"Syria is an illustration of what American leadership looks like when it builds coalitions rather than operating in isolation ...

“This is either gonna be wildly successful or a complete disaster,” Austin Tice wrote in May 2012, on the eve of a dangerous journey to bear witness to history. “Here goes nothing.” Tice, a physically ...

As hostilities in Syria roll on unabated, the civilian casualties rise because of combat operations in urban areas and execution-style killings. In response, calls for U.S. military intervention of ...

Two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed during an attack Saturday near the city of Palmyra, Syria, according to the Pentagon. Three additional U.S. soldiers were wounded in ...

The last time American soldiers were killed by an enemy aircraft was April 15, 1953, in the waning days of the Korean War. This now decades-long streak is due to American air superiority wherever a ...

Few places display the cost of civil war as starkly as Syria. On my first visit back since serving as the American ambassador from 1998 to 2001, the country is barely recognizable. The large, Sunni ...

An American citizen from Oklahoma was killed along with six male relatives during the sectarian violence that erupted last week in Syria. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive ...

Hosam Saraya and other members of his family were forced out of their house and executed. Saraya, 35, became an American citizen about two years ago and attended Oklahoma Christian University. ‘Hosam ...