Middle Orient

Syria has agreed to a United Nations investigation into last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus. But a senior White House official dismissed the move as “too late to be

Turkey will join an international coalition against neighbouring Syria even if the UN Security Council fails to reach consensus on the issue, its foreign minister said on Monday. “If a coalition is formed against Syria in this process, Turkey will take part in it,” Ahmet Davutoglu said. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu said Syrian President Bashar al- Assad has crossed the red line several times. He criticized the international community and said, “Unfortunately the international

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked the Syrian Government to allow a team of experts to investigate the latest allegations regarding the use of chemical weapons and is sending one of his senior officials to Damascus in this regard.

Russia on Friday said it had told the Syrian government to cooperate with UN experts after reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, adding it was now up to rebels to allow access to the area.

The number of children who have fled war-torn Syria hit one million Friday, while two million kids have been displaced within their homeland’s borders by the conflict, the UN said. “This one millionth child refugee is not just another number. This is a real child ripped

All lines in the Syrian civil war have been crossed, stated Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Thursday, calling for a resolute international involvement in the conflict.

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Jean-Marie Bockel is in Turkey for two days, Aug. 21-22, as part of preparations for a report on the international assistance given to Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.

France said on Thursday that the international community would need to respond with force if allegations that the Syrian government was responsible for a chemical attack on civilians proved true. “There would have to be reaction with force in Syria from

Syria’s main opposition group accused the government of “massacring” more than 1,300 people in chemical weapons attacks near Damascus Wednesday, as the UN Security Council called for “clarity” and expressed “strong concern” over the allegations.