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...

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...