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Syria Begins Oil Extraction at Newly Secured Fields The Syrian Petroleum Company has begun extracting oil from newly secured fields, sending production to the Homs and Baniyas refineries, according to Reuters. Among the newly seized sites is the al-Omar oilfield, the country’s largest, which fell under government control following a…

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BEIRUT (AP) — Recent fighting between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria got close to detention facilities where thousands of Islamic State group members are held. The U.S. military says that it has started the process of transferring many of them to secure locations in Iraq. Syrian…

Jan. 23, 2026, 11:44 AM EST Listen to this article with a free account Longtime American allies who have been guarding tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families agreed this week to be integrated into the Syrian armed forces. While the deal marks a major victory for…

Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had taken over al-Aktan prison in the city of Raqqa in northeastern Syria, a facility that was formerly under the control of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF...Read More

Members of Islamic State have escaped from Syrian prison camps, renewing fears that the country’s fledgling government is struggling to contain thousands of militant prisoners and their relatives, including British-born Shamima Begum. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-dominated militia that runs many prison camps in northeast Syria, said they…

Shamima Begum must not be allowed back into Britain under any circumstances, the father of a 7/7 bombings victim said today - amid fears the ISIS bride could exploit chaos at her Syrian detention camp to stage an escape. Ms Begum, 26, who was stripped of her British citizenship after…

Kurds living in Lebanon gather as they hold signs and flags during a protest against Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and recent military clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Beirut, Lebanon on January 20. — Reuters pic (New users only) Unlock 5.5%* + 10%* p.a. promo rate for…

This photograph taken during a tour for foreign media shows women walking past a government building that was burnt during recent public protests, in Tehran on January 21, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) The US army has begun transferring thousands of alleged Islamic State group jihadists formerly held…

An Israeli fighter jet fly over the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on September 24, 2024. (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued on Wednesday its efforts to stop the terror organization Hezbollah from rearming itself, launching an unusually broad wave of air strikes targeting four crossings on…