Israel believes that the United States will respond militarily to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons, according to unnamed Israeli military sources quoted by the Hebrew website Ynet on Saturday night. When proof surfaces that the Assad regime used chemical weapons last Wednesday,...

The world's governments are demanding that Syria immediately let United Nations inspectors onto the scene of alleged chemical attacks that  killed as many as 1,800 . But even if Bashar al-Assad's regime gave the inspectors permission to visit the disputed battlefields right now, they still...

U.S. naval forces are moving closer to Syria as President Barack Obama considers military options for responding to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad government. The president emphasized that a quick intervention in the Syrian civil war was problematic, given the international...

Heavily armed Lebanese security forces deployed across the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday as forensic experts sifted through the rubble from twin car bombs that killed at least 47 people the day before. The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni...