Syria

Man who fought in Syria detained in Bosnia over police killing

A Bosnian who fought in Syria was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an assault on a police stat...

Apr 28, 2015 10:49 AM EDT

U.N. invites Syrian parties to Geneva peace talks in May

The United Nations envoy to Syria said on Friday he will begin meeting in May with the country's gov...

Apr 25, 2015 06:50 AM EDT

Turkey faces delicate battle against Islamic State sympathizers at home

Defne Bayrak's husband was a suicide bomber who killed CIA operatives in a 2009 attack in Afghanista...

Apr 22, 2015 08:29 AM EDT

South Carolina teen 'seduced' by Islamic State sentenced on gun charge: newspaper

A South Carolina teen, who a prosecutor said was "seduced" by the Islamic State group and planned to...

Apr 22, 2015 07:54 AM EDT

France arrests heavily armed man over church attack plans

French police have detained a man they suspect of planning an imminent armed attack on one or two ch...

Apr 22, 2015 06:56 AM EDT

French, Syrian intelligence agents in contact: Assad on French TV

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told French television the intelligence services of his country...

Apr 21, 2015 09:16 AM EDT

Islamic State shoots and beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya: video

A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to sho...

Apr 20, 2015 10:27 AM EDT

Four Britons who sought to get to Syria arrested on return to UK

Four Britons who were detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross illegally into Syria were a...

Apr 15, 2015 08:04 AM EDT

Iran's leader says Saudi air strikes causing genocide

Iran's leader on Thursday condemned the military intervention by its main regional rival Saudi Arabi...

Apr 09, 2015 10:26 AM EDT

Philadelphia woman arrested for trying to support Islamic State

U.S. authorities arrested a Philadelphia woman on Friday and charged her with attempting to provide ...

Apr 04, 2015 01:38 AM EDT

Syria, Iraq a 'finishing school' for foreign fighters: U.N. report

More than 25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, ...

Apr 01, 2015 09:49 AM EDT

Putin letter to Arab summit triggers strong Saudi attack

Saudi Arabia accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy on Sunday, telling an Arab summit...

Mar 29, 2015 09:41 AM EDT

In Sudan, an unlikely path to jihad for students

Tasneem Hussein was a soft-spoken university student in Khartoum when the transformation slowly bega...

Mar 28, 2015 06:28 PM EDT

France presses at U.N. for Islamic State to face world court

France said on Friday it would push the United Nations Security Council to refer the Islamic State m...

Mar 27, 2015 09:16 PM EDT

Syria's Assad calls chlorine allegations 'malicious propaganda': CBS

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria dismissed as "malicious propaganda" allegations that his troops u...

Mar 27, 2015 08:35 AM EDT

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