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A lawyer for two Canadian women and three teen girls who were to be repatriated from northeastern Syria earlier this month says they were mistreated by guards and are being detained in a camp primarily holding family members of individuals with alleged links to the Islamic State of Iraq and…

Arrival of Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan is the first for a top Saudi official since the start of Syria’s war. Published On 18 Apr 202318 Apr 2023 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in the most significant step…

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) 20,612 foreign nationals sought asylum in Nigeria from January 2017 to December 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. According to data obtained from the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period under review, most asylum seekers originated from Cameroun, Syria, the Democratic Republic…

ANKARA — Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday that his country’s troops targeted several Kurdish positions in northern Syria, killing 10 militants in a major cross-border escalation. Akar said Turkey's armed forces were responding to shelling and rocket attacks by Syrian Kurdish groups that wounded four Turkish soldiers over…

Centcom claims a helicopter assault led to the death of an individual responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and EuropeDespite being defeated in Syria in 2019, ISIS continues to wage a low-level insurgency. AP Beta V.1.0 - Powered by automated translation A senior ISIS Syria leader has…

Washington —  Plans by the Islamic State terror group to kidnap officials outside of the Middle East region and hold them for leverage triggered an early morning U.S. raid that led to the death of one of the plot's alleged masterminds. U.S. Central Command on Monday confirmed the death of…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Four Turkish soldiers were wounded in artillery and rocket attacks by Kurdish militants on bases in northern Syria, prompting a counter attack, Ankara said on Sunday. Turkey’s defence ministry said the attacks were carried out by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which spearheads the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic…

‘I reserve the right to change course,’ Lindsey Graham tells Al Arabiya during landmark Saudi visit LONDON: US Senator Lindsey Graham said he “reserved the right to change course” on his opinion of Saudi Arabia following a visit to the Kingdom. The Republican South Carolina senator arrived in Saudi Arabia last…

Egypt and Türkiye will work closely on regional issues, particularly on Libya and Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at a joint press conference with visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday. “We want to fill the new page we opened with Egypt…