Islamic State fighters have seized villages close to the northern city of Aleppo from rival insurgents, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite an intensifying Russian air-and-sea campaign that Moscow says has targeted the militant group. News of the advance came as the...

European Union governments are set to agree on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants among the hundreds of thousands who have failed to win asylum as they try to cope with a surge in refugees from war-torn Syria. Diplomats say interior ministers meeting in...

The Tunisian police has broken up three "cells" that were recruiting fighters for Islamic State and arrested 11 people suspected of trying to join the Islamist militant group in Libya, the Tunisian Ministry of Interior said. Tunisia has been on high alert against possible attacks since Islamist...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- One of Syrian regime soldiers who involved in mass torture photos published early 2014 is a refugee in Germany, according to Zaman Al Wasl sources. Mohamed Ahmed Tafankji has entered Germany 25 days ago and now lives with his mother and two brothers in...