War-weary US Congress members opposing armed intervention in Syria remain hopeful that a diplomatic solution could rid the regime of chemical weapons.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Syria is holding thousands of tonnes of unmixed "binary components".
The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control to avoid a possible US military strike.
US President Barack Obama is in favour of limited strikes on Syria to deter chemical weapons attacks.
The US president stays true to his character as he vacillates over whether to attack the country.
China warned on Thursday that military intervention in Syria would hurt the global economy and push up oil prices.
Syria’s foreign minister will travel to Moscow to hold talks about the Syrian crisis with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, says Moscow.
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Russia has sent a missile cruiser to the east Mediterranean to take over the navy’s operations as the US prepares for possible strike in Syria.
The Russian president says he has not ruled out the option of strikes on Syria if clear evidence of chemical weapons attacks can be provided.
President Barack Obama’s efforts to persuade the US Congress to back his plan to attack Syria has been met with skepticism.
US President Barack Obama and his aides have attempted to convince a doubtful Congress that the country needs to intervene – with force – in Syria.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that tests proved positive for use of the chemical weapon sarin in Syrian chemical attacks.
Barack Obama decides force is necessary Syria, while seeking congressional approval to authorise it.
An expected US-led strike on Syria has not only put government forces on alert, it has also alarmed Islamist rebels – who worry they too are targets.
Syria awaits a military attack "at any moment", an official has said just hours after UN experts probing a suspected gas attack left the country.
Canada has been convinced Western military action is needed against Syria after reports it used chemical weapons, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to further Martin Luther King Jr’s dream on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
US President Barack Obama has made the case for a limited military strike against Syria while China’s state media warned the West against an attack.
Britain’s David Cameron and US President Barack Obama have no doubt Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people.
US President Barack Obama is edging the US closer to a war in Syria, raising echoes of George W Bush’s moves before invading Iraq, says a lawmaker.
Barack Obama’s security advisers will convene this weekend to discuss options, including possible military action, against the Syrian government.
The White House has announced a new resident – another black Portuguese water dog.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called Obama’s announcement of plans to limit sweeping US government surveillance programmes a victory of sorts.
Barack Obama is clear: He has no intention of stopping the daily collection of Americans’ phone records and blames leaks for creating distrust.
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For the past four years, Barack Obama’s administration has tried hard to "reset" relations with Russia.
US President Barack Obama says that he was "disappointed" that Russia had granted temporary asylum to NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
Fugitive former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after Russia granted him temporary asylum.
The US told China its decision not to hand over Edward Snowden after he fled to Hong Kong had undermined relations between the two states.
Allegations of inmates being force-fed in Guantánamo reveal Obama and Cameron have been talking a lot and doing very little to close the facility.
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