As  President Obama  weighs options for responding to a suspected chemical weapons attack in  Syria , his national security aides are studying the  NATO  air war in  Kosovo  as a possible blueprint for acting without a mandate from the...

While there is still no conclusive evidence, senior U.S. officials told NBC News on Friday that they believe the Syrian military did attack civilians with chemical weapons this week, prompting the Obama administration to consider how and when the U.S. military might respond....

  Assad security forces have released the Syrian artist Youssef Abdelke after five weeks of detentions. Abdelke wife Hala Alabdalla, a prominent film-make has announced the releasing of her Husband on her Facebook page, thanking everyone who stood in solidarity with the...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday "all red lines" had been crossed in Syria and criticized international inaction after the opposition accused Syrian government forces of gassing hundreds in a chemical weapons attack. "All red lines have been crossed but still the...