...John Kerry has also hinted that Iran may play a role from the sidelines during the negotiations on
Syria later this month in Geneva. There are signs that the
Syrian civil war is spilling over into Iraq, with the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking control of Fallujah and Ramadi, prompting a counterattack by the Iraqi army. In
Syria, rebels have launched an offensive against these groups Europe Russia was found by Global Trade Alert to be the most protectionist nation of 2013. In Athens,...