View To stop the potential "Jihadi Jacks" of the future, British Muslim converts need support ǀ View The number of people converting to Islam in the UK is growing rapidly, but they often make headlines for all the wrong reasons. 16/07/2019
Iran UK offers release of Iran tanker if oil isn't bound for Syria Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the tanker detained near Gibraltar could be released if the UK receives guarantees that its oil isn't bound for Syria. 14/07/2019
World Excavations underway in archaeological drive at Damascus Citadel Since civil war broke out in 2011 the country has been left picking up the pieces. Today, archaeological digs have restarted and new excavations are underway in the Damascus Citadel, located in the northwest corner of Old Damascus. 04/07/2019
Syria Watch: Fresh start for Aleppo's soap industry after conflict Hisham's family factory once produced five tonnes of the famous Aleppo laurel and olive oil soap a day. Now he makes just 100kg per day, but says he is happy with that – for now. 11/06/2019
no comment Government warplanes 'bomb last rebel stronghold in Syria' Syrian rescue workers and activists say government warplanes have again bombed the last rebel stronghold in the country, levelling a building and killing five people inside it, including three members of a single family. 30/05/2019
Syria Italian man freed after three years of imprisonment in Syria Alessandro Sandrini, 32, has been freed after almost three years as a prisoner in Syria. 22/05/2019
Good Morning Europe Syrian families search for over 140,000 detained or missing Eight years into the Syrian Civil War, families are trying to find those detained or missing. 14/05/2019
View Europe should call Iran’s Quds Force what it is - a terrorist organisation ǀ View Calling the Quds Force what it is - a terrorist organisation - would be a powerful step towards holding Iran accountable for its actions on the world stage. 15/04/2019
Syria US-backed forces claim final victory over so-called IS in Syria Syrian Democratic Forces claim final victory over so-called Islamic State after last village freed 23/03/2019
Belgium Ex-ISIL women 'losing hope' of returning home to Belgium Two Belgian women said they were losing hope of ever going back home after a Belgian court overturned the ruling to repatriate them and their six children. 11/03/2019
Germany Alleged German migrant war-criminals not investigated Asylum-seekers who may be war-criminals have not been investigated, claims German newspaper 08/03/2019
no comment Evacuation of civilians from final ISIS stronghold in Syria continues Men, women and children continued to be evacuated on Wednesday out of Baghouz, the only remaining territory under the control of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria. 28/02/2019
Syria Russia and Syria call for US troops to leave Syria In a joint statement, Russia and Syria called for US troops to leave Syria and allow people from the Rubkan refugee camp to leave. 27/02/2019
no comment Hundreds of people evacuated from last ISIS stronghold in Syria Syrian Kurdish fighters released footage of hundreds of men, women and children being evacuated on Monday night from the last stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria. 26/02/2019
Russia Russian propaganda train shows off spoils of Syrian war Five hundred exhibits of captured armoured vehicles, artillery, firearms and improvised explosive devices are on show. 23/02/2019
United Kingdom British Bengalis divided on IS teen's right to come home A divide is opening in the British Bangladeshi community in East London, where Shamima Begum spent her formative years, over whether the teen who ran away to join to self-styled Islamic State should return home 21/02/2019
United Kingdom Shamima Begum: Can Britain revoke citizenship and what happens next? Britain is already embroiled in a legal battle with a member of a group of foreign ISIS fighters dubbed 'the Beatles'. Can we learn anything from this case? 20/02/2019
Germany Germany responds to Trump appeal to take back ISIL fighters from Syria Germany can take back so-called Islamic State fighters captured in Syria only if the suspects have consular access, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Some 1,050 people have travelled from Germany to the warzone in Syria and Iraq since 2013 and about a third have already returned to Germany. 17/02/2019
world news Last stand in Syria for fighters of so-called Islamic State The US-backed rebel force in eastern Syria which is leading the assault on so-called Islamic State says its last piece of territory will fall "in a very short time". 16/02/2019
Good Morning Europe Russia, Turkey and Iran hold rival conference to US-backed Warsaw summit While the US-sponsored conference focusing on Iran continues in Warsaw, the notable absentees from that event are holding their own meeting today in the Russian ski resort of Sochi. 14/02/2019
World German rescue ship renamed in honour of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi Images of the Syrian toddler washed up on the beach three years ago shook the world. 11/02/2019
Syria Syria: IS resists US-backed forces in 'final battle' near Iraqi border Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by the US, aim to take back al-Baghuz in what they're calling their final battle but they are meeting fierce resistance. 09/02/2019
United Kingdom Journalist John Cantlie, captured by ISIS in 2012, 'is still alive' The journalist was last seen in a propaganda video at the end of 2016 05/02/2019
Syria Watch: Israel attacks Iranian targets in Syria — video from both sides In a surprising statement, the Israeli military confirmed on Monday that it attacked Iranian military targets in Syria. 21/01/2019
Israel Israel and Syria both claim to have thwarted military attacks Israeli and Syrian military are both claiming to have prevented attacks by each other's forces. 20/01/2019
Syria Confusion over US troop withdrawal from Syria Officials say the pullout has begun, but reports suggest only equipment — and not troops — has left the country 12/01/2019
