Britain said on Sunday that evidence of a chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus could have already been destroyed ahead of a visit to the site by U.N. inspectors. Earlier in the day  Syria  agreed to let experts from the United Nations on Monday visit the...

President  Barack Obama  discussed a possible coordinated international response to the reported use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria  with French President Francois Hollande, the White House said on Sunday. " President Obama  and President Hollande...

Syria agreed to let the United Nations inspect the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack from Monday but a U.S. official said any such offer would be "too late to be credible" and there was little doubt the government was to blame. Foreign powers have been searching for a response...

  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...