Douma

Why did Assad need a sham election in Syria?

Experts say Bashar al Assad held an election to force Syrians into submission and give his few international supporters a reason to keep backing him. Can he succeed, though?

Survivors of Syria regime chemical attacks ask France to investigate

Syrian chemical attack victims and Syrian rights groups have filed a criminal complaint in France, where courts have a mandate to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity even if committed by foreign nationals on foreign territory.

The M5 highway of death is the key to controlling Syria

Cities and towns along the critical highway linking Damascus with Aleppo have become sites of brutal destruction at the hands of the Syrian regime.

Chemical weapons body defends Syria attack conclusions after leaks

Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concluded in a report released that a toxic chemical containing chlorine was used in last year's attack in Douma.

New chemical weapons team to launch first Syria investigations

The team established by the global chemical weapons watchdog will investigate nine alleged attacks during the country's civil war.

Chlorine gas but no nerve agent in Douma attack says chemical watchdog

Initial findings by the OPCW into a suspected chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma indicate that chlorine may have been used but that there were no indications that a nerve agent was used in the April 7 attack.

Douma's internally displaced people find refuge in Al Bab mosque

Al Bab has seen plenty of fighting during the war in Syria. Now that the northern city is peaceful, it is welcoming people fleeing conflict in other parts of the country.

Experts collect samples from site of alleged Syria gas attack

The Organisation of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday the mission visited "one of the sites" in Douma, where at least 40 killed in a suspected gas attack on April 7, and would draft a report based on the findings.

Syria strikes: Latest updates

The United States, France and Britain launched military strikes in Syria in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria's Douma, blamed by the US and its allies on Bashar al Assad's regime in Syria.

UN is negotiating with Syrian regime, Russians after Douma probe halted

UN Department of Safety and Security says it is discussing security with the regime and Russia after an advance team came under fire. The team was in Douma, site of a suspected gas attack that triggered US-led strikes, ahead of an OPCW visit.

False alarm triggered Syria's air defence systems – regime TV

Syrian regime media first reported that missiles were fired at the Shayrat air base near Homs and an air base in the capital Damascus. However state TV later said a false alarm had triggered air defence systems, and there was no attack.

US says Russia 'may have tampered' with attack site in Syria

The comments came at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons meeting held at the Hague as the watchdog has started its investigation on the site of the attack in Syria's Douma.