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...

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Saturday pointed to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, several days after opposition groups said chemical strikes near Damascus killed hundreds, AFP reported.   Rouhani strongly condemnes the use of chemical weapons, Iran-run news agency...

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...

 ''An Iranian journalist has been killed by foreign-backed Salafist terrorists near the Syrian capital, Damascus,'' according to an Iranian TV channel. Ismael Haidari, a documentary filmmaker, was killed on Wednesday, only a day after another journalist and a documentary...