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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

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

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

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

USA

U.S. to leave about 200 troops in Syria, White House says

A "small peacekeeping group" will remain in Syria "for period of time," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, confirming an NBC News report.

22/02/2019

World

Raw Politics: Trump will block re-entry of radicalised US woman

Earlier this week, Trump put pressure on EU leaders to take back radicalised citizens. Now he is saying he will not be doing the same for a US-born woman who left to join the so-called Islamic State.

21/02/2019

World News

Winner of the World Press Photo awards announced

Take a look at the winner of this year's World Press Photo contest, which highlights some of the best examples of photojournalism from around the world.

21/02/2019

USA

Trump says he will not readmit Alabama woman who joined ISIS

Muthana, a 24-year-old Alabama woman, made a desperate plea to U.S. officials earlier this week to be allowed to return home.

21/02/2019