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A Syrian refugee carries his child at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast, September 19, 2015. From the start, the military had trouble recruiting and vetting Syrians who were interested in fighting against the...

“Some of his meetings and scheduled programs will be cancelled and he is returning (to Tehran) on Monday afternoon”, IRNA quoted a senior official from Rouhani’s office as saying.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that while Syria’s government needs reform, the country will fall to the Islamic States if the worldwide community makes getting rid of Assad its top goal.

A United Nations vehicle transported the two fighters, as well as the father of one of them, from the Syrian town of Zabadani to Lebanon, after an agreement with government forces and Damascus ally Hezbollah to grant safe passage, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

In an interview with CBS television, Mr Putin said the Syrian president’s troops were “the only legitimate conventional army there”.

“In the past we used to export oil; now we export security”, Rouhani said. The White House said it would focus on Ukraine, where the two countries remain at loggerheads over Russian support for pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels in Ukraine’s east, and getting Moscow...

You see, here’s the thing, in any country- and in the United States, I believe this happens even more often than in any other country- foreign political factors are used for domestic political battles.

U.S. President Obama sits after making remarks at the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on September 28, 2015 in New York City.

President Obama spoke before Putin at the General Assembly, but his remarks may as well have been a direct response to Putin.

As world leaders convene in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton told NBC News’ Chuck Todd she would pursue a fight against ISIS while at the same time working to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The crisis is expected to be high on the agenda as world leaders gather at the United Nations in New York, and Putin is expected to hold rare talks with US President Barack Obama to discuss the issue later on Monday.

The U.S. Congress failed to block the implementation of a deal between Iran and six world powers that trades curbs on Iran’s nuclear program for the elimination of many sanctions that have been placed on the country.

“Barring either regime victory over the insurgency, which is unlikely, or a USA policy shift toward political transition away from Assad – which would bring regional allies and insurgents on board against ISIS – I don’t see any prospect of defeating...

Iraq has agreed to set up a cell increasing intelligence coordination with Russian Federation, Syria and Iran in the fight against the Islamic State group, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

While most of his fellow Republican presidential hopefuls are calling for a bigger military effort to destroy the group, Trump said the USA should reduce its already small footprint in Syria.