President  Barack Obama  won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria  to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. Leaders of the U.S. Senate...

U.S. President Barack Obama won the backing of two top Republicans in Congress in his call for limited U.S. strikes on  Syria  to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. Speaking after the United Nations said 2 million...

Providing funding for Syria’s two million refugees has fallen largely on the United States and its European allies, with some of the top international opponents to possible U.S. military action against Syria also double as the ones ignoring the growing refugee crisis. While the debate on...

  As Syria implodes, Mrs Assad splashes out on chandeliers, Western food and fitness fads: Bizarre shopping spree of the British beauty holed up in bunker with vile dictator  Asma Assad, 38, orders Western food so her children don't eat Syrian cuisine all the...