Israel has at least 80 operative nuclear warheads and has enough material to make more than 190 bombs, a new report by US experts shows.
Damascus is committed to act on the stockpile of chemical weapons in Syria based on UN decisions, Syria’s information minister has said.
More than 4.5 million Syrian students have started the new school year of 2013-2014 amid a bloody insurgency led by extremist militants who have shown no mercy on people trapped in the foreign-backed war in Syria.
Hezbollah resistance movement says it has to carry on its own security measures in Beirut’s southern suburbs because Lebanese security agencies are unable to protect the densely-populated area.
New clashes erupt among Turkish riot police and demonstrators following the death of a young activist.
A British defense study shows that militants fighting against Syria now number around 100,000 fighters, which are fragmented into around 1,000 bands.
Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremists in Syria have confessed targeting and massacring dozens of people in three Homs villages dominated by Alawites last week.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has welcomed Syria’s decision to join the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
At least 36 people have been killed and several others wounded in a series of bomb explosions that hit Iraqi cities, security officials say.
European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton has welcomed the agreement reached in Geneva between the United States and Russia to ensure swift and secure destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.