( AFP )- Saudi Arabia said Friday that it "fully backs" a U.S. airstrike on a Syrian government airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. "Saudi Arabia fully supports the U.S. military operations against military targets in Syria, which were a...

( Reuters )- Syria's information minister said Friday the U.S. strike that hit a Syrian army airbase in Homs province was "limited" and he did not expect any further military escalation. "I believe this strike was limited in time and space, and it was expected," Ramez Turjman said in a phone...

( Reuters )- President Vladimir Putin believes that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base broke international law and have seriously hurt U.S.-Russia relations, Russian news agencies cited the Kremlin as saying on Friday. The Russian leader, a staunch ally of Syrian President...

( Reuters )- The United States fired dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase on Friday from which it said a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched this week, an escalation of the U.S. military role in Syria that swiftly drew sharp criticism from Russia. Two U.S. warships fired 59...