Twenty-five year old Ako Abd al-Qadir went to wage holy war in Syria vowing to return and conquer all of Iraqi Kurdistan in the name of Islam on the way back to his home town of Halabja. "God willing, we will come back and trample over your dead bodies until we reach Halabja," he said,...

Russia offered assurances on Tuesday that the Syrian government will show up at a new round of peace talks next week and will soon ship more toxic agents abroad for destruction under a deal to eliminate its chemical weapons arsenal. The statements appeared intended to ease Western...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured to the key Opposition president his support to a transitional governing body,  Zaman Alwasl’s sources quoted Mr. Ahmad Assi Al Jarba saying. National Coalition  opposition chief  is to visit Moscow on Tuesday at...

German government has stressed on the need to get more involved in international affairs "Germany must be prepared to become engaged in an earlier and more substantial way," Xinhua quoted Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as saying Saturday during the Munich Security Conference....