(Wall Street Journal)- Weeks after he disappeared while fleeing the devastated city of Aleppo, Abdulhadi Kamel of the Syrian civil-defense group White Helmets turned up last month in an online video posted by a Russian-language news agency. His hair and beard disheveled, Mr. Kamel denounced...

(Washington Post)- The documents in the Islamic State file hinted at signs of rebellion within the ranks of its foreign fighters. A Belgian militant had a medical note saying he had back pain and would not join the battle. A fighter from France claimed he wanted to leave Iraq to carry out a...

As many as 13,000 people were hanged in five years at a notorious Syrian government prison near Damascus, Amnesty International said Tuesday, accusing the regime of a "policy of extermination." Titled "Human Slaughterhouse: Mass hanging and extermination at Saydnaya prison," Amnesty's...

 Israel's parliament was set Monday to finalize a bill that would legalize dozens of Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank, despite a U.S. call for restraint. It had initially been uncertain that a vote would take place Monday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said...