France has said that the international community would need to respond with force if allegations that Syrian government forces had carried out a mass chemical attack on civilians proved to be true. But the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said there was no question of sending troops...

  Syrian activists have recalled back a bloody message by famed Syrian actress which was addressed to Bashar al-Assad, asking the use of chemical weapons to eliminate the Islamists. Now her wish has been achieved, they said. Raghda, 55, who grew up in Aleppo before settling...

 The chemical massacre has pushed the Syrian crisis within the weak opposition coalition into more challenges to approve its effectiveness. Number of the main stream opposition group are discussing what they called a revolutionary choice as a response on Bashar al-Assad's...

The United States refused to set new "red lines" for Syria Wednesday as claims of a horrific chemical arms strike reignited debate over Washington's reluctance to intervene in the civil war. Claims by Syrian rebels that President Bashar al-Assad's forces massacred 1,300 people in a chemical...