DAMASCUS–Rebel factions in Syria said Friday they welcome the US missile strike on an air base in Syria’s central province of Homs. A rebel commander in...
PALM BEACH–US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday the United States would soon announce new sanctions against Syria after the Syrian government allegedly used chemical...
BEIRUT –The grief-stricken father cradled his 9-month-old twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm. Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling,...
BEIRUT –Diplomats at the U.N. Security council sparred Wednesday over whether to hold President Bashar Assad’s government responsible for a chemical weapons attack that killed more...
WASHINGTON –His expression grave and his words emphatic, President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday the deadly chemical attack in Syria had crossed “many, many lines” and...
UNITED NATIONS–UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he is deeply disturbed by reports of alleged use of chemical weapons in an airstrike in Syria’s northwestern...
MOSCOW –The United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged Syrian warring parties to provide access to thousands of civilians in besieged areas....
BEIRUT—Weeping, hobbling on crutches or dragging suitcases, hundreds of survivors of a devastating government bombardment and siege left the last sliver of opposition-held Aleppo on Thursday,...
OTTAWA—Canada and Russia traded barbs at the United Nations on Thursday as Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion led calls for an end to the bloody conflict...
HALIFAX—In a bustling classroom filled with streams of Arabic and English, two brothers are studies in concentration as they write out the fairy tale of Little...