Syrian jihadist Samir A. will be released on parole pending the trial in December, the Dutch Schiphol court decided on Thursday. After more than a year in custody, there are no longer any reasons to detain him.    The Rotterdam jihadist Samir A. is part of the...

Millions of civilians fleeing attacks from the Bashar Assad regime and its supporters have taken shelter in camps in Idlib, northern Syria, as they mark another Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha under difficult conditions, far from their homes. Mustafa Emin had to flee from the southern...

Egypt announced Tuesday the release of more than 2,000 prisoners on instructions from President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, according to state media. Al-Sisi issued a pardon for 2,075 prisoners to mark the Eid al-Adha holiday that commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham, to...

Muslims around the world were observing Tuesday yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic and amid growing concerns about the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus. Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” is typically marked by communal prayers, large...