Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talking to US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 14, 2014 Russia and the United States reached a deal on a framework that will see the destruction or removal of Syria’s chemical weapons by mid- 2014. Under the plan, the Assad government has one week to hand over an inventory of its chemical weapons arsenal. Russian Foreign Minister... 

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem welcomes Russia’s offer to put its chemical weapons under international control The White House remains adamant about having Congress authorize the use of military force against the Syrian government, even as that country’s leader is reportedly weighing a deal that would involve relinquishing a stock pile of chemical weapons. Notwithstanding reports that... 

Syria has welcomed Russia’s initiative to put its chemical weapons stockpile under international control in a bid to avert US military intervention. The offer was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday during talks with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem in Moscow. Muallem said he welcomed the proposal, which calls on Syria to hand over control of its chemical weapons to the... 

A chemical attack may be launched on Israel by Syrian rebels from government-controlled territories as a “major provocation,” multiple sources told RT. The report comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that Syria puts its chemical weapons arsenal under international control for subsequent destruction in order to prevent a possible military strike against the war-torn... 

The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama’s plan to strike Syria in retaliation for the reported use of chemical weapons by leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime. A committee vote on Wednesday afternoon ended with the advancement of a bill compelling the US military responds to Assad’s regime, and will next go to the full Senate for... 

A senior State Department official says US President Barack Obama has made up his mind to attack Syria even without congressional approval. “That’s going to happen, anyway,” the unnamed official said in an interview with Fox News. The official added that that was why Obama, in his Rose Garden remarks over the weekend, was careful to establish that he believes he has the authority to launch a... 

Samples collected by first responders after the Aug. 21 chemical attack in a Damascus suburb have tested positive for the Sarin nerve agent, US Secretary of State John Kerry told US media as he sought build support for a military strike. Kerry made his comments as part of a series of nine TV appearances to persuade the US public opinion of the need for military retaliation on Syria, following Saturday’s... 

White House officials say the United States may launch a limited military strike on Syria as early as this Thursday as the intelligence community prepares to release a report justifying action and allies are rallied. Senior officials in the Obama administration told the Washington Post for an article published on Tuesday that the White House is weighing a limited strike on Syria and said on condition... 

The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) Senior American officials say the United States has planned to launch missile strikes against Syria “as early as Thursday” in order to punish Damascus over the alleged use of chemical weapons. The unnamed officials told NBC News on Tuesday that the “three days” of strikes would be limited in scope, and aimed at “sending a message to Syria’s... 

NSA’s building in Fort Meade military base in the state of Maryland, near Washington DC Brazil may cancel a planned 4-billion-dollar purchase of US warplanes over recent revelations that American spy agency NSA also conducted electronic surveillance on Brazilian Internet communications. When visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with top Brazilian officials in the capital of Brasilia... 

US Ambassador to Qatar Susan Ziadeh (L) walks with US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhroo, the Qatari Chief of Protocol, on Kerry’s arrival in Doha, June 22, 2013. Foreign ministers of the so-called “Friends of Syria” group of nations have gathered in the Qatari capital Doha to decide on arming militants fighting in Syria. Top diplomats from Egypt, France, Germany,... 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for “immediate” airstrikes on Syria following the White House’s claim that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against foreign-backed militant groups. At a White House meeting last Wednesday, Kerry “vociferously” pushed for air strikes on Syrian airfields, Bloomberg reports. Kerry had postponed... 

The use of chemical weapons by Damascus and Hezbollah involvement in Syria risks derailing a political settlement to the conflict, John Kerry warned. His comments follow reports the CIA is preparing to funnel arms to rebel forces via Jordan and Turkey. The US State Department issued a statement on Saturday condemning the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad for its lack of commitment to a negotiated... 

Iskander high-precision missile system Russia cannot see NATO expansion towards its borders as positive, as under certain circumstances the possibility of military confrontation remains, the Russian PM has said at the Euro-Arctic Council’s forum. When a reporter asked Dmitry Medvedev how the balance of forces in Europe will change if Sweden and Finland decide to enter NATO, the Russian Prime Minister... 

The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting this past week with US Secretary of State John Kerry reveal the Russian leaders “extreme outrage” over the Obama regimes continued protection of global seed and plant bio-genetic giants Syngenta and Monsanto in the face of a growing “bee apocalypse” that the Kremlin warns “will most certainly” lead to world war. According to...