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Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Israel's willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence has complicated the Obama administration's internal debate over arming President Bashar Assad's foes and may change the way U.S.

Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village

By RYAN LUCASAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" In

Hagel: US rethinking possibly arming rebels

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than two years, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday, becoming the first top U.S. official to

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House