August 30, 2013
1:42 am

People take part in a protest calling for no military attack on Syria from the US, Britain or France, outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, on Thursday, August 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Matt Dunham)

In shattering defeat for Cameron, UK parliament says no to Syria strike

People don’t want to ‘see British military action,’ says humiliated PM, after vote that means country will play no part in any US-led intervention

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 30, 2013
1:25 am

Bodies being buried after the August 21 chemical attack near Damascus (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Chemical allegations in Syria haunt ally Iran

Islamic Republic ‘a major victim of chemical weapons,’ notes country’s new president

By Brian Murphy

August 29, 2013
10:25 pm

US Navy aircraft flying in formation in August. (photo credit: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ramon G. Go/US Navy, Department of Defense)

US says it will provide legal justification for Syria attack if needed

White House indicates limited response to Assad’s alleged chemical weapons use, rejects Iraq comparison; UNSC meeting ends with no progress

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

August 29, 2013
8:21 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video released following a meeting with defense officials Thursday. (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Netanyahu: ‘Low probability’ Israel will be drawn into Syria fighting

With US-led strike expected early next week, IDF scales back leave for units in north, hospitals told to be ready for any emergencies, but leaders say Israelis have nothing to fear

By Haviv Rettig Gur and Mitch Ginsburg

August 29, 2013
7:59 pm

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to be driven to the Houses of Parliament for a debate and vote on Syria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Matt Dunham)

UK: Assad will repeat gas attacks if not punished

In parliamentary debate, PM Cameron argues strongly for intervention in Syria; his defense minister says possible intervention ‘days not hours’ away

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 29, 2013
7:37 pm

President Shimon Peres seen answering phone calls from Israeli citizens during a visit at the 'Moked 100,' emergency call center, at the police headquarters in Jerusalem, August 29, 2013. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Keep hope alive, says Peres in Rosh Hashanah message

President acknowledges ‘stormy time’ but tells world Jewry there is ‘no room to lose faith’

By JTA

August 29, 2013
6:36 pm

Paramilitary police officers blocks a man holding a national flag outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey (illustrative photo credit: AP)

Turkey ‘on alert’ against possible chemical attack

As Israelis scramble for gas masks, Turks prepare bunkers, protective gear, on-the-ground experts in case of chemical attack

By AP

August 29, 2013
5:40 pm

Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, attends a press conference in Tehran (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran Revolutionary Guards chief: Israel will be destroyed if Syria is attacked

Tehran ramps up rhetoric against the West and the Jewish state amid international debate on punitive strike at Assad

By Gavriel Fiske and Times of Israel staff

August 29, 2013
5:29 pm

Head of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad al-Jarba, left, and France's President Francois Hollande walk in the lobby of the Elysee Palace at the end of August (photo credit: AP/Michel Euler)

‘France ready to fight in Syria if necessary’

President Hollande stresses importance of political solution; Defense Ministry says troops prepared if order given

By Jamey Keaten and Sylvie Corbet

August 29, 2013
5:08 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron (photo credit: UK Department for International Development/Flickr)

UN green light not needed for Syria strike, UK says

Downing Street cites humanitarian relief as justification for military action against Assad regime

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

August 29, 2013
4:19 pm

The Kvar Takfu website, Thursday 29 August, 2013. (screen capture: kvartakfu.com)

‘Strike on Syria’ site says it simply

The bottom line on the expected Western attack on the Damascus regime

By Stuart Winer

August 29, 2013
1:34 pm

Ambassador Dan Shapiro (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

US ambassador: Obama will respond to Syria

Dan Shapiro says administration still weighing how to react to alleged Syrian chemical attack

By Times of Israel staff

August 29, 2013
1:21 pm

UN inspectors are escorted by Syrian rebels in Damascus in August, 2013 (photo credit: AP/United media office of Arbeen)

UN inspectors head to site of suspected chemical attack

Team to leave Syria on Saturday, two days ahead of schedule

By Times of Israel staff and AP

August 29, 2013
12:55 pm

The Russian Federation Navy Udaloy class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov (photo credit: US Navy)

Russia, France deploy warships to eastern Mediterranean

Moscow and Tehran urge West to refrain from military action