Russian President Vladimir Putin has evaluated the evidence for and against claims that Moscow’s Syrian client used chemical weapons against civilians in rebel-controlled districts of Damascus, and – per an interview with the Associated Press – has expressed himself skeptical. The Russian strongman sought to cast doubt on the claims...

Bipartisan endorsements for President Barack Obama’s request for an authorization to use military force against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime trickled in through most of the morning. On the Senate side, the president met with Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. McCain subsequently declared that he had not made up...

Top administration officials declared today that they are committed to acting alone if necessary in striking the Bashar al-Assad regime, after a vote last night in Britain’s House of Commons saw the body rejecting Prime Minister David Cameron’s request to endorse British military action against Damascus. President Barack Obama pressed the U.S. case, and...

World powers are streaming naval and air assets into the eastern Mediterranean, deepening concerns that the Syrian conflict may further destabilize the Middle East and expand to impact nations from outside the region. The U.S. and Russia, which many have suggested are on a geopolitical collision course for a variety...

Though global attention has recently been focused on the crescent formed by Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq – a region that has become a battlefield for warring Sunni and Shiite groups – the area is not the only one in which sectarian factions are battling for control. In May, a joint...

The West appears prepared to strike Syrian military infrastructure perhaps as soon as this week, amid threats by both Damascus and its Iranian patrons to respond to Western action by attacking Israel and with “surprises.”  Syria vowed defiantly to defend itself against any attack with “surprise” measures, while its close ally Russia...