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...

France has convinced U.S. President Donald Trump to "stay in Syria long-term" and to limit this weekend's strikes to chemical weapons sites, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. On Saturday, France in coordination with the U.S. and the U.K. conducted a series of military...

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase "Mission Accomplished" to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing U.S. troop involvement and plans for new economic sanctions against Russia for enabling the...