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...

The governor of the Hama province in central Syria was assassinated on Sunday in a car bombing, regime television reported while according the blame on opposition fighters, according to Agence France-Presse. “Terrorists assassinated Anas Abdel Razzaq al-Naem, the Hama governor, in a car...

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...

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...