Chemical weapons experts have completed their mission to the Syrian town of Douma probing last month's alleged chemical attack. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has said that the analysis of samples may still take weeks. (AP)

In Syria, the government's air defenses have shot down missiles over its two airbases early Tuesday. Syrian state-run television says missiles targeted Shayrat air base in Homs province and another base northeast of the capital, Damascus. Meanwhile, Russia says it will help secure visit of ...

The Syrian government has invited the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to send a team to investigate allegations of a chemical attack in the eastern Ghouta town of Douma, state media reported on Tuesday. The suspected chemical weapons attack late on Saturday killed at least 60 ...

BEIRUT: Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam accused government forces on Saturday of dropping a barrel bomb containing poisonous chemicals on civilians in eastern Ghouta, injuring more than 500 people. “The Assad regime and its allies carry on with their crimes,” the rebels’ ...

ISLAMABAD:The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma. In a televised statement, the Syrian army spokesman said the weeks-long military campaign had now brought ...

MOSCOW  - The Russian military’s general staff said on Friday it had reached agreement with rebels in the Syrian town of Douma, near Damascus, for the rebels to leave the town, Interfax news agency reported. Rebels have previously denied Russian reports of a deal.Meanwhile, the Syrian ...

MOSCOW:Russia says rebel fighters have expressed readiness to lay down their arms and leave the Syrian town of Douma, near the capital Damascus. Russia’s RIA news agency quoted a Russian General Staff official Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov as saying the group is in touch with Russian officers ...

Syrian rebel groups have pulled out of more towns in the Eastern Ghouta, as the government tightens its grip on the enclave outside Damascus. Buses carrying rebels and their families , bound for the rebel-held Idlib province left towns of Jobar, Ein Terma, Zamalka and Arbin on ...