no comment Special Christmas delivery for US troops in Syria Troops taking part in 'Holiday Express' transported stockings stuffed with gifts to five bases in the country's east. A military band also travelled by helicopter, playing Christmas carols as the troops received their presents. 24/12/2019
Turkey Turkey warns Europe of new refugee wave as Syrian forces advance "Turkey cannot handle a new refugee wave from Syria," Erdogan said, adding that 80,000 people from Syria's Idlib had fled toward the Turkish border. 23/12/2019
Finland Finnish minister apologises for Instagram poll on fate of IS women An online poll on the repatriation of women linked to so-called Islamic State sparked controversy and embarrassed for the new government. 14/12/2019
United Kingdom Macron and Erdogan to discuss Turkey’s Syria offensive Macron and Erdogan will hold talks over the Turkish military offensive in #Syria, after the two leaders exchanged "brain dead" remarks 03/12/2019
United Kingdom UK to repatriate orphaned children of suspected IS fighters from Syria "These innocent, orphaned, children should never have been the subject to the horrors of war," says Dominic Raab 22/11/2019
World Did US action in Syria really trigger 'brain death' of NATO? Emmanuel Macron has blamed the US for causing the "brain death" of NATO — but how accurate is the French president's assessment? 08/11/2019
Syria Turkey says it has captured the sister of dead IS leader al-Baghdadi Turkish officals say they have captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the northern Syrian town of Azaz. 05/11/2019
Syria Car bomb kills at least 13 in town on Syria's border with Turkey A car bomb killed a dozen people and injured 30 on Saturday in Tel Abyad, a Syrian border town that Turkish-backed forces seized last month. 02/11/2019
France Paris terrorist attack survivors call to defend the Kurds Forty-four survivors of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris wrote in a letter published by Le Parisien to defend the Kurds in Syria against Turkish forces. 01/11/2019
no comment Vehicles flying US flags seen near Syria-Turkey border A convoy of about 20 vehicles flying US flags was seen driving near the Syrian border town of Qamisli on October 31, where they had not been present since the United States announced its decision to withdraw from the area. 31/10/2019
brussels bureau 'There might be retaliation' - EU security fears after al-Baghdadi The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so called Islamic State group or Daesh, leaves a vacuum at the top of the terrorist organisation, and while the frequency of IS attacks on European soil has been decreasing recently. EU officials are warning the threat is far from over. 31/10/2019
USA ISIS spy who betrayed al-Baghdadi was motivated by revenge "His relatives were subjected to harsh treatment by ISIS and he no longer believed in the future of ISIS. He wanted to take revenge on ISIS and Baghdadi himself," General Mazloum Abdi told NBC News. 31/10/2019
World Watch: Pentagon video of raid that killed ISIS leader The Pentagon released dramatic video and images showing the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound after US President Trump announced last week that the leader of the so-called Islamic State had died. 31/10/2019
USA Who's a good boy? US won't name dog that helped catch ISIS leader The dog, whose name is classified, was chasing al-Baghdadi in a tunnel when the ISIS leader detonated a suicide vest. 29/10/2019
Syria ISIS insider helped in hunt for leader al-Baghdadi An ISIS insider who gained the trust of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was passing on information about his whereabouts to the United States via Kurdish officials, NBC News' Richard Engel reports. 28/10/2019
no comment Video purportedly shows aftermath of US raid targeting al-Baghdadi Video purportedly shows aftermath of US raid targeting al-Baghdadi 27/10/2019
USA Inside the secret U.S. mission that killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi Chased by U.S. special operations dogs, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi fled into what President Trump called a dead-end tunnel with three children. 27/10/2019
Iraq How Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the leader of the Islamic State Born Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Al-Badr, Baghdadi rose to lead the brutal militant group in Iraq and Syria. 27/10/2019
USA Watch: Trump lifts Turkey sanctions and hails 'breakthrough' in Syria "Big success on the Turkey/Syria Border," President Trump tweeted ahead of his address from the White House. 23/10/2019
World Russia-brokered deal in Syria: Why Putin holds the key to the conflict The Russian-brokered agreement concluded on Tuesday highlights how central President Vladimir Putin has become in the Syrian conflict, experts told Euronews. 23/10/2019
View Mitt Romney's Trump criticism and House's Syria rebuke show growing cracks in the GOP ǀ View It’s long been an open secret in Washington that many of the career Republicans who fawn over President Donald Trump in public have nothing good to say about him in private. 22/10/2019
Syria Kurdish fighters pull out of Syrian border town for US-brokered truce The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday it had pulled out all its fighters from the border town of Ras al Ain, while Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey expects the US to keep its promises on a five-day truce. 20/10/2019
Syria Hundreds of thousands flee Turkey's incursion into northern Syria Turkey military operation in northern Syria has created a fresh wave of refugees. 19/10/2019
Syria Watch: Aleppo souk reopens, representing return to former way of life The market, which was partially destroyed in the fighting that took place in the city, is part of an area listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its Arab culture. 18/10/2019
Inspire Middle East Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef: “Nobody should be above satire” Since he burst upon the comedic scene in Egypt back in 2011, political satirist, author and stand-up star Bassem Youssef, has been endlessly compared to The Daily Show’s former host, John Stewart. 18/10/2019
Inspire Middle East Picture power: Middle East photographers focus on people behind the news Capturing someone’s life story in a single moment is what Oslo-based photographer Afshin Ismaeli does for a living. 18/10/2019
