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The Trump administration seems to be hinting at military intervention in Syria
The Trump administration has been sending mixed messages on Syria, but President Donald Trump and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley indicated Wednesday that the US might be putting military action...
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Here's what you can do to help besieged, war-torn Syria
The crisis in Syria reached new, heartbreaking heights on Tuesday when one of the most devastating chemical attacks left dozens of people — including many children — dead or critically injured.While...
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A photo of a Syrian father holding his twins' lifeless bodies epitomizes the...
Images showing the aftermath of a chemical attack in northwestern Syria put a spotlight on the devastation there, which claimed the lives of at least 70 civilians on Tuesday.Abdel Hameed Alyousef, a...
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US officials: Traces of chlorine and sarin nerve gases were found after an...
BEIRUT (AP) — Diplomats at the U.N. Security Council sparred Wednesday over whether to hold President Bashar Assad's government responsible for a chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people...
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Syria's Assad tells paper he sees no 'option except victory'
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no "option except victory" in the country's civil war in an interview published on Thursday, saying the government could not reach...
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Turkey: Autopsies confirm that chemical weapons were used in Syria
Ankara (AFP) - Turkey said Thursday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been used by President Bashar al-Assad's...
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Pressure is mounting for action over the suspected chemical attack in Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Western powers pushed ahead Thursday with efforts to take action over the suspected chemical attack in Syria after US President Donald Trump warned the "affront to humanity" would not...
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Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is 'not unconditional,'...
MOSCOW (AP) — The spokesman for President Vladimir Putin tells The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional.Thursday's statement from Dmitry Peskov...
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Trump is reportedly weighing military strikes on Syria — here are his options
US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering military retaliation against Syrian President Bashar Assad after blaming him for a "heinous" chemical attack that killed at least 70 people,...
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The US is developing a plan for a military strike on Syria
Defense Department officials are developing plans for a potential military strike in response to a chemical weapons attack carried out by the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, according to multiple...
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Defense official says the US military 'would be prepared in short order' to...
The White House is weighing strikes against the Syrian regime in response to a chemical weapons attack earlier this week that killed at least 70 civilians in Idlib province, which President Donald...
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Breathing the nerve gas reportedly used in Syria feels like 'a knife made of...
On April 4, airstrikes pounded the small Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, wounding hundreds and killing more than 80 people, including at least 20 women and 30 children.Shortly after the attack, photos,...
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It looks like Russia is 'dangling' a new offer to 'entice' Trump against...
Russian president Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Thursday that while Russia and Syria "enjoy a relationship of cooperation," Russia does not support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...
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Some of Trump's more hardline online supporters are slamming him over...
When news broke that President Donald Trump was preparing to launch cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield, some of the most prominent critics of the action weren't the center-leftists who've knocked...
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Russian PM: US strike on Syria puts Russia 'one step away' from clashing with...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian airfield were one step away from clashing with the Russian military.U.S. officials informed Russian...
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Nikki Haley shuts down request for closed UN session on Syria: 'Any country...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley refused to hold a closed session on Friday about the U.S. missile strike against Syria, and instead forced a public session to shame countries who...
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Lawmakers are slamming Trump for striking Syria without going to Congress first
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid measured support for the U.S. cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base, some vocal Republicans and Democrats are reprimanding the White House for launching the strike without...
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Photo shows the moment Trump's team huddled to decide on Syria strikes
White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted a photo on Friday showing the moment President Donald Trump and his team huddled at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida to decide on firing...
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Here's the Pentagon's evidence Assad used chemical weapons
The Pentagon released a map Thursday that reportedly shows the flight pattern of a Syrian aircraft that dropped chemical weapons on civilians Tuesday.The map was released hours after President Donald...
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MSNBC anchor Brian Williams sets off online firestorm with long soliloquy...
MSNBC anchor Brian Williams set off a firestorm online after he called footage of missiles launching into Syria Thursday night "beautiful."Williams made the comments while speaking with NBC terrorism...
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