SOUNDBITE Khawla Matar, United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria.. ..…

For Washington, U.S dollar is leverage, financial weapon to dominate the economy, to impose its policy agendas and to secure steady flow of natural resources over sovereign countries. ..…

Jabhat al-Nusra ) militants reported on the use of the chemical weapons settlement of Al-Kabina by Syrian Army. ..…

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's exports of oil hit their lowest level December since the war, as the country's oil minister resigned Monday in the wake of protests and riots over soaring gas prices and lengthening lines at the pump.. ..…