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...

German prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against a man accused of joining and fighting in Syria for a hard-line Islamic group that has since overrun parts of Iraq. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that the 20-year-old, identified only as Kreshnik B. in line with German privacy...

Syria’s opposition National Coalition leader to visit China on Tuesday, source said. Mr. Ahmed Jarba, who meets the invitation of China’s foreign minister to visit Beijing, is trying to build more ties with Bashar al-Assad’s main ally, especially after a pragmatic...

(Reporting by Abdullah Raja; Translation by Dani Murad) TheIraqi Prime Minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has resisted all international and regional calls to work toward reconciling Sunni Arabs and Kurds, instead, he ruled the country according to...