(VOVworld) - Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said Friday that Damascus has agreed to allow Russian experts to inspect the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
US Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel says Syria’s government has used chemical weapons in its civil war against insurgents
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that selling weapons to Syrian opposition forces would violate international law
(VoVworld) - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry summoned Ahmed al-Menhali, the Charge d'Affaires of the UAE Embassy, to request that investigations be made of 11 Egyptians detained on suspicion of...
(VOVworld)- After 7 years of negotiations, the United Nations has finally endorsed the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), breaking a deadlock over the global trade of conventional weapons. However, observers say...
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit South Sudan for the first time since its independence next week, an official said on Friday, cementing new deals on oil and...
(VOVworld)- Syria’s political crisis has reached a turning point when Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s government was voted out of the Arab League. Syria’s representative in the AL...
Syria has asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to a appoint special, independent, and neutral technical mission to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack that the regime has blamed on...
(VOVworld) – Water and River Basin Management – A Green Growth Approach is high on the agenda of an Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) workshop opening Wednesday in the southern city of Can...
Syria's opposition will not enter into dialogue with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the country's newly elected Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto said Tuesday in Istanbul
Syrian rebels said on Monday they fired mortar shells at the presidential palace, the Damascus International Airport, and security buildings to mark the second anniversary of the uprising against President...
(VOVworld)-March 15 marks 2 years since the political crisis and violence began in Syria, claiming the lives of nearly 70,000 people and leaving more than 1 million homeless. In those two...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has refused to consider resigning or leaving his country in an interview which appeared in the British newspaper Sunday Times
Several governments have pledged more political and material support for the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), which the West considers the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people
(VOVworld) – The new American Secretary of State John Kerry is on a visit to nine countries in Western Europe and the Arab world. Unlike his predecessor Hilary Clinton who chose Asia for her...
A car bomb targeting the headquarters of Syria's ruling party killed 53 people and wounded 237 in central Damascus on Thursday
UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday urged international backing for a Syrian opposition offer to begin talks with the regime, proposed to be held at the UN...
The authorities lifted week-long curfew Saturday imposed on Muslim dominated areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir. The strict restrictions were withdrawn from almost all the towns. However, the shops and business...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his hope that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad will positively respond to the opposition’s offer of talks to defuse impasse over...
Elected head of The National Alliance for Syria (NAFS) Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib on Monday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to move toward talks