Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian army and security forces patrolling Ashrafieh neighborhood after controlling the area on January 9, 2026 in Aleppo, Syria ...

German men who joined the "Islamic State" group have been detained in Syria for years. But the recent fighting caused chaos at prisons. Thousands escaped or were transferred — and now nobody knows ...

BEIRUT — The Syrian government confirmed Thursday that a German journalist who went missing months ago is detained in Syria. Eva Maria Michelmann, 36, was last seen on Jan. 18, when she and a ...

BERLIN(AP) — A German journalist who went missing in Syria more than three months ago is likely detained in a prison in Damascus, a lawyer for her said Tuesday, as international calls and pressure for ...

A German journalist who was detained in Syria has been released, her family has confirmed. Eva Maria Michelmann’s brother told the dpa news agency she had arrived from Jordan on Friday, after being ...