China warned on Thursday that a military strike on Syria would hurt the global economy, in particular by causing oil prices to rise, and reiterated its calls for a political solution to the civil war.     "Military action would have a negative impact on the global...

The United States and allies are preparing for a possibly imminent series of limited military strikes against Syria, the first direct U.S. intervention in the two-year civil war, in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad’s suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. If you...

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...

 President Vladimir Putin warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria but also said Russia "doesn't exclude" supporting a U.N. resolution on punitive military strikes if it is proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people. In a wide-ranging interview with The...