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December 8, 2015

Israeli official says he believes Syria's Assad has used chemical weapons

It was the first time Israel has explicitly accused Assad of using chemical weapons, though Britain and France have also said they believe Assad has done so.

December 8, 2015

Syria peace talks stalled over proposed transitional government without Assad

The first meeting meant to discuss the contentious issue of a Syrian transitional government broke up less than an hour after it began Monday following a tense session that one delegate described as "a dialogue of the deaf."

December 8, 2015

Report: Syrian missile attacks killing hundreds of civilians

The Syrian military is firing ballistic missiles into populated areas where it is battling rebels, killing hundreds of civilians in recent months, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.

December 8, 2015

Chemical inspectors highly confident chlorine gas was used as a weapon against Syrian villages

Chemical weapons investigators concluded "with a high degree of confidence" that chlorine gas was used as a weapon against three Syrian villages last year, affecting between 350 and 500 people and killing 13, according to a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

December 8, 2015

European agency issues alert to airlines following Russian missile strikes in Syria

Russia’s long-range missile strikes against targets in Syria have prompted aviation safety authorities to issue a safety alert to airlines flying in Iraq, Iran, and over the Caspian Sea amid growing concerns about the risk to commercial flying near conflict zones.

December 8, 2015

Besieged Syrian rebel-held suburb pleads for urgent help

Residents of a besieged rebel-held suburb of Damascus issued an urgent plea on Monday for the international community to save them from starvation and constant bombardment after efforts to evacuate civilians from the area collapsed this week.

December 7, 2015

Inspectors move into Syria to oversee destruction of chemical weapons

An advance group of international inspectors arrived in Syria on Tuesday to begin the ambitious task of overseeing the destruction of President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons program, kicking off a mission that must navigate the country's bloody civil war as well as the international spotlight.

December 7, 2015

Defense expert: Destroying Syria's chemical weapons could have 'horrifying' consequences

Defense expert Michael W.S. Ryan said Wednesday that destroying Syria's cache of chemical weapons could have "horrifying" consequences, as the United States weighed how to respond to reports that hundreds were killed in a poison gas attack in the war-torn country.

December 7, 2015

President Obama calls for more intel sharing in ISIS fight

Catherine Herridge reports

December 7, 2015

Russia likely conducted deadly airstrike on Syrian military base, US official says

It is "highly likely" Russia carried out an airstrike on a Syrian military base, allegedly killing soldiers, a U.S. official told Fox News Monday.