German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday hailed as “invaluable” the united European Union position urging “a strong response” to a deadly chemical weapons attack blamed on Syria’s regime. “The signal given by a united European position in the face of this abominable conflict...

Iranian-backed Shiite militias are threatening to retaliate against American interests inside Iraq if the United States goes ahead with strikes against the Tehran-allied government in neighboring Syria, according to Iraqi security officials and militants themselves. Iraqi officials say they...

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday the failure to take military action Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons there would embolden “rogue nations.” Obama was speaking to reporters at the conclusion of a Group of 20 summit in Russia where Syria dominated much of the...

Head of Syria’s rebel Free Syrian Army said on Friday there are indicators that the U.S. Congress would vote against a possible military action targeting the Syrian regime. FSA Gen. Salim Idriss appealed in an interview with Al Arabiya for the U.S. Congress to authorize a military strike...