US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria

U.S. officials prevented catastrophic ISIS prison break in Syria by secretly moving nearly 6,000 "worst of the worst" ...

A camp in Syria that held families of Islamic State members is nearly empty after repatriations

A camp in northeastern Syria that had housed families of suspected members of the Islamic State group is now largely empty after hundreds of women and children were repatriated to their countries or ...

For Syria's Kurds, dream of autonomy fades under Damascus deal

At a military base in northeast Syria, Roksan Mohammed recalled joining the battle against Islamic State group jihadists."We ...

Australia bans a citizen with alleged links to militant IS group from returning from Syria

Australia’s government has banned an Australian with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group from returning from a ...

A Ban on Makeup in Syria Has Some Red in the Face

A provincial governor wants to prohibit women in government and public sector jobs from wearing makeup, stirring outrage and many, many memes.

Syria's relocation of al-Hol camp residents seen as move to close it

The Syrian government's move to relocate families linked to Islamic State from the notorious al-Hol camp to the Aleppo ...

Australia won’t repatriate 34 women and children linked to IS from Syria

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and ...

Syria’s notorious open-air prison for thousands of suspected Isis detainees is now almost empty

Al Hol, an infamous camp in northeast Syria holding tens of thousands of people accused of links to Islamic State, has almost ...