Intervention will "burn ... whole Middle East", Assad's minister says amid new tensions over alleged chemical-weapons attack. The regime government has warned the US not to launch any military action against the country over an alleged chemical-weapons attack earlier in...

 A Syrian rebel leader plans to visit London to beg Foreign Secretary William Hague to support British and American military action against President Assad, British Daily mail reported. The plea comes after a chemical attack, apparently by Assad’s forces, killed hundreds...

A top Iranian military chief warned on Sunday that the U.S. will face “harsh consequences” if it intervenes in Syria over claims of chemical attacks, reported Agence France Presse citing a Fars new agency report.  “If the United States crosses this red line, there will be harsh...

  It seems likely that President Obama will bomb Syria sometime in the coming weeks. His top civilian and military advisers are meeting in the White House on Saturday to discuss options. American warships are heading toward the area; those already there, at least one of which had been...