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U.S.-backed Syrian force resumes ground assault on Islamic State
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday it had resumed a ground assault against Islamic State in its last foothold near the Iraqi border, following the suspension of the offensive last month after Turkish shelling of northern Syria. The Kurdish-led SDF said its operations ...
Australia police say Melbourne attacker also planned explosion
Australia police said Saturday a man who fatally stabbed another and injured two in what they described as an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack in central Melbourne had also planned to set off an explosion. The attacker, Hassain Khalif Shire Ali, 30, had his passport canceled ...
Syria says its military freed 19 Druze hostages held by Islamic State since July
Syrian troops have liberated 19 women and children hostages held by the Islamic State group since July in a military operation in the country's center, ending a months-long crisis that has stunned Syria's Druze religious minority, state media reported Thursday. An opposition war monitor ...
Islamic State suffers heavy Syria losses despite Kurd forces pause: monitor
At least 65 Islamic State group fighters have been killed around their last enclave in Syria despite a pause in a two-month Kurdish-led assault, a monitor said Wednesday. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced a pause in its offensive in the eastern province of Deir ...
Bangladeshi immigrant convicted in NYC subway bombing, says act grew from anger over Trump
A Bangladeshi immigrant convicted Tuesday of terrorism charges after setting off a pipe bomb in New York City's busiest subway station at rush hour told the trial judge he was angry at President Donald Trump and didn't carry out the attack for the Islamic ...
U.S. forces patrol Syria's northeast near Turkish border as Ankara-Kurd tensions mount
U.S. forces on Sunday patrolled an area in northeastern Syria bordering Turkey after renewed tensions between Ankara and Syrian Kurds, a spokesman and an AFP reporter said.. Three armored vehicles carrying soldiers wearing the U.S flag on their uniforms arrived in the Kurdish-held northeastern border ...
U.S.-backed Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of thwarting fight against Islamic State by shelling them
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria said Wednesday they are temporarily suspending their campaign against the last batch of territory held by Islamic State militants in northeast Syria, accusing Turkey of jeopardizing their efforts. In a new spike in tensions along the border, Turkey said its ...
Dad of Brit-Canadian held by Kurds in Syria asks for help to get him, 18 others home
The father of a British-Canadian dual national held by Kurds in Syria pleaded Tuesday for Ottawa's help to rescue him and at least 18 other Canadians, amid concerns that some of them pose a security risk. Jack Letts, 23, has been held in Syria for ...
Thousands of Syrians stuck in desert camp on Jordan border risk starvation amid blame game
Tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in a desert camp near the Jordanian border are at risk of starvation amid dwindling supplies and the approach of winter, while regional powers trade blame over who is responsible for this latest humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's civil ...
Turkey shells positions of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria
The Turkish army shelled on Sunday positions held by the U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, in a new spike in tension along the borders. Ankara considers the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia an extension of its own insurgent groups, which it ...
Yazidi moms who as captives had kids fathered by Islamic State fighters face heartbreaking choices
The 26-year-old Yazidi mother faces a heartbreaking choice. Her family is preparing to emigrate from Iraq to Australia and start a new life after the suffering the Islamic State group wreaked on their small religious minority. She is desperate to go with them, but there ...
France to accept 100 Yazidi female survivors of Islamic State stranded in Iraqi Kurdistan
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to bring to France 100 Yazidi women who were victims of assault by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq beginning in 2014, his office said Thursday. Macron's offer came after a meeting in Paris with Nadia Murad, who was ...
