December 2013

The Vatican announced President Bashar al-Assad sent Pope Francis a private message via a delegation that outlined a position of the Syrian government, though exactly what the message contained is unknown. "The delegation brought a message…

A Syrian army air strike on a vegetable market in the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 25 people on Saturday, a monitoring group said, continuing a campaign of improvised "barrel bombs" that has drawn international condemnation.…

LONDON—The funeral has taken place at a London mosque of a British doctor who died while in government custody in Syria. Dr. Abbas Khan, a surgeon, died just days before he was apparently due to be released from Syrian government…

US cargo ship Cape Ray will set sail for the Mediterranean on January 3, local media say. The vessel is specially equipped to neutralize toxins, as the ones to be moved out of Syria over 2014. According to insider sources, the…

  Reef Dimashq: An agreement was reached between leading figures from the city of Mou'adamiyat al-Sham and the regime, it consists of lifting the siege on Mou'adamiya and letting in food if the residents raised the Syrian flag on…

(Reuters) - Russia has sent 25 armored trucks and 50 other vehicles to Syria to help transport toxins that are to be destroyed under an international agreement to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said…

London (CNN) -- Britain will help destroy 150 tons of Syrian chemicals that can be used to make chemical weapons, the UK Foreign Office said Friday. "The chemicals will be shipped to a UK port with suitable off-loading equipment before…

(CNN) -- A car bomb exploded near an elementary school in western Syria on Sunday, killing seven people, state media reported. The fatalities included five students, the Syrian Arab News Agency said. The blast occurred at a town in Homs…

International negotiators have failed to agree on whether to invite Iran to peace talks over the Syrian conflict, the UN-Arab League envoy on Syria said. Lakhdar Brahimi said the US remained unconvinced that Iran's participation "would be…

Syrian government helicopters have bombed a district of Aleppo, killing at least 25 people, as fighting for the country's second city rages. Barrels packed with TNT were dropped on the Hanano district, killing six children and 19 adults…