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UK MPs urge passport revokation of Syria militants

Sat May 10, 2014 11:59:21

A British parliamentary report has revealed that one in nine militants returning from abroad, mainly Syria, have taken part in a terror plot, further pointing out that the number of UK citizens travelling to fight in foreign conflicts reached “alarming levels unlike anything seen in recent years.”

Syria insurgents may possess chemicals: OPCW

Sat May 10, 2014 08:24:40

Extremist Syria insurgents may have taken over an airport where 16 containers of chemical components, which could be used to make the nerve agent Sarin and Mustard Gas, are being stored, according to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

US: Syrian chemical facilities must be destroyed

Fri May 9, 2014 21:14:14

Even after it surrenders 100 percent of its chemical weapons, Syria will have to take additional steps before achieving full compliance with commitments it made to eliminate its arsenal, the State Department's top arms control official said Friday.

ISIL militants kill at least 20 civilians in Syria

Fri May 9, 2014 20:16:59

Takfiri militants have killed at least 20 civilians and severely injured several others for supporting a rival group in eastern Syria.

Syria civilians start returning to Homs' Old City

Fri May 9, 2014 19:26:05

Hundreds of people displaced by three years of violence in central Homs returned for the first time Friday, as the Syrian army regained control, reported an Agence France-Presse correspondent at the scene.

Syria's Assad, his wife Asma greet martyrs children: Photos

Fri May 9, 2014 13:09:50

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad his wife Asma al-Assad meet the children of the martyrs of the Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces during a ceremony marking the Martyrs' Day in the Syrian capital Damascus on m$ay 6.

Saudis fear Syria blowback after discovering ISIL cell

Fri May 9, 2014 12:01:29

The Saudi Interior Ministry has recently announced the discovery of a terrorist group in in the kingdom linked to the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Syrian militants get US aid, new sanctions for Assad backers

Fri May 9, 2014 11:12:58

Syrian militant leaders have visited the White House and left with the promise of millions of dollars in non-lethal aid and fresh sanctions against supporters of the Syrian government.

US senator McCain calls Homs evacuation a ‘huge victory’ for Assad

Fri May 9, 2014 08:27:55

American senator John McCain has described the withdrawal of foreign-backed militants from the Syrian western city of Homs as a "huge victory" for President Bashar al-Assad.

With the militants gone, Homs’ displaced dream of return

Fri May 9, 2014 08:12:07

Wafa al-Tarshi dreams of returning to the “palace” she calls home in the Old City of Homs from which she was ejected by Syria’s brutal conflict.

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