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Syria starts evacuating Al-Hol camp housing thousands linked to IS, officials say

Syrian government forces took control of the northeastern camp from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last month.

Euronews · Feb 17

Australia PM says Isis-linked families in Syria ‘made their bed’ as they are turned back to refugee camp

Group of 34 Australians who left for Australia via Damascus from the refugee camp in northeastern Syria turned back

The Independent UK · Feb 17

Australia has ruled out repatriation for ISIS families. This isn’t a safe or coherent plan

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government will not help repatriate the 34 Australian women and children with links to Islamic State fighters who were released from a detention camp in Syria and are reportedly trying to return to Australia.

The Conversation · Feb 17

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Australia won’t repatriate 34 women and children from Syria

A group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to IS won’t be repatriated

The Independent UK · Feb 17

Morning Mail: Australians sent back to Syrian camps, the messy rise in inheritance fights, T20 World Cup woe

Hopes of return to Australia for wives and children of alleged IS members dashed after dramatic turnaround; growing property wealth causing ‘awful’ family disputes

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16

What is happening to Syria’s IS camps and their former residents?

Experts say the detention centres were a breeding ground for extremism and a new generation of IS members

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16

The Damascus book fair draws crowds, with censorship eased in post-Assad Syria

Damascus is hosting its first international book fair since Bashar Assad fell, and publishers say censorship has almost disappeared

The Independent UK · Feb 16

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Syria makes investment pitch to Europe as new law promises ‘legal firmness’

At the World Governments Summit in Dubai, the Chairman of Syria’s investment authority made a direct appeal to European investors, arguing that 2025 constituted a turning point in the country’s economic recovery.

Euronews · Feb 16

Australian citizens with alleged IS ties depart Syria’s Roj camp for repatriation

A group of Australian citizens has left a camp in northeast Syria housing people with alleged ties to Islamic State militants to begin the journey to their home country, part of an ongoing repatriation process

The Independent UK · Feb 16

Australian women and children sent back to Syrian detention camp after initial release

The group of 34 – families of dead or jailed extremists – were prevented from returning to Australia by ‘poor coordination’ with Damascus

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16

The UN says al-Hol camp population has dropped sharply as Syria moves to relocate remaining families

The U.N. refugee agency says residents are leaving Syria’s al-Hol camp in large numbers, and Syrian authorities plan to relocate those who remain

The Independent UK · Feb 15

A Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria recovers from clashes with hope for the future

A month after violent clashes in a Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo, tens of thousands of residents have returned

The Independent UK · Feb 15

Operation Hawkeye: Over 50 killed as US targets ISIS infrastructure in Syria

The United States has intensified its military campaign against Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria, with US Central Command (Centcom) releasing new footage and operational details from what it described as a sustained counterterrorism effort under Operation Hawkeye Strike.

The Times of India · Feb 15

US military reports a series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria

The U.S. military is reporting a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria

The Independent UK · Feb 14

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 14

US launches airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

Militant group’s infrastructure and weapons storage facilities were hit, as Washington praised Damascus for fresh coalition role

The Times of India · Feb 14

Operation Hawkeye: US forces conduct strikes on over 30 IS targets in Syria

US forces have intensified pressure on ISIS in Syria with 10 strikes hitting over 30 targets, including infrastructure and weapons depots, between February 3-12. This follows earlier strikes and is part of Operation Hawkeye, a retaliatory response to a deadly December ambush. Over 50 terrorists have been neutralized, with hundreds…

The Independent UK · Feb 14

Hidden killers: Families’ horror after children as young as five die in unexploded mine blasts

IN FOCUS: Ali Mohammed Al-Abrash was having breakfast while his niece and nephews played around outside - but after they picked up a scrap piece of metal, the unthinkable happened

The Independent UK · Feb 13

U.S. military completes transfer of 5,700 IS detainees from Syria to Iraq

The U.S. military has moved thousands of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, where Iraqi authorities expect to try them

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The Independent UK · Feb 12

Photos of Islamic State suspects interrogated at Baghadad prison before trials

Iraq is interrogating thousands of Islamic State suspects in Baghdad at what used to be called Camp Cooper, now the Al-Karkh Central Prison. Over a period of several weeks, the U.S. military escorted them from prisons in Syria in preparation for trials related to crimes committed in Iraq.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 12

Trade and prisoner disputes keep Lebanon-Syria relations at a standstill

Relations between Lebanon and Syria remain tense 14 months after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with disputes over prisoners, security concerns and trade continuing to block progress.

The Independent UK · Feb 12

IS suspects transferred from Syria to Iraq are interrogated in a Baghdad prison

Iraq is questioning thousands of Islamic State suspects who have been transferred from prisons in northeastern Syria as it's preparing to put some of them on trial for brutalities and crimes committed in Iraq

The Conversation · Feb 12

How to get away with mass murder: 4 tactics Ethiopia used to hide Tigray atrocities from the world

The Tigray region in Ethiopia’s north has endured one of the world’s deadliest armed conflicts of the 21st century. Between 2020 and 2022, as many as 800,000 people were killed (out of a regional population of about 7 million). This rivals estimates from recent major conflicts, including those in Ukraine,…

The Independent UK · Feb 12

Syria says its forces have taken over al-Tanf base after a handover from the US

Syrian government forces have taken over the al-Tanf base in eastern Syria, a site the U.S. military has run for years

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12

Five plots to kill Syrian president or ministers were foiled last year, says UN

Report on Islamic State says Ahmed al-Sharaa was targeted twice by IS front group that bombed Damascus church

The Independent UK · Feb 11

Syria's president and 2 top ministers were targets of 5 foiled assassination attempts, UN says

A U.N. report on threats posed by Islamic State militants says they targeted Syria’s president, interior minister and foreign minister in five foiled assassination attempts last year

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