( Reuters )- The Syrian government set conditions on Thursday for any international inquiry into a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of people, saying it must not be "politicized" and should set out from Damascus and not Turkey. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said Syria's past...

( Daily Star )- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no "option except victory" in the country's civil war in an interview published Thursday, saying the government could not reach "results" with opposition groups that attended recent peace talks. The interview with Croatian...

( Reuters )- U.S. President Donald Trump accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of going "beyond a red line" with a poison gas attack on civilians and said his attitude toward Syria and Assad had changed, but gave no indication of how he would respond. Trump said the attack,...

( Reuters )- Russia denied on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to blame for a poison gas attack and said it would continue to back him, widening a rift between the Kremlin and Donald Trump's White House, which initially sought warmer ties. Western countries, including the...