A US-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria on Friday confirmed capturing British jihadist Alexanda Amon Kotey last month as he attempted to flee from Syria to Turkey. Redur Khalil, a spokesperson and senior official in the Syrian Democratic Forces, said his fighters had captured many wanted...

(Zaman Al Wasl) The Islamic State's policy in recruiting children and turning schools into shelters for the displaced has contributed to the suspension of the educational process in Deir Ez Zor province, making more than 300,000 children out of school for almost three years. Khaled...

The United Nations launched an appeal Wednesday for $17 million to rebuild essential health facilities for children in Iraq after a devastating three-year battle to expel Daesh (ISIS). The U.N. children's fund, UNICEF, said next week's reconstruction conference for Iraq to be staged in...

Paris terror attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has refused to return to his trial in Belgium this week over a shootout with police in Brussels that led to his capture, the court said Tuesday. The fresh show of defiance comes after Abdeslam berated judges for being anti-Muslim,...