Syrian rebels and activists say they fear President Bashar al-Assad's troops could resort to wider use of chemical weapons, unless the United States follows up on its pledge of military support with firm and swift action. After months of equivocating, President  Barack...

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday welcomed a "clear" US statement accusing the Syrian regime of using chemical weapons and said Damascus must let the UN investigate the allegations. "I welcome clear US statement. Urgent that Syria regime should let UN...

  It's a warm day on the Turkish-Syrian border. France's recently recalled ambassador to Syria  is incognito with his deputy and a security agent. After checking the surroundings are clear, the diplomat pulls out a stash of brown envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars....

Sarin, a deadly nerve gas which the United States now says the Syrian regime has used against rebel forces, was developed by Nazi scientists in 1938. Originally conceived as a pesticide, sarin was used by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime to gas thousands of Kurds in the northern town...