Syria

ISIS still dangerous, could attempt retribution attack after Baghdadi's killing: US

Russia welcomes IS leader’s killing, ‘if confirmed’

7:45 pm October 28, 2019

Moscow : Russia said Monday that the killing of the Islamic State group’s leader by US forces, if confirmed, would represent a “serious contribution” by US President Donald Trump to fighting terrorism. The Russian military had earlier raised doubts about Trump’s announcement that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in northwestern Syria. But President Vladimir Putin’s […]

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Russian IS women appeal to Putin to bring them home

7:19 pm October 27, 2019

Moscow: Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Islamic State group supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home. The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda Saratova, who has been involved in repatriating IS widows […]

Erdogan says will clear ‘terrorists’ from Syria border if Sochi deal fails

9:02 pm October 26, 2019

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would “clear terrorists” on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia. “If the terrorists are not cleared at the end of the 150 hours, we will take control and clean it […]

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Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, quits ‘blood-stained’ Syria

2:04 pm October 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in “blood-stained” Syria, as Turkish and Russian troops seized territory previously held by US troops and their beleaguered Kurdish allies. “Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand,” Trump said in a White House speech that formalized the […]

70,000 children displaced by NE Syrian violence

11:52 pm October 21, 2019

Beirut: An international aid group says about 70,000 children have been displaced since the start of the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria. The United Nations has said more than 176,000 people have been uprooted. Save the Children says many of the displaced have sought shelters in two dozen schools in Hassakeh city, southeast of the […]