Germany re-imposed border controls on Sunday after Europe's most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum seekers arriving every day. A day before deeply divided European Union ministers tackle the migrant crisis, the U.N. refugee agency also called on...

(Syria Comment)- The Syrian Islamist group known as Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement, which is one of the biggest armed groups in the country, has elected a new leader: Abu Yahia al-Hamawi. Founded in 2011, Ahrar al-Sham was first led by Hassane Abboud, who also used the alias Abu Abdullah...

Fighting between ISIS and Syrian regime forces around Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria is still underway as dozens of both waring parties have been killed during a week.  Pro-ISIS twitter accounts said Saturday the radical group has been very close to overrun the air base, Bashar...

Some 30,000 people joined a rally in Copenhagen Saturday in favor of taking in thousands of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, police said. "Everything is taking place in a calm and orderly way," said a post on the official Twitter feed of Copenhagen police, indicating that roughly 30,000...