An anticipated U.S.-led strike on  Syria  has not only put government forces on alert, it has also alarmed rebels, in particular Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda who worry they too are targets, Reuters reported. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, al-Qaeda-linked group...

      This is a very interesting  wide-ranging interview with Ahmed Jarba , the president of the Syrian opposition’s National Coalition, with the Lebanese television channel LBC. Perhaps unlike previous public appearances, he looks very confident,...

 The U.N. experts investigating last week's alleged chemical weapons strike outside Damascus left Syria early Saturday and crossed into neighboring Lebanon, departing hours after President Barack Obama said he is weighing "limited and narrow" action against a Syrian regime that the...

Secretary of State John Kerry gave a speech on Syria on Friday afternoon, his second this week. It reiterated most of his main points from earlier in the week, mainly that the U.S. is considering limited, off-shore military strikes against Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s...