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US, Turkey project united front on Syria
President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how ...
Turkey testing Syrians for chemical weapon wounds
Turkey is testing injured Syrians seeking treatment across the border for chemical weapon wounds, the foreign minister said Thursday. Ahmet Davutoglu ...
NBC's Richard Engel back to Syria after kidnapping
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is back quickly and safely from his first trip to Syria since he and his team were kidnapped and ...
US, Russia seek to revive peace plan for Syria
The U.S. and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian ...
Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a ...
Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend ...
Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east
Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops ...
Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again
The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh ...
Officials: Israel launches airstrike into Syria
Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. The strike occurred ...
Obama doesn't foresee US ground troops in Syria
President Barack Obama said Friday he doesn't foresee any circumstance requiring the U.S. to send ground troops into Syria, even as Washington pursues ...
Obama: Will 'stay on' Syria chemical weapons issue
President Barack Obama says the United States will keep pressure on Syria while investigating whether the government has used chemical weapons against ...
Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village
The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell.
Hagel: US rethinking possibly arming Syrian rebels
The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than ...
Syrian air defenses pose formidable challenge
International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most ...
US officials: More in favor of arming Syria rebels
Discussions within the Obama administration in favor of providing arms to the Syrian rebels are gaining ground amid new indications that President ...
Obama wants more certainty on Syrian chemical arms
President Barack Obama said he wants more information about chemical weapons use in the Syrian civil war before he decides on escalating U.S.
Obama hints at potential military action in Syria
President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday he would consider U.S. military action against Syria if "hard, effective evidence" is found to bolster ...
Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons
President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's ...
Obama: US doesn't know all the facts from Syria
President Barack Obama says the United States doesn't know how or when chemical weapons were used in Syria or who used them. Obama told reporters at ...
Iran: chemicals 'red line' but seeks rebel probe
Iran's foreign minister is insisting that use of chemical weapons in Syria would also be a "red line" for Tehran, but suggests rebel forces should be ...
UN urges Syria to let in chemical weapons experts
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Syria again Monday to allow experts into the country without delay or conditions to investigate allegations ...
Hagel: US assessing reported Syrian chemical use
The U.S. and its allies are still trying to figure out details of Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people, Defense Secretary ...
Syrian prime minister escapes bombing in Damascus
Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare ...
Israel lawmaker: Hezbollah getting chemical arms
A former Israeli defense minister alleged Monday that Syria's chemical weapons are "trickling" to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It was the ...