ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just dipped her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the Jordan River. “It’s very profound,” said the 53-year-old visitor from...

Freed hostages were able to give British police vital information that identified three of the Islamic State kidnap gang that had held and tortured them in Syria, it has been revealed. Scotland Yard has disclosed the breakthroughs that allowed it to identify three of the jihadis known as...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him. The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Damascus “denies it had kidnapped or is holding any...

The influx of social media influencers into Syrian regime-held areas has increased in recent times with the easing of precautionary measures imposed by most countries under the COVID-19 pandemic. A good number of these Arab Youtubers have been active, especially the Syrians who...