The meeting raised hope that Syria will be conclusively rid of chemical weapons after years of delays. Read more at ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog met Syria's new leader, in a first visit to Damascus since the ousting of ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Madh'an, former forensic officer in Syria’s military police, breaks his silence on smuggling thousands of photos exposing ...

Despite concerns around the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar ...

During the Syrian civil war the OPCW found that chemical weapons were likely used by the regime in 20 instances.

New Damascus leadership says it's ready to cooperate with UN force, deploy troops to Golan to adhere to 1974 agreement that ...

Mehdi al-Shayesh thought he would quickly resettle in his central Syrian home town after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, but like ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing ... according to the UN. More than 6 million Syrians have fled the country, the UN said.