Syria

As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded,…

June 8, 2023 ANKARA — Bringing up the return of Syrian refugees publicly for the first time, Turkey’s National Security Council stressed the need for international support to ensure Syrians’ voluntary return to their home country. Turkey’s National Security Council held its first meeting Thursday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the U.S. would provide nearly $150 million in aid for areas in Syria and Iraq that were liberated from the Islamic State extremist group. He spoke at a ministerial conference hosted by Saudi Arabia on combatting…

A Syrian national wounded four children and an adult in a knife attack in a French park on Thursday, police said, leaving some of the victims critically ill in hospital. The attack, which happened in the French alpine town of Annecy, was carried out by a Syrian national with legal…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that when it comes to defeating the Islamic State militant group, the “fight is not yet done.” Speaking in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the start of a ministerial meeting of the 80-member Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Blinken said the group has…

The aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Antakya, Turkey. Reuters Uğur Gallenkuş is a collage artist based in Istanbul, Turkey. The artist combines stock images of the peaceful West and juxtaposes them with images taken of war-torn countries. Uğur Gallenkuş uses his collages to show "the stark realities of two…

Israel targeted facilities in the Aleppo area that were used to produce weapons, according to the reports.  Published: JUNE 5, 2023 19:58 Updated: JUNE 5, 2023 20:17 FUTURE FRAMED by drones: A large Israel Air Force drone touches down. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE) The alleged attack by the Israeli…

Foreign Affairs Make ISIS Iran's Problem Our continued presence in Syria is another example of the national security establishment funding a futile forever war. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images) The American war on terror needs to stop carrying water for Iran and its allies in Syria. The continued…

Key PointsSave the Children is filing a case in the Federal Court on behalf of a group of women and children stuck in Syria.They want to be repatriated to Australia.Many of the women involved are wives or widows of slain or jailed members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State.More than two…

Updated June 4, 2023 at 8:05 AM Published June 4, 2023 at 8:05 AM BAGHDAD - Fifty Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group jihadists and 168 Iraqi members of jihadist families were repatriated from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, an Iraqi official said. Iraqi authorities “received 50 members…