On Dec. 8, Syrian ... of chemical weapons. Despite increased rhetoric from both sides, the conflict never escalated between the great powers further. Further complicating the war was the direct ...

OPCW head expected to meet Syrian ... war that killed or injured thousands. A French court issued an arrest warrant for Assad which was upheld on appeal over the use of banned chemical weapons ...

The war monitor said the attacks “bear all the hallmarks of sectarian killings”. Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's ...

Syria's war began in 2011 when Assad unleashed a crackdown on democracy protests, prompting soldiers to defect from the army and civilians to take up weapons. When Eastern ... Assad's army of ...