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Germany hunts possible accomplices of Berlin attacker

Germany was hunting for possible accomplices of the suspected Berlin truck attacker Saturday, a day after he was killed in a shoot-out with Italian police in Milan. As most of the country readied to celebrate Christmas Eve, Germany's under-pressure authorities said hundreds of investigators...

South Africans raise money for Syria

South Africans have pledged over 13 million rand (approximately $928,000) to assist with humanitarian efforts in Syria, a spokesman for a local NGO behind the initiative has told Anadolu Agency.  Yusuf Abramjee, spokesman for the NGO OperationSA, said telephone pledge lines were made by...

The Man Who Saved 200 Syrian Refugees

(Toronto Life)- When Jim Estill decided to sponsor 50 Syrian refugee families, he didn’t tell anyone about it at first—not his accountant, not his friends, not even his wife. It was the summer of 2015, and the death toll in Syria had reached a quarter of a million people, while another four...

How Tunisia Became a Top Source of ISIS Recruits

(Wall Street Journal)- The cradle of the Arab Spring, Tunisia remains the freest Arab democracy. It has one of the region’s most developed economies and highest literacy rates. And it is also by far the largest source of foreign fighters heading to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq....