US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria

U.S. officials prevented catastrophic ISIS prison break in Syria by secretly moving nearly 6,000 "worst of the worst" ...

A camp in Syria that held families of Islamic State members is nearly empty after repatriations

A camp in northeastern Syria that had housed families of suspected members of the Islamic State group is now largely empty after hundreds of women and children were repatriated to their countries or ...

A Ban on Makeup in Syria Has Some Red in the Face

A provincial governor wants to prohibit women in government and public sector jobs from wearing makeup, stirring outrage and many, many memes.

Chaotic Closure of a Huge ISIS Detention Camp Is Testing Syria’s Regime

Syria’s government is moving to close the facility and relocate detainees after escapes and rioting.

Australia bans a citizen with alleged links to militant IS group from returning from Syria

Australia’s government has banned an Australian with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group from returning from a ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

U.S. cuts forces in Syria as its new government fights terror threat

A senior Trump administration official told PBS News that the U.S. will reduce the number of troops who have been fighting ...

Few People Left at Syria Camp That Held Islamic State Families, Former Director Says

According to the latest ⁠camp data obtained by Reuters, ​dated January 19 - a day before the government took control of the camp - its population was 6,639 families comprising 23,407 ​people, mostly ...

Syria's relocation of al-Hol camp residents seen as move to close it

The Syrian government's move to relocate families linked to Islamic State from the notorious al-Hol camp to the Aleppo ...