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British schoolgirl joined ISIS in Syria wants to come home

( The Daily Mail )- A British woman who fled Syria after spending two years in Islamic State-held territory must face justice on her return to the UK, her father said yesterday. Kolsoma Begum, 22, and her Muslim convert husband Stefan Aristidou, 23, were arrested after surrendering to...

Syrian youth find freedom in Parkour

Leaping over bombed roofs and jumping through damaged window frames, a group of teenagers run and swing their way through buildings left dilapidated by six years of war in the southern Syrian town of Inkhil. The young men practise Parkour across rebel-held Inkhil, saying they find escape in...

Zidane warns against Le Pen in France election run-off

French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane Friday warned against voting for Marine Le Pen's National Front in the run-off in France's presidential election on May 7, repeating his 2002 stand against the far-right party. "It is the same as in 2002, that I am far away from those ideas, from the...

Syria-born Olympian takes advocacy role at UN refugee agency

( Al-Arabiya )- The UN refugee agency on Thursday chose as a goodwill ambassador a Syrian teenage girl who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees and later became an Olympic swimmer. Yusra Mardini joined other notables like actress Cate Blanchett and author Khaled Hosseini in the unpaid...