Jordan said on Sunday that about 91, 297 Syrian refugees have left Jordan for home since the start of the Syrian crisis in early 2011.
Russia's second largest commercial bank, VTB, on Wednesday denied allegations that it serves accounts of the Syrian government.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday hailed Russia's stance toward Damascus as giving hope for a new roadmap leading to "global balance," according to state- run SANA news agency.
Russia has received "additional evidences" from Syria showing that rebels used chemical weapons in the Syrian capital of Damascus, visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday.
U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice on Monday welcomed the UN report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, hailing it as a reinforcement of the U.S. previous assessment that "these attacks were carried out by the Syrian regime."
Turkish warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday at the border region between the two countries after the helicopter allegedly violated Turkish airspace, said Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday received the report from the UN fact-finding group on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The United States and Russia reached an agreement on Saturday in Geneva on a framework to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons after the three-day intensive talks that started from Thursday in the Switzerland city.
Syria on Thursday formally applied to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), vowing to immediately fully abide with the treaty.
Although relieved of an imminent West strike, many Syrians still feel insecure as the West is only putting on hold its plan of a punitive strike on Damascus for its alleged use of chemical weapons.
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday had a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama over Russia's proposal to place Syrian chemical arms under international control and to ensure their "total" and "effective" destruction, a French Presidency statement said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that placing Syrian chemical weapons under international control makes sense only if the U.S. drops its military strike plan against Syria.
The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control to "stave off" a possible U.S. aggression, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Tuesday.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday stressed the need to take quick moves to respond the alleged use of the deadly gas in Damascus.
A U.S. Senate panel Saturday released 13 videos showing the victims of the alleged chemical attack near Damascus on Aug. 21, although there is no independent verification of the videos' authenticity.
Syrian Parliament Speaker Jihad Lahham said that he had written to French lawmakers and urged them to reject a military intervention in the name of secularism, the French channel FRANCE 24 reported Wednesday.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that France will face negative repercussions if Paris and its allies launch a military intervention against his country.
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