Syria

Updated April 7, 2023 at 10:20 AM Published April 7, 2023 at 8:21 AM OTTAWA - Canada’s government on Thursday repatriated 14 Canadians – four women and 10 children – from detention camps in north-east Syria where foreigners who had allegedly been affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…

The RCMP have arrested three Canadian women in Montreal after the government repatriated them from a northeastern Syria camp for ISIS suspects and their families.  The RCMP said it's seeking a terrorism peace bond against Ammara Amjad, Dure Ahmed and a 38-year-old third woman the police force hasn't named. Amjad and Ahmed appeared in an Ontario…

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Multiple Canadian women and their children are on their way back to Canada after spending years held in camps for ISIS suspects and their families in northeastern Syria, according to their lawyer. Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon told CBC News that some of his clients were moved out of the Al Roj camp overnight.…

Talks between the assistant foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, Iran and Turkey kicked off in Moscow Tuesday in the presence of Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, as part of a Kremlin-led effort to reconcile Ankara and Damascus. The outcome of the talks remained unclear as of the time of publication…

A US strike in Syria has killed a senior ISIS leader who planned attacks into Europe, United States Central Command said in a statement. The strike, carried out on Monday, was a “unilateral” US operation that killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM said in the statement posted to Twitter. Al-Jabouri…

Two Iranian officers were killed by Israeli missiles late last week. A F-15 fighter jet takes part in an aerial display during the graduation ceremony of Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, Israel, June 23, 2022. - Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images April 3,…

DUBAI — Twitter is charging firms in Saudi Arabia an estimated 6.7% higher price compared to American and global companies to subscribe to its Twitter Verified Organizations plan that adds a gold checkmark and benefits for business accounts. The gold checkmark, currently in a testing phase according to Twitter's webpage, is…

Smoke rises after an air strike in Saraqeb in Idlib province, Syria February 28, 2020. Reuters/FileAMMAN: A car bomb caused the large blasts heard in the Mezzah suburb area west of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state media said on Sunday. Police sources quoted by state media said there were…

A file photo of Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters carrying away victim of a car-bomb explosion last November in Tal Abyad, which has seen several such attacks.—AFP/file DAMASCUS: A car bombing rocked the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday evening, state media said, with no deaths reported and no side claiming responsibility for the…