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Thirty-four Australians released from a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants in northern Syria have returned to the detention centre due to “technical reasons”. Hukmiya Mohamed, a co-director of Roj camp, told Reuters that the 34 Australians had been handed to members of their families who had come…

Updated February 17, 2026 — 7:15am, first published 7:54pm A large group of Australian Islamic State brides and their children left a Syrian camp late on Monday on their way back to Australia, but were turned around about 50 kilometres down the road and sent back to where they began.…

In brief A Syrian official described the setback as "purely a procedural issue". The Australian government said in a statement it would not actively repatriate individuals from Syria. Thirty-four Australians released on Monday from a camp in northern Syria holding wives and children of suspected militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic…

Lebanese authorities say Israeli forces bombed a vehicle near the border, killing at least four people. Israeli forces have bombed a vehicle near Lebanon’s border with Syria, killing at least four people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. The Israeli air strike took place early on Monday morning,…

U.S. Central Command conducted aerial strikes against more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria from February 3 through Thursday. Photo courtesy of U.S. Central Command Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. military struck dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria while conducting retaliatory strikes for the deaths of two soldiers…

As tensions continue to rise in the Middle East and the battle to extinguish ISIS continues, the U.S. Central Command announced Saturday that our forces struck 30 sites in Syria in February, wiping out at least 50 terrorists. Meanwhile, as our Ben Smith reported Friday, President Trump is sending a…

Operation Hawkeye has killed and captured more than 50 ISIL fighters after hitting about 100 targets. United States forces have carried out a series of strikes against ISIL (ISIS) targets in Syria in retaliation for last year’s killing of two of its soldiers and an interpreter. US Central Command (CENTCOM)…

FILE - The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018. Lolita Baldor/AP hide caption toggle caption Lolita Baldor/AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Saturday reported a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the December ambush that killed…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a joint meeting on Friday with his Syrian counterpart and the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. What happened: Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani sat next to SDF commander-in-chief Gen. Mazloum Kobane during the…

By Feras Dalatey , Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Orhan Qereman and Jonathan Spicer Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved, as Kurds seek to retain some authority despite a much weakened hand following the rapid advance of central government forces. The progress of the…