Tarek Saad is keen to help other Syrian refugees who have fled the war in their homeland to make a new home in Germany and he sees the federal election on Sept. 26 as an opportunity to do just that.

A Dutch court on Monday convicted two Syrian brothers of holding senior roles in the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group in their home country between 2011 and 2014, the first time Dutch judges have convicted a suspect of leadership in a Syrian extremist organization. One brother was sentenced...

MOSCOW (AP) — Voting has ended in Russia’s parliamentary election and the country's elections commission says early results Sunday from a limited number of polling stations show the country’s Kremlin-loyal United Russia party in the lead. Results from nearly 9% of the country’s...

 Syria’s defense minister met Sunday with Jordan's army chief in Amman after after Syrian troops captured several rebel-held areas near Jordan’s border, state media reported. The Hala Akhbar news site, which is linked to Jordan’s military, reported that the meeting between...