At least 1,000 people, mainly civilians, have been killed and roughly the same number injured in fighting and other violence in Iraq in June as Sunni militants swept through the north, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Victims include a number of confirmed summary executions...

Brussels, June 24 (IANS) The Council of European Union (EU) decided to impose an asset freeze and travel ban on 12 Syrian government ministers, said a statement published on EU's official website Monday. The EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxemburg agreed to "reinforced" EU...

Sunni rebels led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have taken control of an important oil refinery and have offered Iraqi troops safe passage if they give up their weapons and leave, according to Al Jazeera sources.  Sources in Salheddin province on Tuesday said...

  (Reporting by Cham Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A well informed source from the Joint Chief of Staff of Free Syrian Army , denied all accusations and rumors against the Army Staff, which have been circulated over the...