The   International Criminal Court   could have its hand full if it ever investigates   Syria 's civil war - the alleged killing of hundreds of civilians by government shelling of Homs last year may well constitute a war crime or   crime against humanity . So...

  The German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, has warned France and Britain of the consequences of arming the Syrian opposition, and stressed that there were terrorists in Syria that target Israel. In an interview with German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' published on Sunday,...

 Austria has announced that it is going to withdraw its contributions to UN forces in the Occupied Golan Heights after Syrian rebels and Assad’s forces battled near a crossing point close to the border with Israel.  The Austrian forces represented around 380 out of...

The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Tuesday. Edwards said UNHCR was also working with other European governments to find ways to help the 1.6 million Syrians who have fled the country, a...