Iranian-backed Shiite militias are threatening to retaliate against American interests inside Iraq if the United States goes ahead with strikes against the Tehran-allied government in neighboring Syria, according to Iraqi security officials and militants themselves. Iraqi officials say they...

A Russian warship carrying “special cargo” will be dispatched toward Syria, a navy source said on Friday, as the Kremlin beefs up its presence in the region ahead of possible U.S. strikes against the Damascus regime.   The large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov will...

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday the failure to take military action Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons there would embolden “rogue nations.” Obama was speaking to reporters at the conclusion of a Group of 20 summit in Russia where Syria dominated much of the...

President Obama  has directed the Pentagon to develop an expanded list of potential targets in Syria in response to intelligence suggesting that the government of President  Bashar al-Assad  has been moving troops and equipment used to employ chemical weapons while Congress...