Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned any possible military intervention in Syria Wednesday, warning of "graver conditions," should strikes be carried out, Iran's Fars state news agency reported. He likened threats of an attack to a return to "the Middle Ages."...

The border crossing between  Syria  and  Lebanon  was frantic on Tuesday, as it had been for many months. But, unusually, amid the hordes of people at passport control on the Lebanese side of the Masnaa crossing were queues of well-heeled Syrians – types not often on the...

Another chemical attack reported in Aleppo as UN inspectors examine the gas site in Damascus Another chemical weapons attack has been reported in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo expected to be phosphorus bomb, which took place in the Urim region of Aleppo. 9...

Military thinkers from Sun Tzu to Napoleon Bonaparte have long emphasized the element of surprise. So it might seem strange that the Obama administration is not just clearly telegraphing that it likely plans to launch limited strikes  against Syria, but also when it’s going to strike and...