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In terms of table placement at least, the Russians are trying to avoid a fight. When world leaders file into St Petersburg's imperial Constantine Palace on Thursday, with the nightmare of Syria and a wider Middle Eastern war on their minds,…

President Barack Obama said he retains the right to order strikes against Syria even if Congress doesn't authorize them, but he is seeking approval from U.S. lawmakers because he thinks it will strengthen America's response. "We will be…

(Reuters) - General Ali Habib, a former Syrian defense minister, has become the most senior member of President Bashar al-Assad's ruling Alawite sect to defect, opposition figures said on Wednesday, as Washington debated a military strike…

The dead include: 37 civilians, 17 rebel fighters, 25 regular soldiers, 3 unidentified, 10 unidentified rebel fighters, 6 NDF units and 4 non-Sr By province: Reef Dimashq (11 civilians and 9 rebel fighters *). Damascus (1…

It's a cry being heard in the streets of the United Kingdom and the United States as President Barack Obama gears up to launch airstrikes on the regime of Bashar al-Assad, but it is a curious one. "No war in Syria"? Where have these…

If the war in Syria suddenly stopped and reconstruction began today, around $73 billion would be needed to put the country back on track, a study published in al-Watan newspaper said Tuesday. Quoting Syrian real estate expert Ammar Yussef,…

(Reuters) - A forensic expert with evidence President Bashar al-Assad's government used chemical weapons near Aleppo in March has defected to Turkey, the Syrian opposition said on Tuesday, but the medic failed to appear at a planned news…

(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defense or with Security Council authorization, remarks that appear to question the legality of U.S. plans to strike…

(Reuters) - More than 2 million refugees have now fled Syria's civil war in human suffering unparalleled in recent history, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Of the total Syrian population of about 20 million, either inside or…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday warned France of potential negative fallout on French interests in the event of a military intervention in Syria. He also said France and the U.S. have failed to show evidence that his army carried…