‘Ticking time bomb’: how the fall of Syria’s prison camps could unleash 1000s of terrorists on the world
Observers are warning that detention camps housing followers of the notorious Isis caliphate are close to collapse ...
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Syrians trickle out of Rukban desert camp with memories they want to forget
Apart from palm saplings in tin cans and the olive shoots in the garden of his mud-brick dwelling, there is very little Hajj ...
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Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on their push for U.S. withdrawal
Many in Iraq fear that IS could take advantage of the security vacuum to stage a comeback while Syria’s new leaders are still ...
On the ground in Palmyra, where a Syrian archaeological gem hopes for a revival
PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...
U.S. Funding Freeze Threatens Security at ISIS Camps in Syria
A halt in foreign aid may undermine American organizations’ support for forces that guard the two largest camps holding ...
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Former al Qaeda member named as Syria’s president for transitional period
including what would become ISIS. Freed from Camp Bucca, he crossed back into Syria and started fighting against the Baathist Assad regime, doing so with the backing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...
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Iraq Backtracking on US Military Withdrawal After Syria Regime Change
The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...