After more than a decade fighting for the Taliban and being hounded by Afghan and US forces, Haji Lala thought there was little chance of ever returning home. Once a commander and senior district official for the insurgent group, he says he was captured by Pakistan's security services who...

One summer evening in a Dutch village in the rural province of Drenthe, Raid Sadek, 37, stares in stunned silence at the screen of his phone. On it, a picture has just appeared of a man carrying a bullet proof vest and an automatic assault rifle. ogether, and the man sometimes stops by his...

French and other EU citizens will once again be allowed to enter France from Britain beginning at midnight if they have a negative Covid-19 test that is less than 72 hours old, the French prime minister's office said on Tuesday. France and some 50 other countries closed their borders to...

The fifth edition of annual art festival “Syrien N’est Fait” begun alast week under, taking place exclusively online due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The festival, held in Paris every year, is dedicated to the Syrian contemporary art scene, from plastic art, to theatre,...