Hammond's comments appeared to underline a rift between Europe's main powers over the role of the Syrian leader after more than four years of civil war.

New approach could bring together Russia, Saudi Arabia and countries such as Turkey and Qatar.

Today's population of 8.4 million is forecast to reach 15.6 million by 2059 and 20.6 million in a high case scenario.

Longtime Republican Jewish donors and activists look on in dismay as the two presidential hopefuls lead the polls.

Neither a grand ‘4+1’ (Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria plus Hezbollah) war against ‘terror’ nor a regime pullout from Damascus to an Alawi enclave in the western coastal area appears to be in the cards

Neighbors reported seeing a bleeding woman screaming for help as she tried to scale an 8-foot-high wall that surrounds the property near Beverly Hills.

AFP has protested to the Israeli military over the incident and said it intends to file an official complaint.

The news was the most recent sign of trouble in a fledgling military effort to train fighters to take on ISIS.