Obama hints at military action in Syria
On Tuesday, the president reiterated he'd prefer to have international backing before escalating U.S. involvement
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:45 PM UTC4 From the Wires, Barack Obama
On Tuesday, the president reiterated he'd prefer to have international backing before escalating U.S. involvement
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:45 PM UTCThe attack comes a day after the country's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:22 PM UTCThe Assad regime insists that it wouldn't use such weapons even if it had access to them
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 4:30 PM UTCAn Israeli warplane shot down a drone approaching the Israeli coast from Lebanon
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 5:59 PM UTCOfficials say more proof is needed, and the U.S. is not ready to escalate its involvement in the conflict
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 5:13 PM UTCThe assessment could raise pressure on the U.S. and other Western countries to intervene
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 3:06 PM UTCHis bail had been revoked after being accused of treason
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 1:25 PM UTCAnne Smedinghoff's death in a suicide bombing has reignited debate over U.S. intervention in Afghanistan
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 12:52 PM UTCTroops are allegedly working to identify wounded Syrians and administer basic medical care
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 2:27 PM UTCThe country is no stranger to satire, but Bassem Youssef's unique brand of humor is unlike anything it's ever seen
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 6:00 PM UTCWith their husbands fighting government forces, many of the country's women are left to suffer their hardship alone
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 9:57 PM UTCTo do so, he'll have to perform a high-wire balancing act in the Middle East -- one that may prove impossible
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 1:05 PM UTCThe soldier, 26-year-old Michael Cable, had been guarding a meeting of Afghan and U.S. officials
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 11:42 AM UTCAuthorities say three men were arrested severing the undersea cable of the country's main communications company
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:31 PM UTCAn inside look at two villages ravaged by American aerial assaults
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 4:43 PM UTCThe deadly air strikes have proven neither cheap nor surgical -- nor especially triumphant
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 11:44 AM UTCThe trip comes amid concerns Hamid Karzai may be jeopardizing the war against extremism with anti-American rhetoric
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 11:32 AM UTCFor laborers who tear the world's ships apart, death comes in many forms
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 4:37 PM UTCThe president heads to Palestine on the second day of his Mideast tour to emphasize the importance of a peace deal
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 11:39 AM UTCA new book by an administration insider argues a “dithering” White House has led to key missteps
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 8:03 PM UTCPage 1 of 3 in The Middle East