PARIS (AP) — French authorities on Tuesday repatriated 51 women and children from the former Islamic State-controlled areas in Syria, according to a statement from the national antiterrorist prosecutor’s office. It’s the single largest return of women and children to France from camps...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said Monday the bullet that killed veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was likely fired from an Israeli position. But they say it is too badly damaged to reach an absolute determination, and that there is “no reason to believe” she was...

The Syrian regime forces launched since March 2011 arrest campaigns against thousands of Palestinian refugees in Syria, stressing that they focused primarily on targeting elite doctors, media professionals, political activists and opinion leaders who had a prominent and influential presence...

The EU condemned civilians deaths in the conflict in Syria on Friday. “The EU condemns in the strongest terms these crimes causing the deaths of so many civilians over more than a decade of conflict. These crimes were mostly perpetrated by the Syrian regime and its allies, including...