Syria  has handed over information about its chemical arsenal to a U.N.-backed weapons watchdog, meeting the first deadline of an ambitious disarmament operation that averted the threat of Western air strikes. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said...

The United States and Russia on Saturday agreed on an ambitious plan to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons by the middle of next year. In a landmark deal thrashed out in talks spanning three days, the two powers gave Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a week to hand over the details and...

The Obama administration will not press for U.N. authorization to use force against Syria if it reneges on any agreement to give up its chemical weapons, senior administration officials said Friday. The Russians have made clear in talks here between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and...

President  Barack Obama  won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria  to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. Leaders of the U.S. Senate...