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...

With the Eastern Mediterranean emerging as a possible alternative to Russian gas for European consumers, Moscow has found a point of entry of their own – Syria. Shortly before the New Year, Russia’s SoyuzNefteGaz signed a  $90 million deal  to support Syria’s first...

There is little food or hope left in Syria's besieged Old City of Homs. But an elderly Dutch priest has remained there in solidarity with the Syrians he considers countrymen. Father Frans van der Lugt has spent nearly five decades in Syria, a country he loves so dearly that he...