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So-called IS leader appears in alleged new video

So-called Islamic State media network published on Monday what it said was a video message from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for the first time in five years.

29/04/2019

Israel

Netanyahu moves to name new Golan Heights settlement after Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to try and get a new settlement in the Golan Heights named after US President Donald Trump to thank him for recognising the Jewish state's sovereignty over the disputed territory.

23/04/2019

Kosovo

Kosovo brings back jihadist fighters and families from Syria

Kosovo has brought back 110 citizens from Syria, including jihadists who fought in the civil war and 74 children.

20/04/2019

United Kingdom

Shamima Begum: ISIS bride 'receiving legal aid' for battle to go home

UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the prospect of ISIS bride Shamima Begum receiving legal aid made him "very uncomfortable"

15/04/2019

Russia

Erdogan and Putin to talk arms sales despite US warnings

"Turkey must choose," American Vice-President Mike Pence, warned last week.

08/04/2019

Syria

EU's Mogherini: Bloc won't recognize Israeli sovereignty on Golan

EU's Mogherini: Bloc won't recognize Israeli sovereignty on Golan

31/03/2019

Syria

Watch: Cameras roll in Damascus as film industry calls action again

Film sets fell silent during the war and well-known actors and directors left to work in other Arab states.

29/03/2019

Israel

Outcry as Trump backs Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

President Donald Trump says it's time for the United States to fully recognise Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a territory captured from Syria in the 1967 war. Such a move would reverse decades of US foreign policy.

22/03/2019

Syria

Euroviews. Children shouldn't be cast out because of their IS parents ǀ View

Families from Islamic State are surrendering in refugee camps in Syria and Iraq. These families are not wanted by the world; many are not even seen as human. But should innocent children pay the price for their parents actions?

16/03/2019

France

France repatriates five young children from camps in Syria

Five children were repatriated to France from camps in Northern Syria on Friday, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement

15/03/2019

World News

Europe briefing: Seven stories to know about today

Here are the top stories from across Europe this morning that you need to know about.

14/03/2019

Syria

Last days of the ISIS Caliphate

What was once proclaimed as a caliphate is now just a tiny enclave and these soldiers from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces believe they are now on the verge of a final victory.

10/03/2019

World News

The British baby of an ISIS bride dies in northern Syria

Three week old Jarrah's death certificate said he'd died of pneumonia.

09/03/2019

Syria

Shamima Begum's mother pleads for mercy for her daughter

The British government has received widespread criticism in the wake of news that the newborn son of exiled ISIS bride Shamima Begum has died

08/03/2019

World News

What is Europe's approach to repatriating ISIS members?

We take a look at the different policies across countries in Europe for repatriating and rehabilitating recruits of the so-called Islamic State.

07/03/2019

USA

Trump says he agrees 100 percent with keeping U.S. troops in Syria

Two months after saying all U.S. troops are leaving Syria, President Trump wrote members of Congress he agrees "100%" with keeping U.S. presence in Syria.

05/03/2019

USA

ISIS on the brink of defeat in Syria as U.S.-backed forces launch final attack

"We expect it to be over soon," said Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

04/03/2019

No Comment

Amazon whale carcass and Trump-Kim summit 2.0: No Comment of the week

From a whale carcass in the Amazon to the second summit of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, take a look at our selection of the best videos from this week's No Comment section.

01/03/2019

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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

No Comment

Hundreds of Syrian civilians arrive at screening centre

Hundreds of men, women and children, including supporters of the so-called Islamic State, continued to arrive at an open-air medical screening centre in the Syrian desert on Tuesday.

27/02/2019