Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by  Russia  that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack on Syria. The morning launch was first reported by Moscow...

As the U.S. Congress prepares to debate military action against the Syrian regime, rebel commanders and fighters on the ground say that it would take a decisive strike to aid them in their fight. Salim Idris, the chief of staff of the Free Syrian Army's (FSA) Supreme Military Council, says...

U.S. President Barack Obama won the backing of two top Republicans in Congress 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. Speaking after the United Nations said 2 million...

Providing funding for Syria’s two million refugees has fallen largely on the United States and its European allies, with some of the top international opponents to possible U.S. military action against Syria also double as the ones ignoring the growing refugee crisis. While the debate on...