglu ...
US, Russia seek to revive peace plan for Syria
The U.S. and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian ...
Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a ...
Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend ...
Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east
Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops ...
UN panel backs away from Syria nerve gas claim
A U.N. panel looking into war crimes in Syria said Monday it has not found conclusive evidence of chemical weapons use, backing away from a member's ...
Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again
The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh ...
Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village
The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell.
Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Iran: chemicals 'red line' but seeks rebel probe
Iran's foreign minister is insisting that use of chemical weapons in Syria would also be a "red line" for Tehran, but suggests rebel forces should be ...
Turkey vigilant for chemicals with wounded Syrians
Turkish border authorities decontaminated a group of wounded Syrians as they entered Turkey and hospital staff wore protective equipment to treat them ...
UN urges Syria to let in chemical weapons experts
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Syria again Monday to allow experts into the country without delay or conditions to investigate allegations ...
Syrian prime minister escapes bombing in Damascus
Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare ...
Israel lawmaker: Hezbollah getting chemical arms
A former Israeli defense minister alleged Monday that Syria's chemical weapons are "trickling" to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It was the ...
Pattern seen in alleged chemical arms use in Syria
The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam ...
Syrian rebels, troops clash at 3 air bases
Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad fought intense battles with his troops on Sunday to try to seize control of three military air ...
Israel minister: US should intervene in Syrian war
An Israeli Cabinet minister has called on the U.S to intervene in the Syrian civil war after intelligence reports of chemical weapons use there. The U
Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria
Syrian rebels attacked a sprawling military air base in the country's northwest on Saturday, while opposition forces assaulted a string of army ...
Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil ...
Syrian officials deny use of chemical weapons
Two Syrian officials denied Friday that government forces had used chemical weapons against rebels, the first response from President Bashar Assad's ...
Syrian troops capture key town near Damascus
After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple ...
Dutch court: compensation for gas attack survivors
A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered a businessman convicted of selling Saddam Hussein raw materials for mustard gas to pay compensation to victims of ...
Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran
On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S.
Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior ...