Among the consequences facing U.S. President  Barack Obama  if he decides against arming Syria's rebels is that Arab and European states may step in more aggressively, perhaps further fracturing rebel forces. Having watched government forces seize the strategic town of Qusair...

Bill Clinton told Sen. John McCain he agrees that President Barack Obama should act more forcefully to support anti-Assad rebels in Syria, saying the American public elects presidents and members of Congress “to see down the road” and “to win '', according a report on the Politico...

More must be done to stop the "outrageous" loss of life in Syria, William Hague has said after talks with his US counterpart in Washington. Diplomatic efforts would be intensified amid reports that the Syrian government was planning "new assaults" on rebel groups, the UK Foreign Secretary...

The United States on Wednesday condemned a cross-border Syrian helicopter gunship attack on an eastern Lebanese town, calling it an "unacceptable provocation which risked dragging Lebanon into war. "The United States condemns in the strongest terms today's helicopter attack by the Syrian...