Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. makes his way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, to introduce a resolution to authorize military action to support President Barack Obama's request for a strike against Syria.

Syria resolution is introduced in US Senate

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - The US Senate majority leader has formally introduced the resolution giving President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against Syria. Harry Reid filed the measure Friday, September 6, 2013, during a brief Senate session. Lawmakers return from a five-week recess on Monday and will begin to debate the proposal for military strikes.  A vote to move...

Graphic shows details of the Tomahawk cruise missile and a map shows range of Syria's air defense system.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (file photo)

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Putin to strike Saudi if the West attacks Syria

A Syrian shopkeeper waits for customers at the popular Hamidiyeh old market, in Damascus, August 22, 2013. The veneer of normalcy is thin in Damascus, the stronghold of President Bashar Assad's rule, after more than 2 1/2 years of bloodshed.

Rabu , 28 Aug 2013, 09:44 WIB

Countries respond to Syrian latest case

Black columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in East of Damascus, Syria, on August 25, 2013.

Rabu , 28 Aug 2013, 09:30 WIB

Momentum grows for military action against Syria

In this image taken from amateur video posted online, appearing to show a presumed UN staff member measuring and photographing a canister in the suburb of Moadamiyeh in Damascus, Syria, Monday Aug. 26, 2013.

Selasa , 27 Aug 2013, 05:00 WIB

UN at site of alleged chemical attack in Syria

Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.

Ahad , 25 Aug 2013, 00:21 WIB

Aid group tallies 355 dead after Syria attack

Syrian citizens try to identify dead bodies, after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013.

Kamis , 22 Aug 2013, 22:44 WIB

France: Force an option in Syria

In this Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo, Syrian refugee Ali Shteiwi holds his newborn daughter, Taymaa, at the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, near the border with Syria.

The dark times of baby Taymaa

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ZAATARI - Before they left Syria, six months ago, Ali and Walaa Shteiwi spent weeks sounding out friends and relatives on a name for the child Walaa carried. They decided to call her Shymaa — a beautiful name, meaning good traits. But now they live in the bleak world of a Jordanian refugee camp, fenced in amid tens of...