Syrian Arab Republic

Russia and Syria in August signed an agreement giving Moscow the go-ahead for an open-ended military presence in the war-torn country, Moscow has revealed.

Syria expressed outragetoday after a suspected US-led coalition strike for the first time killed regime troops, but the coalition denied its warplanes hit an army base.

Syria today "categorically" denied using chemical weapons including chlorine gas in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with efforts to destroy its stockpile.

Russia and Syria in August signed an agreement giving Moscow the go-ahead for an open-ended military presence in the war-torn country, Moscow has revealed.

Syria expressed outragetoday after a suspected US-led coalition strike for the first time killed regime troops, but the coalition denied its warplanes hit an army base.

Syria today "categorically" denied using chemical weapons including chlorine gas in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with efforts to destroy its stockpile.