PresidentDonaldTrumpwarnedMondaythatDamascus,MoscowandTehranmaybeforcedtopaya"bigprice"afterthelatestallegedchemicalweaponsatrocityoftheSyriancivilwar.TheAmeric
MoscowonSundayrejectedclaimstheSyrianregimeusedchemicalweaponsonanoppositionholdoutinEasternGhouta,aftertheUSsaidRussiaboreultimateresponsibilityforanyattack."W
TheUnitedStatesstronglycondemnedanallegedchemicalweaponsattackinSyria'sEasternGhoutalateSaturday,sayingifprovedRussiawouldbearsomeresponsibilityduetoits"unwaver
SyrianrebelsbeganleavingEasternGhoutaonThursday,statemediasaid,underthefirstsuchevacuationdealfromthebatteredoppositionenclaveoutsideDamascus.Statetelevisionann
SyrianregimejetshavepoundedEasternGhouta,sendingthedeathtollfromafour-dayassaultontherebelenclaveontheoutskirtsofDamascussoaringpast220.Violencealsoflaredineast
TheUS-ledcoalitionkilledatleast100regimeandalliedfightersinretaliationforanattackineasternSyria,aUSofficialsaid,inoneofthedeadliestincidentsofitskind.Theflare-u
AsIranwasreelingunderaseriesofprotestslastmonth,manyanalystsbegancomparingthesituationwiththeso-calledArabSpringuprisingsthatstartedsevenyearsagoinDecember2011.
Iran'sinteriorministercalledoncitizenstoavoid"illegalgatherings"aftertwodaysofangryprotestsagainsttheregimeandanarrayofeconomicproblems."Weurgeallthosewhoreceiv
TensofthousandsofregimesupportersmarchedincitiesacrossIranonSaturdayinashowofstrengthfortheregimeaftertwodaysofangryprotestsdirectedagainstthecountry'sreligious
RepresentativesoftheEuropeanParliamentandtheEuropeanCouncilonWednesdayhavesignedanagreementfinallyapprovingalong-delayedliberalizationofvisaregimeforUkraine.Wit
Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed Tuesday to bolster a fragile truce in Syria but rebels and Damascus made no progress towards a broader settlement to end the war after two days of talks.
Syria's Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages on Monday and warplanes again pounded the city as Russia condemned what it called "unacceptable" Western rhetoric after allegations of war crimes.
Turkish Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday that Russia does not fight the militants of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and they have made this clear by supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Friday issued a warning to Australians registered as being in Syria to leave the country immediately, "ahead of any international response to last week's suspected chemical weapons attack in Damascus".
U.S. officials said on Tuesday that the options considered by President Barack Obama in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Syria aim not at regime change and that there is no military solution to the protracted conflict there.