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Syria Prison Battle Toll Tops 150, Concern over Fate of Minors

Kurdish forces locked down a Syrian city Monday to trap ISIS militants who attacked a prison there five days earlier, leaving more than 150 dead in fierce battles. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) charged that the ISIS militants were using hundreds of minors as "human shields" inside the Ghwayran…

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Syria, Russia Start Joint Air Force Patrols Over Syrian Territory

Syrian and Russian military jets jointly patrolled the airspace along Syria's borders on Monday and plan to make such flights regular, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's defense ministry as saying. The path of the group, which includes fighter, fighter-bomber and early warning and control aircraft, included the Golan Heights,…

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Syria, Russia start joint air force patrols over Syrian territory

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Giant chessboard: Istanbul ship-spotters monitor moves for war

Bosphorus Strait ‘spies’ surveil geopolitical machinations as world powers deploy military assets around the globe.

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Standoff near Syrian prison holding IS militants continues

U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces say clashes with militants are continuing for a fourth day near a prison in northeastern Syria that houses thousands of members of the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Limbless Syrian boy in iconic photo starts new life in Italy

Six-year-old Mustafa El Nezzel will receive treatment after an award-winning photo spurred a fund-raising drive.

Al Jazeera

Syria prison attack kills more than 100, clashes ongoing

ISIL attack in Hasakeh has been one of the deadliest since the armed group lost its territory in 2019.

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Syria: Intense fighting on for days after Isis tries to break inmates out of prison

Spokesperson for Kurdish-led SDF says it was largest attack on Isis prison in northeast Syria since 2019

The Independent UK

Standoff Near Syrian Prison Holding ISIS Fighters Continues

Clashes between US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and ISIS militants continued for a fourth day Sunday near a prison in northeastern Syria that houses thousands of members of the terrorist group, the Kurdish force said. The standoff follows a bold assault by the extremists that breached the premises of Gweiran Prison,…

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Syrian Kurdish forces tighten siege after Islamic State prison break

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops aided by U.S. troops tightened their siege of a prison housing Islamic State suspects after inmates took over the facility, residents and officials said on Sunday.

Reuters

Dozens Killed in 3rd Day of ISIS 'Rebellion' in Syria's Hasakeh

Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly Saturday under the cover of US-led coalition air power in Syria's northeast. Intense clashes with ISIS militants took place around a prison where thousands of extremists were held, officials said. Fighting broke out Thursday night when ISIS unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall…

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US-backed fighters chase IS gunmen near prison in Syria

Officials and activists say Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly under the cover of U.S.-led coalition air power in Syria’s northeast

The Independent UK

Syria-born local assembly member aims to narrow mindset gaps in Japan

Last September, newly elected assembly member Nour Soltan posed his first question to the town assembly of Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

EU Says Won’t Contribute to Syria’s Reconstruction Without Genuine Political Transition

The European Union said it will be ready to assist in the reconstruction of Syria only when a comprehensive, genuine and inclusive political transition is firmly under way. It recalled that a sustainable solution to the conflict requires a genuine, inclusive political transition in line with UN Security Council Resolution…

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ISIS Jailbreak, Attacks in Syria, Iraq Raise Alarm; Scores Die

The ISIS group unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its “caliphate” three years ago.

Evening Standard

Syrian Arts and Culture Festival 2022 comes to London for the first time

The first London edition of the festival aims to tell new stories from a rich culture still little-known in Britain

The Independent UK

Isis gunmen launch major attacks in Iraq and Syria

Attack on prison called worst since 2019, when Isis was officially declared defeated

France 24

On the hunt for Syrian war criminals hiding out in Europe

On January 13, in the first European trial against a high-ranking Syrian regime official, a former senior intelligence officer was sentenced to life in prison in Germany for crimes against humanity. Former head of interrogation at a detention centre in Damascus, Anwar Raslan was found guilty on 4,000 counts of…

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The Independent UK

IS gunmen mount deadly attacks in Syria, Iraq; dozens killed

Members of the Islamic State group have launched two sophisticated, deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq, including an attempt to break into a prison where suspected extremists are being held by U.S.-backed fighters

Reuters

Dozens killed as Islamic State attacks in Syria and Iraq

Kurdish-led forces in Syria killed 23 Islamic State militants including foreigners in clashes after the jihadist group attacked a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday, a military source in the Kurdish-led forces said.

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Syria: Hunger Knocks On Parliament’s Door

A member of Syria’s parliament has warned that some of his colleagues were facing hunger, amid a severe living crisis which is expected to worsen with a government decision to increase fuel prices. On his Facebook page, MP Nasser Youssef Al-Nasser called on Prime Minister Hussein Arnous to resign, pointing…

France 24

Kurdish security forces killed, IS fighters freed in major Syrian prison break

The Islamic State group on Friday attacked a prison in Syria housing fellow jihadists in one of the group's most significant attacks since its self-declared "caliphate" was defeated in the war-torn country nearly three years ago.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is There a Link Between Syria and Ukraine?

Geneva is hosting two meetings on Friday. The first between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to discuss Ukraine, and the second between UN Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen and US Official Ethan Goldrich to review the Syrian situation and propose a “step for…

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Monitor: ISIS Attacks Syria Prison, Frees Militants

ISIS attacked a Kurdish-run jail in northeast Syria on Thursday, freeing fellow militants, a war monitor reported without specifying how many escaped, AFP reported. A car bomb hit the entrance of the Ghwayran prison and a second blast went off in the vicinity before ISIS militants attacked Kurdish security forces…

Reuters

Islamic State militants attack prison in Syria's al-Hasaka, U.S.-backed SDF says

Islamic State militants attacked a prison in Syria's al-Hasaka in an attempt to free prisoners belonging to the group who had mutinied, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said in a statement on Thursday.

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