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Gunmen kidnap Red Cross workers in war-ravaged Syria Gunmen have abducted seven International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent staff in Idlib province, one of the main theatres of Syria's brutal war..

14 October 2013

Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize The watchdog now overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to rid the world of the devastating weapons.

13 October 2013

UN Council backs Ban's Syria disarmament plan The UN Security Council on Thursday backed a plan by UN leader Ban Ki-moon for a joint mission with the global chemical arms watchdog to destroy Syria's weapons.

11 October 2013

Chemical watchdog plans to deploy second team to Syria The world's chemical watchdog said Tuesday it will send a second team of inspectors to help dismantle Syria's arsenal, as regime warplanes bombed rebels in the northwest of the country.

09 October 2013

Syria arms inspectors face unprecedented danger: UN The United Nations warned Monday that inspectors face a year-long mission of unprecedented danger in trying to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, as rebels launched a major offensive.

08 October 2013

Russia, US agree on mid-November for Syria peace talks: Lavrov Russia and the US have agreed to push for holding Syria peace talks in mid-November.

07 October 2013

Kerry says Syrian chemical arms drive is to Assad's 'credit' US Secretary of State John Kerry said Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad could take "credit" for quickly starting the process of destroying his regime's chemical weapons arsenal and thanked Russia for its help.

07 October 2013

Turkish MPs extend possible troop dispatch mandate in Syria conflict Turkey's parliament on Thursday extended for one year a mandate that would allow Ankara to send troops to war-ravaged Syria if necessary.

05 October 2013

Arms experts see Syria progress, on-site inspections soon International experts preparing to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal said they had made "encouraging" progress Thursday and expect to carry out on-site inspections within days.

04 October 2013

War drums over Syria silenced by US-Moscow deal The arrival in Damascus of a chemical disarmament team on Tuesday is the result of an unprecedented, gruelling US-Russian deal that averted regional war.

02 October 2013

In Aleppo, schools reopen despite war In Syria's war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Abu Hussein hurries along little Ali, who has stopped just a few steps from school to buy a bag of potato chips.

02 October 2013

Syria disarmament team launches mission A disarmament team is to arrive Tuesday in Damascus on a mission to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal, a day after UN experts wrapped up their investigation of alleged gas attacks.

01 October 2013

Assad says Syria will comply with UN arms resolution Syria will comply with a UN resolution to destroy its chemical arsenal, President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday, as weapons experts prepared to head for Damascus to begin the task.

30 September 2013

UN Council orders Syria chemical arms destroyed The UN Security Council unanimously passed a landmark resolution Friday ordering the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and condemning a murderous poison gas attack in Damascus.

28 September 2013

Syria arsenal largely 'unweaponized': report Syria's stockpile of chemical agents is largely "unweaponized" and could be eradicated more quickly than initially thought, the Washington Post reported Thursday citing a confidential US and Russian assessment.

27 September 2013

Ubiquitous Kerry casts shadow on Clinton record In rolling the dice on Iran, Syria and Middle East peace, President Barack Obama has made Secretary of State John Kerry the chief executor of his foreign policy legacy -- a role denied to Hillary Clinton.

27 September 2013

Iran's Rouhani warns of Syria Talibanization Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Thursday that Syria could become an extremist haven like Taliban-era Afghanistan as he called for cooperation to end the country's civil war.

27 September 2013

US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.

27 September 2013

UN powers make progress on Syria resolution: envoys The world's major powers made important progress Wednesday on key points of a UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons.

27 September 2013

Britain gives $160 million to Syria aid Britain on Wednesday gave an extra $160 million to help Syrian refugees as the European Union urged the UN Security Council to do more to ensure humanitarian access.

26 September 2013

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