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Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Fehmi condemned last week’s alleged chemical attack in Damascus, and said he had spoken to the US secretary of state on the issue of the crisis in Syria on Sunday as pressure mounts for an international response.

All options are open in response to an alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday. Asked by the local broadcaster Europe 1 on the possible use of force against Syria, the French top diplomat said “the decision is not yet taken,” but a coordinated …

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.