Representative Tom Cole started hearing it in the morning when he went to grab coffee. “I was just at Starbucks, and a woman there recognized me,” the six-term Republican House member told a Chamber of Commerce gathering here. “She said, ‘Everybody here’s a no on Syria.'   “...

So the U.S. launches a military strike. Then what? As the Obama administration and the  U.S. military  plot military action against Syria, they should be spending just as much time — and arguably more — considering what happens next. Once Washington crosses the threshold of...

Hezbollah's leader blamed Sunni extremists Friday for a car bombing that killed 22 people in a Shiite neighborhood south of Beirut, heightening fears that Lebanon will be dragged further into sectarian fallout from the war in neighboring Syria. In a defiant speech to his supporters, Sheik...

Mortar rounds on Thursday hit an upscale district of Damascus where President Bashar Assad attended prayers to mark the start of a major Muslim holiday in a rare attack in the high security area, AP reported. A Syrian rebel brigade claimed it fired mortar shells that hit Assad's motorcade in...