The American public strongly opposes a US military intervention in Syria, despite a majority believing that President Bashar al-Assad's regime gassed its own people, a poll showed Monday. Almost six in 10 of the 1,022 adults questioned -- 59 percent -- said Congress should not pass a...

     White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough took to the television airwaves, warning all five networks that Iran could get a nuclear bomb if the U.S. does nothing on Syria. “We have to make sure that [the Iranians] do not misinterpret how we react to...

The United States said on Monday it disagreed with a Russian request for the U.N. nuclear agency to analyze the possible risks involved if a Syrian reactor were to be hit during military strikes. Russia  said last week any U.S.-led military action against Syria's government could...

Reports about an imminent U.S. strike against the backdrop of the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons has caused panic in the Syrian markets and triggered off a new and sharp decline in the Syrian pound.   According to media reports, four U.S. Navy destroyers...