Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Washington on Monday to brace for retaliation if US forces attacked his war-torn country, as he denied using chemical weapons against his people. "You're going to pay the price if you're not wise. There are going to be repercussions," Assad told CBS...

The United States said on Monday it disagreed with a Russian request for the U.N. nuclear agency to analyze the possible risks involved if a Syrian reactor were to be hit during military strikes. Russia  said last week any U.S.-led military action against Syria's government could...

Reports about an imminent U.S. strike against the backdrop of the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons has caused panic in the Syrian markets and triggered off a new and sharp decline in the Syrian pound.   According to media reports, four U.S. Navy destroyers...

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian national Pierre Piccinin, both kidnapped in Syria in early April, have been released and are on a plane flying to Italy, the Italian government said Sunday The website of Turin-based daily newspaper La Stampa, for which Quirico is a...