( Sky News )- Sally Jones - the former punk rocker who became the leading female recruitment officer for IS, married a now-dead jihadist and took her son to Raqqa - wants to come home to Britain, it has been claimed. That is, at least, the view of 'Aisha', the wife of another immigrant to...

Algeria plans to grant residency rights and job permits to illegal African migrants, responding to a shortage of workers in farming and construction while also seeking to combat a surge in racist sentiment. Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune's plan follows the launch of an anonymous online...

The captain of a Turkish freighter said on Monday that the Greek coast guard had fired on his vessel after he refused an order to dock at a port on the Greek island of Rhodes. Turkey said the action was "disproportionate" and showed no regard for human life. "There is no justification...

The U.S. military has carried out an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked militant insurgency that wants to overthrow Somalia's weak U.N.-backed government, U.S. officials said Monday. The strike took place at 1130 GMT on July 2, the Pentagon said. It did not disclose...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Liwa al-Quds, pro-regime militia, has mourned seven militants said they had been killed in the suicide bombings attacks that struck Damascus on Sunday. The state-run media said the casualties were 19 civilians but activists assured that the three bombings had targeted...

A British teenager was sentenced Monday to at least 16.5 years in prison for plotting a bombing whose potential targets included an Elton John concert on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Haroon Syed, who was arrested last year, had admitted planning terrorist acts at an earlier...

A top officer aboard the U.S. Navy's largest warship, which is deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, said Monday his forces were wary of "tensions" and ready to strike allies of Syria's regime. The USS George H.W. Bush, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has been a leading part of the...

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to speak with German, French and Italian officials on Monday ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies this week that could expose his sharp differences with world powers on trade and other issues. Trump, who announced the talks on Twitter, is...

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Monday to lift a state of emergency that has been in place since 2015, but also to harden permanent security measures to fight Islamic extremism and other threats. Laying out his political, security and diplomatic priorities at an extraordinary joint...

The Syrian government Monday warned that any new attack by Washington on the war-ravaged country would provoke an even stronger reaction by Damascus and its allies. "We would not be surprised if the United States carried out new attacks against Syria," deputy foreign minister Faisal...

( Independent )- Almost exactly four years ago, a Syrian called Abu al-Zein, from the village of Katbiya in Aleppo province, appeared before the ‘General Court of the Revolutionary Police’ in the town of Deir Hafer to betray his cousins. Saeed and Ibrahim Abdul al-Ghafour, he testified, had...

The Syrian army said it would suspend combat operations in southern Syria until Thursday, including in Quneitra province, where Israel has hit army outposts in recent days, according to a statement carried by Syrian state television. The army general command said the ceasefire took effect...

Poland's foreign minister says the government would like visiting President Donald Trump to make assurances this week that the presence U.S. troops in Poland will continue as long as the region's security is threatened by Russia. Trump is to deliver a speech in Warsaw during a brief visit...

A top Syrian official says the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons refused to visit key sites linked to a nerve gas attack, casting doubt on the international monitor's credibility. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad dismissed an OPCW report released last week...

Islamic State fighters were battling to hold on to the last few streets under their control in the Old City of Mosul on Monday, in what looked like a hopeless last stand in their former stronghold. In fierce fighting, Iraqi army units forced the insurgents back, cornering them in a shrinking...

Iran has signed a $5 billion agreement with France's Total SA and a Chinese oil company to develop its massive offshore natural gas field, the first such deal with foreign companies since the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Officials signed the agreement in Tehran on Monday. The agreement will...

Sweden is home to some 2,000 Islamist extremists, the nation's intelligence chief said Monday, a nearly 10-fold increase in less than a decade. Anders Thornberg, head of domestic spy service Sapo, attributed the rise primarily to the sophisticated propaganda machine of Daesh (ISIS)....

The British government is not aware of any plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Britain in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Monday. British media reported that government sources had been warned Trump could visit his golf resort in Scotland at...

A 23-year-old French male was arrested and charged with terror offences on Saturday for an alleged plot to assassinate the President Emmanuel Macron, local media reported on Monday. The suspect, described as a "far-right nationalist", reportedly said he wanted to make a political gesture by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 16 civilians were killed in southern Sweida province when Russian warplanes struck a border village with Jordan, spokesman for a U.S.-backed group said. Saad al-Haj, spokeman for Osoud al-Shariqiya, formed by tribesmen in eastern Qalamoun, said the strikes hit...