Three Russian naval ships were sailing toward Syria in the eastern Mediterranean on Friday and a fourth was on its way, the Interfax news agency reported, citing a source at navy headquarters.
Obama’s allies in Syria — those who will directly benefit from the coming US airstrikes — stepped up their genocide against Syrian Christians, attacking Maaloula, a Christian village, indiscriminately using mortar shells fired from a hilltop
Bashar al-Assad's former defense minister has reached Istanbul after a defection that betrays cracks in the president's support among his own Alawite sect, opposition and diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
The United States declared that it has given up trying to work with the U.N. Security Council on Syria, accusing Russia of holding the council hostage and allowing Moscow's allies in Syria to deploy poison gas against innocent children.
The rift over Syria overshadowed discussions on how to revive growth but not before splits emerged within the group over a US plan to wind down an economic stimulus program. The G20 accounts for two thirds of the world's population
For the first time in more than 2 years of a bloody civil war, President Obama has declared Syria a national security threat that must be answered with a military strike — in doing so he is warning Americans as much about the leaders of Iran
Things aren't exactly warming up between the Obama administration and Vladimir Putin, even as President Obama arrived in St. Petersburg for the G-20 summit.
The standoff in Syria could quickly ignite into a larger conflict. The war has already killed over 100,000 people, and forced over six million people from their homes.
A Senate panel voted to give President Obama the authority to use military force against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. The vote Wednesday was 10-7, with one senator voting present. The full Senate is expected to
It has to be obvious to almost everyone that the US war machine is trying desperately to get another war going… and – at least for the moment – failing miserably.
When Congress decides which side they're on in the Syrian intervention they will have to consider whether they want to respond to pro-war pressure from inside-the-Beltway or to the anti-war sentiments of their constituents.
Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached an agreement on a draft authorization for the use of military force in Syria that was much narrower than the request made by President Obama, paving the way for a vote by the committee.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently deployed the “It’s for the children” trope in a debate that she had – and lost – with her 5-year-old grandson over the impending war with Syria. Since the child has not yet been processed through 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.