The immoral, silent killer: Why chemical warfare instills in people a fear that conventional attacks do not By Tom Blackwell August 30, 2013 In little more than two years, the Syrian civil war has distinguished itself as a particularly vicious conflict. The United Nations estimates conservatively that more than 100,000 people have died, including thousands […]

North Korea’s Olive Branch to U.S. May Not Bear Fruit By Jonathan Cheng August 28, 2013 With U.S. diplomat Robert King headed to Pyongyang this week, the focus turns from North Korea’s rapprochement with its southern neighbor to its still-tense relationship with the United States. There’s reason to be optimistic that trans-Pacific relations will improve, […]

Backgrounder: Clues to a Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria By Jocelyn Kaiser August 28, 2013 The United States is weighing a military strike against Syria after concluding that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is responsible for an “undeniable” chemical attack that killed hundreds of people. This week, U.N. investigators are interviewing survivors and collecting samples in […]

Any US strike against Syria likely to last ‘hours not days’ By Jennifer Griffin August 27, 2013 Any U.S. strike against Syria is “likely to last hours not days” and probably would not come before the British Parliament votes on military action Thursday, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News Sources tell Fox that […]

UN Inspectors Seek to Investigate Alleged Syria Atrocity By Donna Abu-Nasr & Terry Atlas August 22, 2013 Syrian troops renewed their artillery assault on a Damascus suburb where the opposition says hundreds were killed by toxic gases, as France urged the world to respond “with force” to any use of chemical weapons. A team of […]