22-year-old accused of traveling to war-torn country to die as a martyr for the al-Nusra Front out of extremist ideology

Investigators confirm Umm Sayyaf helped give overview of terror chief's hideouts; woman claims not to have played willing part in detention of US hostage Kayla Mueller at her home

Having lost its territory, the Islamic State group continues to harass local populations, setting fire to crops, though some say Damascus is using blazes to harass populations

Group called on US to halt all military assistance to Cairo until gross violations, including kidnappings of civilians, are fully investigated

French jihadist, who killed four people in 2014 anti-Semitic rampage, is accused of acting as jailer to 4 French journalists taken hostage in Aleppo

Human Rights Watch accuses authorities of torturing suspects to extract confessions of belonging to the terrorist group

Attacker convicted of opening fire and killing nine worshipers and a policeman at Saint Mina Coptic church in 2017

Lebanese authorities accuse Amer Khayyat of planning to blow up Etihad flight from UAE to Australia; Khayyat released on bail after being held in detention since 2017

While social media giant says it is gaining control over prohibited content, whistleblower's complaint says success rates are lower than claimed

Government forces backed by Russian air power push forward in areas in northwest Syria still controlled by jihadists