A British mother who took her child to Syria to join ISIS was sentenced to six years imprisonment. A British mother who took her child to Syria to join ISIS was sentenced to six years imprisonment.
The Syrian government has expressed its desire to block 2 opposition groups from attending the Geneva peace talks on the Syrian conflict. Syria and close ally Russia view both militant groups as extremists.
Turkish prosecutors are seeking multiple life sentences for two top opposition journalists on charges of revealing state secrets in a report that alleged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government tried to send arms into Syria.
South Carolina has approved the bill to track refugees inside their territory. The state is the first one to come up with this kind of initiative to support evacuees.
Germany proposes creating 500,000 short-term jobs for Syrian immigrants. The proposal will be presented next week at the Syria Aid Conference in London.
Labor MP Jo Cox is urging the United Nations to assert its position in the Syria crisis to gain access to besieged towns in order to deliver aid freely.
The US government imposed immediate and radical changes to the visa-waiver program making it harder for Europeans with dual citizenships from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria to enter the United States.
Lebanon has arrested a suspect in connection with a pair of suicide bombings in November that that killed some 50 people. Abu Talha was arrested in a raid at dawn Sunday in the northern city of Tripoli.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a Syrian journalist in southern Turkey. Naji al-Jarf, the editor of Syrian pro-opposition magazine Hinta, died after being shot in the street in the city of Gaziantep in December.
The arrest of two suspected Iraqi terrorists has sparked renewed debates on Syrian refugees coming in United States. Republicans, mainly those from Texas where one of the Iraqi nationals was arrested, have been vocal on their concerns against US federal government’s decision to let Syrian refugees come in.
President Obama signs changes in Visa Waver Program (VWP). The bill includes a requirement for individuals to get a visa for U.S., especially those who visited Syria, Sudan, and Iraq since March 2011.
Russia on Sunday warned Turkey to stop staging what it called provocations against its forces in or near Syria after one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean to avoid a collision.
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to tighten restrictions on travel to the United States by citizens of 38 nations who are allowed to enter the country without obtaining a visa.
Germany will this week start deporting asylum seekers from the western Balkans whose applications have been unsuccessful, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this week, in what appears to be a warning to would-be jihadists at a time of militant attacks on the kingdom.
The U.S. Justice Department has provided specific suggestions to governments in Europe and elsewhere on how to strengthen counterterrorism laws in order to arrest would-be foreign fighters before they join groups like Islamic State, according to a policy paper reviewed by Reuters.
Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its air force would keep flying missions near Turkish air space, sounding a defiant note after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet.
