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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

World News

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?

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

Europe News

'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.

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.

World News

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.

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.

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.

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Video purportedly shows aftermath of US raid targeting al-Baghdadi

Video purportedly shows aftermath of US raid targeting al-Baghdadi

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.

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.

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.

World News

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.

USA

Euroviews. 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.

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.

Syria

Hundreds of thousands flee Turkey's incursion into northern Syria

Turkey military operation in northern Syria has created a fresh wave of refugees.

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.