If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives up his chemical weapons, a military strike would "absolutely" be on pause, President Obama said today to ABC News. "I consider this a modestly positive development," Obama told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview at the White House when asked...

Syrian government forces were most likely to blame for the deadly chemical weapons attack last month which left hundreds dead, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. A 22-page report issued by the US rights watchdog concluded that available evidence "strongly suggests" that President Bashar...

The White House will closely examine Russia's offer to work with Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control but the U.S. Congress should still back military action to keep pressure on Damascus, a top aide said on Monday. "We want to take a hard look at the proposal,"...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has welcomed Russia’s call to hand control over its chemical weapons to the international community, Russian state media said. “Syria Arab Republic welcomes Russia’s initiative, based on the Syrian’s government care about the lives of our people and...