The chief UN chemical weapons inspector says his team will return to Syria "within weeks" to complete the investigation it had started before the Aug 21 gas attack of other alleged chemical weapons attacks in the country. Ake Sellstrom told The Associated Press Wednesday the...

    Although Israel and Syria are officially at war, Israeli hospitals have been treating a trickle of Syrians wounded in the conflict. Since the uprising started, Israel has been neutral, at least publicly. But that could change. A Syrian boy lies hovering...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a UN report detailing a chemical weapons attack in Syria had reshaped international opinion on the actions of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Obama said the UN report released Monday, which did not directly attribute blame, nevertheless proved everything...

Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Tuesday that the U.S.-Russian agreement for  Syria  to hand over its chemical weapons must be backed by a U.N. resolution with the teeth to force compliance from President Bashar al-Assad. "That will happen only with the  United...