Most Asian markets fell on Monday after a U.S.-led strike on Syrian targets fueled fresh concerns over the tinderbox Middle East, though analysts said investors were hopeful the crisis would not escalate. The U.S., Britain and France carried out attacks at the weekend on alleged...

(Zaman Al-Wasl)- Russian military police have withdrawn from Douma, less than ten days of the Moscow-brokered evacuation deal, amid wide deployment for regime troops in the key town of Eastern Ghouta suburbs, local activists said Monday. General Alexander Zourin, the Russian army...

The global chemical watchdog Monday opened emergency talks on the suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma, diplomatic sources told AFP. The meeting has "just started," a source, who asked not to be named, said. Earlier the British, Russian and French ambassadors were all...

The African Union on Sunday urged the international community to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis. On Saturday, the U.S., U.K., and France launched airstrikes on the Assad regime's alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria. The strikes came after the Assad...